Elena Blinovskaya asked to delay her execution of punishment due to children
On Thursday, February 27, the debt of the parties in the case ended against the founder of the “Marathon of desires” by Elena Blinovskaya, accused of tax evasion in the amount of 906.6 million rubles, money laundering, as well as in the unlawful turnover of payments. The defense noted that the case of a “slurry” blogger, and called on the Savelovsky district court to bear the defendant “a fair but soft sentence”, giving a delay from the execution of the sentence until children reached the age of 14. The defendant also asked for the same thing, for whom the prosecutor's office requires a six -year term.
The meeting was in an hour and a half. During him, the lawyer of the defendant, who began the speech on February 13, was concentrated on accusing the defendant of the legalization of criminal proceeds (part 4 of article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) in the amount of 716 million 761 thousand rubles, as well as in illegal circulation of payments (part 1 of article 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
He insisted that both articles were invited by the defendant too and their actions are covered by the main charge – of “evading the individual from taxes” (part 2 of article 198 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the statute of limitations for which expired. The defender noted that a prerequisite for “legalization” (laundering) is the “criminal” nature of the origin of money. In addition, according to judicial practice, the “illegal turnover of payments” is associated precisely with theft, the lawyer said.
At the same time, according to him, Elena Blinovskaya made money legally. More than 600 million rubles were paid from them. taxes, albeit in a simplified taxation scheme. In this regard, Elena Blinovskaya, as well as her husband and business partner, Alexei Blinovsky, « naturally believed that the money was their property, which they could dispose of at their discretion. »
The lawyer emphasized that his client was not engaged in the distribution of income and had no relationship with a waste of money. Her husband and employees did this. “Having arrived in court with his, Alexei Blinovsky explained that it was he was an ideological inspirer of building a business architecture. She did not pursue the purpose of tax evasion, but provided for the division of products into different legal entities and their sale. All companies conducted real activities permitted by law related to the production of clothing, food and agriculture, ”the defender said.
When sentencing, Mr. Soltakhanov asked the court to take into account the mitigating of Madame Blinovsky circumstances: the presence of young and minor children, positive data on the personality of the defendant, a confession, as well as “measures taken by parents and husband to compensate for the harm caused (they realized the property worth about 300 million rubles to repay tax arrears. « Kommersant ») « .
“Crimes that are charged with Blinovskaya’s guilt is difficult to call intentional, in addition, they relate to non -violent crimes,” the lawyer said. “Our client does not deserve a harsh, cruel punishment, especially since it has been in custody for a year.”
The defender urged the court to give the defendant the opportunity to “improve without real serving the punishment”, noting that its case is “slurred”. “We all understand how difficult it is for children, parents and spouse, her whole family has undergone problems and deprivations that would be humanely stopped by the adoption of a fair, but soft sentence,” Soltakhanov summed up.
He called on the court not to appoint a fine of 1.5 million rubles requested by the prosecutor, not to apply the ban within five years to engage in commercial activities, not to confiscate its property, and the lawsuit claimed by the prosecutor (initially its amount amounted to almost 919 million rubles, but then it was reduced to 587.6 million rubles) generally leave without consideration.
The other defender of the defendant, Natalia Salnikova, noted that the prosecutor’s office proposed to appoint Blinovskaya “double punishment”: to satisfy the civil lawsuit at the expense of property and confiscate the property for the same amount. According to the defender, the choice of this property « represents a separate issue. » “Its assessment has not been carried out, it is not indicated why this property is, and not another. Therefore, not only one cannot talk about social justice, but this directly contradicts the law! ” – exclaimed Mrs. Salnikova.
“Having pleaded guilt and repenting, I would like to say one thing: the articles incriminated to me provide for other types of punishment, not only the punishment of imprisonment,” Elena Blinovskaya herself turned to the court. The defendant noted that the punishment assigned to her will affect her children: 15-year-old Vsevolod, 13-year-old twins Plato and Miron and daughter Aurora, who will be five years old this year. “My main duty is to be with children and engage in their education,” said Elena Blinovskaya, supporting her previously expressed request to provide her with a delay in the execution of the sentence until three of the four children of the age of 14.
However, in the replicas, two gunstan women asked for a delay in the execution of the sentence to Mrs. Blinovskaya not to apply. In their opinion, the presence of children did not prevent the defendant from committing crimes.
“Children have a father who is not in isolation, grandparents who can be educated,” said one of the prosecutors. And her colleague sent to Mrs. Blinovskaya that she did not deign to personally appear at the tax inspectorate and “give explanations”, but instead “chose to hire a staff of lawyers”. She recalled that Mrs. Blinovskaya was detained on the border on April 27, 2024, while trying to leave Russia and initially sent under house arrest. However, during him, the defendant “continued to lead the idle lifestyle and violated the preventive measure,” in connection with which on January 22, 2024 she was concluded in the pre -trial detention center. “Her behavior does not mean that she fully pleads guilty and repents of his deed,” the state prosecutor said.
“My mistakes are definitely corrected,” Elena Blinovskaya said to this. “I think that my family and I suffered enough.” The defendant asked to leave herself free to “fix it”.
According to the plot of the prosecution, Ms. Blinovskaya, through her husband’s mediation (his case was suspended after leaving for his), deduced taxes in 2019–2021 in the amount of 906.6 million rubles, using the business crushing scheme and simplified taxation. Of this amount, the spouses legalized 716 million rubles through a number of firms. In addition, the investigation believes, Elena Blinovskaya made an unlawful turnover of payments, having received electronic keys to the client-bank system at her disposal, through which payments for laundering of funds without the knowledge of their directors. During the process, which lasted since August 2024, the defendant first pleaded guilty, only in tax evasion, but then agreed with the charge completely. Mrs. Blinovskaya refused the last word. The court will announce her verdict on March 3.
