Former Governor Belykh asked for mitigation of punishment

The ex-governor of the Kirov region, Nikita Belykh, convicted of a bribe, asked the court to replace his remaining sentence with a milder one, his lawyer Andrei Grokhotov told RBC.

The Skopinsky District Court of the Ryazan Region will consider his petition on November 26. He added that Belykh had filed a petition more than a month ago. “I will comment on the merits of the issue after the court decision,” said Grokhotov.

On the website of the Skopinsky District Court there is information that the petition to replace the unserved term of imprisonment with a milder form of punishment for Nikita Belykh was received on November 5.

Belykh was detained in June 2016 in Moscow while transferring part of a bribe. According to the investigation, the ex-governor personally and through an intermediary received a bribe in the amount of € 400 thousand (24.1 million rubles).

In July, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the early termination of Belykh’s powers as governor, which he held since 2008, due to a loss of confidence. In February 2018, the ex-governor was sentenced to eight years in prison and a fine of 48.2 million rubles. in February 2018. He was found guilty of two of the three alleged bribery counts. Belykh denied his guilt.

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