1 criminal cases
1.1 kirovles case
1.1.1 case
1.1.2 conviction , release
1.1.3 probation
1.1.4 review of sentence
1.2 yves rocher case , home arrest
1.2.1 case
1.2.2 home arrest , limitations
1.2.3 conviction
1.2.4 echr
1.3 indemnification
1.4 other cases
criminal cases
kirovles case
case
navalny in court part of kirovles trial
on july 30, 2012, investigative committee charged navalny embezzlement. committee stated had conspired steal timber kirovles, state-owned company in kirov oblast, in 2009, while acting adviser kirov s governor nikita belykh. investigators had closed previous probe claims lack of evidence. navalny released on own recognizance instructed not leave moscow.
navalny described charges weird , unfounded. stated authorities doing watch reaction of protest movement , of western public opinion [...] far consider both of these things acceptable , continuing along line . supporters protested before investigative committee offices.
in april 2013, loeb&loeb llp issued analysis of russian federation s prosecutions of alexei navalny , paper detailing investigative committee accusations. paper concludes kremlin has reverted misuse of russian legal system harass, isolate , attempt silence political opponents .
conviction , release
people s gathering after verdict navalny, july 18, 2013
the kirovles trial commenced in city of kirov on april 17, 2013. on july 18, navalny sentenced 5 years in jail embezzlement. found guilty in misappropriating 16 million rubles ($500,000) worth of lumber state-owned company. sentence read judge sergey blinov textually same request of prosecutor, exception navalny given 5 years, , prosecution requested 6 years.
enough of fake cases . protest against verdict in moscow, 18 july 2013
later evening, prosecutor s office appealed sentence in part prescribed navalny , ofitserov jailed, arguing until higher court affirmed sentence, sentence not valid. next morning, appeal granted. navalny , ofitserov released on july 19, awaiting hearings of higher court. prosecutor s request decision described unprecedented experts.
probation
the prison sentence suspended court in kirov in october 16, 2013, still being burden political future.
review of sentence
on 23 february 2016, european court of human rights ruled russia had violated navalny s right fair trial, , ordered government pay him 56,000 euros in legal costs , damages.
on 16 november 2016, russia s supreme court overturned 2013 sentence, sending verdict leninsky district court in kirov review.
on 8 february 2017 leninsky district court of kirov repeated sentence of 2013 , charged navalny five-year suspended sentence. navalny announced pursue annulment of sentence contradicts decision of 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.
indemnification
after yves rocher case, navalny had pay compensation of 4.4 million rubles. declared case framed , added pay sum affect granting brother parole. on october 7, 2015, alexei s lawyer announced defendant willfully paid 2.9 million, , requested installment plan rest of sum. request granted, except term contracted requested 5 months two, , part of sum declared paid (900,000 rubles; arrested navalny s banking account) not yet received police; prosecutors declared may happen because of inter-process delays.
later month, kirovles sued navalny 16.1 million rubles declared pecuniary injury; navalny declared had not expected suit, kirovles did not initiate during 2012–13 trial. on october 23, court resolved said sum should paid 3 defendants. court denied defendants motion 14.7 million had been paid point; verdict , payment sum justified ruling plenum of supreme court of russian federation. navalny declared not cover requested sum; called suit drain-dry strategy authorities.
other cases
in late december 2012, russia s federal investigative committee asserted allekt, advertising company headed navalny, defrauded union of right forces (sps) political party in 2007 taking 100 million rubles ($3.2 million) payment advertising , failing honor contract. if charged , convicted, navalny jailed 10 years. nothing of sort happened – committed no robbery , leonid gozman, former sps official, quoted saying. earlier in december, investigative committee charged [...] navalny , brother oleg embezzling 55 million rubles ($1.76 million) in 2008–2011 while working in postal business . navalny, denied allegations in 2 previous cases, sought laugh off news of third inquiry tweet stating fiddlesticks [...] .
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