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A former Russian politician who has been convicted of bypassing British sanctions and money laundering was imprisoned for 40 months in the first case of his kind.
Dmitrii Oviannikov, 48, once appointed by Vladimir Putin as governor of Sevastopol in the Crima with Russian canceled, was convicted on Friday to the Southwark Crown Court after he was convicted of six counts of sanctions and two counts of money this week.
The jury was unable to make an opinion on a seventh sanction costs.
His brother, Alexei Owsjanikow, 47, was also found guilty of two counts of bypassing sanctions and handed over a conditional punishment of 15 months, which means that he will not serve time in prison unless he commits another crime.
Cased casually in jeans, in contrast to his smart clothes during the trial, Ovsiannikov won his wife, Ekaterina Ovsiannikova, from the dock before he was taken away. Ovsiannikova, 47, was also prosecuted in the case, but was released from all counts of infringements of sanctions.
The prosecution was the first to be brought under the Russian regulations of the British government, sanctions of legislation aimed at encouraging Russia to stop destabilizing Ukraine.
All the defendants were Russian subjects.
The case, which was investigated by the UK National Crime Agency and named Operation Rostroid, aimed at the status of Ovsiannikov as a “designated person” on the British sanction list.
Designated persons have certain financial prohibitions on them in connection with funds that can be made available for their use in Great Britain.
However, within a few weeks of arrival at the UK in 2023, OvSiannikov’s wife had transferred £ 76,000 to him and he had tried to buy a £ 54,000 Mercedes-Benz.
While ‘the profit [of the sanctions breaches] were largely for the daily comfort of the family. . . The purpose of the sanction regime must be considered, “said Mrs. Justice Sara Cockerill in conviction.
‘[Ovsiannikov also] Submit his wife in a position where there was a risk that she would be investigated and prosecuted for violating sanctions, “the judge added.
Cockerill based her conviction on the convictions of the sanctions and added no extra prison time for money laundering.
A lawyer for Ovsiannikov said: “The whole family is debit”, including his older children, this week, after the outcome of the trial.
Ovsiannikov was at School Run when he was arrested in January 2024 and was charged the same month. His brother was charged in March 2024.
After the charges, Owsjanikow paid about £ 23,913 and £ 17,114 to cover private school costs for the young person two of the four children of his brother, who were students at the Royal Russell School in Surrey, which led to further charges against him.
Owsjanikow was convicted by the jury for bypassing sanctions by paying the school costs. He was acquitted on three other charges.
Ovsiannikov has carried a single bracelet and carried out under an evening clock in anticipation of the process, which is in custody if half a day is in custody and will reduce his time in prison by 217 days.