“A milder preventive measure due to the elaborated position of defence”.

The principal appealed to Petukhov and Partners MBA with a request for support in the criminal case, in which he was charged with creation of a criminal community and illegal banking activities (Articles 172, 210 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Our barristers conducted oral consultations with the client explaining the provisions of the law concerning the alleged crimes, reviewed the materials of the criminal case available at the initial stage, formulated a competent defence position for the participation in the initial investigative actions together with the principal (interrogations as a witness, suspect, accused), prepared lawfully justified evidence proving the lack of sufficient grounds for selecting a measure of restraint involving client’s complete isolation from society and confinement in a detention centre, and also indicated the circumstances of client’s biography that must be regarded in terms of the measure of restraint.

Despite the petition filed by the investigative authority for the selection of an exceptional measure of restraint as imprisonment of the principal, the court decided to refuse the petition and selected a measure of restraint as a house arrest.

Party: K.A. Maevskaya