21.04.2026, 10:18
The court sentenced the ex-editor Ura.ru Allayarova to five years in a penal colony
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS The Verkh-Isetsky district court of Yekaterinburg appointed the former editor Ura.ru Denis Allayarov, accused of bribing a policeman, was sentenced to five years in prison in a general regime colony, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom.
Allayarov was also fined ten times the amount of the bribe, he was deprived of the right to engage in journalistic and publishing activities for four years, the judge said.
He was found guilty under Part 3 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (giving a bribe to an official for committing knowingly illegal actions).
Several dozen journalists came to the verdict announcement, the hall could not accommodate them all. Some of the journalists listened to the verdict in the corridor through the open door.
After the verdict, they asked Allayarov how he was feeling. He replied ironically that it was fine.
The journalist's defense team will appeal the verdict. "I consider the sentence excessively harsh. We will appeal, we will seek to reduce the punishment. I believe that the punishment is disproportionate to what was done," Mikhail Tolmachev, Allayarov's lawyer, told Interfax.
As reported, the state prosecutor requested for Allayarov a sentence of five years in a general regime penal colony with a fine of 1.2 million rubles and deprivation of the right to engage in journalistic and publishing activities for five years.
Allayarov himself and his defense asked the court to apply to him a punishment unrelated to actual imprisonment. The defendant pleaded guilty to the alleged crime and repented.
According to the investigation, he transferred 120 thousand rubles to his uncle, the former head of the criminal investigation department of OP No. 10 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Yekaterinburg, Andrey Karpov, for the daily transmission of daily operational reports of the City Ministry of Internal Affairs for the subsequent publication of the information contained therein.
On November 25, 2025, the Verkh-Isetsky district Court found Karpov guilty of abuse of office (paragraph "e" of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code) and receiving a significant bribe (part 3 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to four years of probation. The decision has entered into force.
Allayarov was also fined ten times the amount of the bribe, he was deprived of the right to engage in journalistic and publishing activities for four years, the judge said.
He was found guilty under Part 3 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (giving a bribe to an official for committing knowingly illegal actions).
Several dozen journalists came to the verdict announcement, the hall could not accommodate them all. Some of the journalists listened to the verdict in the corridor through the open door.
After the verdict, they asked Allayarov how he was feeling. He replied ironically that it was fine.
The journalist's defense team will appeal the verdict. "I consider the sentence excessively harsh. We will appeal, we will seek to reduce the punishment. I believe that the punishment is disproportionate to what was done," Mikhail Tolmachev, Allayarov's lawyer, told Interfax.
As reported, the state prosecutor requested for Allayarov a sentence of five years in a general regime penal colony with a fine of 1.2 million rubles and deprivation of the right to engage in journalistic and publishing activities for five years.
Allayarov himself and his defense asked the court to apply to him a punishment unrelated to actual imprisonment. The defendant pleaded guilty to the alleged crime and repented.
According to the investigation, he transferred 120 thousand rubles to his uncle, the former head of the criminal investigation department of OP No. 10 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Yekaterinburg, Andrey Karpov, for the daily transmission of daily operational reports of the City Ministry of Internal Affairs for the subsequent publication of the information contained therein.
On November 25, 2025, the Verkh-Isetsky district Court found Karpov guilty of abuse of office (paragraph "e" of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code) and receiving a significant bribe (part 3 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to four years of probation. The decision has entered into force.
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