MOSCOW, Feb 13 — A former top official in the Russian prison service shot and killed himself in a Moscow court yesterday shortly after being jailed for extortion, a court spokeswoman said. Viktor Sviridov, who previously headed the prison service's transport department, “committed suicide in...
People stand outside court in Moscow on February 6, 2020. A former top official in the Russian prison service shot and killed himself in a Moscow court February 12, 2020. — AFP pic
Sviridov, 71, had pleaded not guilty to extorting 10 million rubles from a former deputy director of the prison service. He was found guilty and sentenced him to three years in a penal colony. It was unclear how the former official, who had been living at home while subject to a travel ban, managed to take a gun into the Chertanovo district court despite metal detectors at the entrance.
The pistol Sviridov used was given to him as an award, investigators said in a statement. Sviridov had served in the police before working in the prison service for several years.
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