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Moscow court sentences ex-minister Abyzov to 12 years in high-security penitentiary
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Dec 21 (Interfax) - Moscow's Preobrazhensky District Court has sentenced former Minister for Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov to 12 years in a high-security penal colony as part of a case involving a criminal group and fraud, an Interfax correspondent reported.
"Abyzov is ultimately sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment [and will] serve his sentence in a high-security penal colony," the court panel said in its sentence pronounced on Thursday.
The court also fined Abyzov 80 million rubles and banned him from holding positions "involving the performance of organizational, administrative and managerial functions in state bodies" for three years.
The court also deprived the former minister of the Order of Friendship.
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