The Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan reviewed the criminal case against Kupov A.A., Pokrovskaya E.V., and Myasnikov A.V. in an appellate procedure.

      Today, the judicial panel for criminal cases of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan, based on the appeal of the state prosecutor and the appeals of the convicted individuals and their lawyers, reviewed the criminal case in which, by the verdict of the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan dated December 1, 2025, Kupov A.A. was convicted under part 3 of article 290, paragraph "e" of part 3 of article 286, part 3 of article 294 (2 episodes), part 3 of article 69 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to 8 years of imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony, with a fine of 3.27 million rubles, and deprivation of the right to hold positions in public service related to the functions of a representative of authority, organizational and administrative powers for 4 years and 6 months, with deprivation based on article 48 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of the class rank of "senior advisor of justice." Pokrovskaya E.V. was convicted under part 1 of article 241 (2 episodes), part 2 of article 291.1, part 3 of article 30, part 3 of article 159, part 3 of article 69 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony, with a fine of 2.2 million rubles. Myasnikov A.V. was convicted under part 1 of article 241 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to 3 years of conditional imprisonment. By the verdict, Kupov A.A., former head of the department for supervision of procedural activities of the investigative management of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan, was found guilty of receiving a bribe, exceeding official powers, as well as in two episodes of obstructing the administration of justice and the conduct of preliminary investigations. The verdict established that Kupov A.A., holding the aforementioned position, for a bribe in the form of a mobile phone, assisted individuals being prosecuted for illegal drug trafficking in returning their confiscated mobile phones and attempted to achieve a reclassification of the actions of those same individuals to a less serious crime. By the appellate ruling dated May 19, 2026, the verdict against Pokrovskaya E.V. and Myasnikov A.V. was left unchanged, while the verdict against Kupov A.A. was amended; Kupov A.A.'s actions in the episodes of obstructing the administration of justice and the conduct of preliminary investigations were qualified as a single crime under part 3 of article 294 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and based on part 3 of article 69 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, his punishment was finally set at 7 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony, with a fine of 3.27 million rubles, and deprivation of the right to hold positions in public service related to the functions of a representative of authority, organizational and administrative powers for 4 years, with deprivation based on article 48 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of the class rank of "senior advisor of justice."