The Tegansky Court in Moscow found the former Minister of Open Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Avizov guilty of fraud on an extremely large scale, carried out by a group of people in a previous conspiracy.
Combined with other charges, Abizov was sentenced to 14 years in prison in a maximum security colony with a fine of 80.1 million rubles, and the court also stripped Abizov of a state award.
The verdict has not yet entered into legal force.