02:00, 5 July 2026

The lawyers of the three former deputies of the Volgograd City Duma filed cassation appeals against the sentences.

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The Fourth Cassation Court received complaints from the lawyers of former deputies of the Volgograd City Duma Shchur, Litvinenko, and Zverev, convicted of fraud.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", at the end of October last year, the court sentenced the former deputies of the Volgograd City Duma Evgeny Shchur and Fyodor Litvinenko to 13 years in prison, while their colleague Alexey Zverev received 14 years. In early February, the appellate instance upheld the sentence.

The Fourth Cassation Court received materials of the criminal case against former deputies of the Volgograd City Duma Alexey Zverev, Fyodor Litvinenko, and Evgeny Shchur, who were convicted of fraud with OSAGO and creating an organized criminal community, writes "Kommersant" on July 3.

The court's website reports that the cassation appeals were filed by the lawyers of the convicted, with the case received on June 30. In addition to Litvinenko, Zverev, and Shchur, the figures involved also include Natalia Volodina and Maxim Kalashnikov.

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