“Gaiser has been in the hospital since Friday. Today he was supposed to return to the jail from the hospital. Nothing emergency happened to him, ”a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti.
In turn, the accused’s lawyer Daria Evmenina refused to comment on the information on Gaiser’s hospitalization, noting that “this is due to lawyer secrecy,” and adding that the prison’s employees “showed high professionalism in this situation”.
Earlier, the Moscow City Court recognized the 11-year sentence in the colony for the ex-head of Komi as lawful for embezzlement and money laundering.
It was noted that initially the prosecution demanded that Gaiser be sentenced to 21 years in prison and a fine of 500 million rubles, but the court sentenced him to 11 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 160 million rubles.
In early 2017, the UK completed investigative actions against Geyser.
In May 2018, the financier Demyan Moskvin received six years in prison in the framework of this case.