{"id":21155,"date":"2026-07-30T11:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=21155"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:27:10","slug":"russian-blogger-blinovskayas-four-and-a-half-year-prison-sentence-upheld-in-tax-evasion-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=21155","title":{"rendered":"Russian Blogger Blinovskaya\u2019s Four-and-a-Half-Year Prison Sentence Upheld in Tax Evasion Case<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has upheld the four-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed on blogger Elena Blinovskaya after she was convicted of tax evasion and money laundering.<\/p>\n

According to TASS, the court rejected an appeal filed by Blinovskaya\u2019s lawyers and left the earlier ruling unchanged.<\/p>\n

Blinovskaya was accused of artificially dividing her business operations among several smaller entities to reduce tax liabilities and subsequently laundering the proceeds.<\/p>\n

In March 2025, Moscow\u2019s Savyolovsky District Court sentenced her to five years in prison. Investigators said she had evaded more than 900 million rubles in taxes through the business-splitting scheme between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n

In October 2025, the Moscow City Court reduced her sentence by six months to four and a half years.<\/p>\n

According to TASS, Blinovskaya is due to complete her prison term in April 2027.<\/p>\n

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