Yves Rocher case and home arrest Alexei Navalny




1 yves rocher case , home arrest

1.1 case
1.2 home arrest , limitations
1.3 conviction
1.4 echr





yves rocher case , home arrest
case

in 2008, oleg navalny made offer yves rocher vostok, eastern european subsidiary of yves rocher between 2008 , 2012, accredit glavpodpiska, created navalny, delivering duties. on august 5, parties signed contract. fulfill obligations under agreement, glavpodpiska outsourced task sub-suppliers, avtosaga , multiprofile processing company (mpc). in november , december 2012, investigating committee interrogated , questioned yves rocher vostok. on december 10, bruno leproux, general director of yves rocher vostok, filed investigative committee, asking investigate if glavpodpiska subscription company had damaged yves rocher vostok, , investigative committee initiated case.


the prosecution claimed glavpodpiska embezzled money taking duties , redistributing them other companies lesser amounts of money, , collecting surplus: 26.7 million rubles ($540,000) yves rocher vostok, , 4.4 million rubles mpc. funds claimed subsequently legalized transferring them on fictitious grounds fly-by-night company kobyakovskaya fabrika po lozopleteniyu, willow weaving company founded navalny , operated parents. navalnys denied charges. brothers lawyers claimed, investigators added phrases bearing criminal intentions description of regular entrepreneurial activity . according oleg navalny s lawyer, glavpodpiska did not collect money, controlled provision of means of transport, execution of orders, collected , expedited production carriers, , responsible before clients terms , quality of executing orders.


yves rocher denied had losses, did rest of witnesses, except multiprofile processing company ceo sergei shustov, said had learned losses investigator , believed him, without making audits. both brothers , lawyers claimed alexei navalny did not participate in gladpodpiska operations, , witnesses claimed had never encountered alexei navalny in person before trial.


home arrest , limitations

following imputed violation of travel restrictions, navalny placed under house arrest , prohibited communicating other family, lawyers, , investigators on february 28, 2014. navalny claimed arrest politically motivated, , filed complaint european court of human rights. on july 7, declared complaint had been accepted , given priority; court compelled government of russia provide answers questionnaire.


the home arrest, in particular, prohibited usage of internet; however, new posts released under social media accounts after arrest announced. march 5 post claimed accounts controlled anti-corruption foundation teammates , wife yulia. on march 13, livejournal blog blocked in russia, because, according federal service supervision of communications, information technology, , mass media (roskomnadzor), functioning of given web page breaks regulation of juridical decision of bail hearing of citizen, against criminal case has been initiated . navalny s associates started new blog, navalny.com, , livejournal blog abolished, last post published on july 9.


the home arrest lightened number of times: on august 21, navalny allowed communicate co-defendants; journalist present in courthouse @ moment confirmed navalny allowed communicate yves rocher case witnesses . on october 10, right of communication press confirmed court, , allowed make comments on case in media (navalny s plea not prolong arrest was, however, rejected), , on december 19, allowed mail correspondence authorities , international courts. navalny again pleaded not prolong arrest, plea again rejected.


conviction

the verdict announced on december 30, 2014. alexei navalny given 3.5 years of suspended sentence, whereas oleg navalny sentenced 3.5 years in prison , arrested after verdict announced; both had pay fine of 500,000 rubles , compensation multiprofile processing company of on 4 million rubles. in evening, several thousands protesters gathered in center of moscow. navalny broke home arrest attend rally; arrested police , brought home.


both brothers filed complaints european court of human rights: oleg s communicated , given priority; alexei s reviewed in context of previous complaint related case, , government of russia had been invited submit further observations . second instance within country confirmed verdict, releasing alexei responsibility pay fine. both prosecutors , defendants not satisfied decision.


echr

on 17 october 2017 european court of human rights ruled navalny’s conviction fraud , money laundering “was based on unforeseeable application of criminal law , proceedings arbitrary , unfair.” court considered domestic court’s decisions had been arbitrary , manifestly unreasonable. echr found russian courts decisions violating articles 6 , 7 of european convention on human rights.








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