The case of Olga Mirimskaya, the owner of the Corporate Finance Bank (BKF) and the Russian Product company, and Yury Nosov, the investigator of the TFR, will be considered by the Izmailovsky Court of the capital. This decision was made by the Moscow City Court, having studied the petition of Olga Mirimskaya’s lawyers, who had previously challenged the entire composition of the Presnensky District Court, where the case materials were originally sent. Lawyers argued that the consideration of the case in the Presnensky court may not be impartial.
The Moscow City Court (MGS) considered the defense motion to change the jurisdiction for this case for about an hour and a half. The representative of the state prosecution opposed its satisfaction. Olga Mirimskaya’s lawyers insisted otherwise. At the same time, they seemed to be ready for any turn of events and therefore even allowed themselves to joke about the trial. So, Alexander Chernov said that he personally likes the Presnensky Court much more than other metropolitan district courts, since it is closest to the lawyer’s house.
As a result, the judges of the Moscow City Court decided to send the materials of the corruption case for trial to the Izmailovsky District Court.
Recall that on June 1, the Presnensky District Court sent a lawyer’s petition to the Moscow City Court to resolve the issue of the jurisdiction of the case of Olga Mirimskaya and the investigator of the ICR Yuri Nosov. This happened after the defense of the owner of the BKF and the “Russian product” challenged the entire composition of the district court.
In filing their petition, the lawyers referred to the case file, in which their client is charged, among other things, with two attempts to give bribes in the amount of more than $1 million to judges of the Presnensky District Court. The defense drew attention to the fact that unidentified officials of the court appeared in the case file.
This fact, as well as the fact that there is no decision to dismiss the case against the judges, stressed the defense, gives the right to assert that the investigation in this part is ongoing. So, the defenders suggested, it can be assumed that unidentified officials can put pressure on the judges when considering the case of Olga Mirimskaya. This consideration, the lawyers noted, can also be used when appealing against the future verdict.
As previously reported by Kommersant, the financier Olga Mirimskaya is accused of four episodes of giving bribes or attempts to give them (part 5 of article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), and Yury Nosov, a former investigator of the Central Directorate of the ICR near Moscow, of receiving two of them. Yuri Nosov, according to investigators, received two cars from Olga Mirimskaya (part 5 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The total amount of illegal offerings, appearing in the case, is $ 2 million. The defendants in the case do not admit guilt.