The Tagansky Court in Moscow sentenced former Minister of Open Government Affairs Mikhail Avizov to 6.5 years in prison in a second case - fraud with shares of a Russian venture company.
Based on the set of penalties, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison in a maximum security colony. The court also satisfied the civil claim of the Russian risk company and collected 353 million 750 thousand rubles from Abizov.
In December 2023, Avizov was found guilty of creating a criminal community, fraud, money laundering, illegal participation in business activity and commercial bribery. So he was sentenced to 12 years in a maximum security colony and a fine of 80 million rubles.
Avizov pleaded not guilty to any of the crimes.