Baryshev Mikhail Nikolaevich

Baryshev Mikhail Nikolaevich

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2024: Sentence - 13 years in prison for bribes when supplying computer monitors

The Moscow Garrison Military Court sentenced the former head of CSKA Mikhail Baryshev, finding him guilty of taking bribes when organizing deliveries, including computer monitors. As it became known on July 30, 2024, the ex-head of the army sports club was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security colony.

According to Kommersant, the court also imposed a fine of ₽25 million on Baryshev and banned him from holding senior positions in the civil service for 10 years. The former colonel was deprived of his military rank and state awards - the Orders of Honor and Friendship.

Baryshev was found guilty of taking four bribes on an especially large scale. The largest of them amounted to ₽10 million. The total amount of bribes incriminated to him exceeded ₽23 million. The court found that the crimes were committed from September 2015 to January 2017.

The investigation revealed that bribes were transferred through intermediaries from entrepreneurs who supplied goods and services for the III Winter World War Games in Sochi in February 2017. Among the bribe-giving companies were RedSys, Forward and Five Sevens, which provided games with liquid crystal monitors, sports equipment and transport.

In addition to charges of bribery, Baryshev was found guilty of especially large-scale fraud and an attempt to escape from custody. For these crimes, he was assigned additional terms - 4 years and 1 year, respectively.

The convict's defense plans to appeal the verdict. Baryshev's entourage believes that the guilty verdict is based on the testimony of his former CSKA deputies - Andrei Khamazin and Yuri Mukhanov, who themselves were detained for corrupt actions.

Khamazin and Mukhanov, who collaborated with the investigation, received suspended sentences - 6 and 5 years, respectively. Other defendants in the case - former Baryshev's assistants Maxim Labuntsov and Oleg Ampilogov - were sentenced to 8 and 5 years in prison for mediation in bribery.^[1]

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