“The court received a cassation appeal from lawyers PA Kharkhorin, RM Filippov, defenders MO Efremov.

They ask to cancel the appeal ruling of the Moscow City Court of October 22, 2021 and transfer the criminal case for a new appeal, "RIA Novosti quotes her as saying.

Earlier, the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Belgorod Region denied reports about the transfer of Efremov to Moscow for investigative actions.

On October 22, 2020, the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence to the artist in the case of a fatal road accident from eight to 7.5 years in a general regime colony.