Blinovskaya was arrested on the morning of April 27 as she tried to cross the border from Russia into Belarus. The UK has accused the woman of large-scale tax evasion and money laundering.
According to lawyer Dmitry Krasnov, the situation of the detainee will worsen if the facts of fraud come to light. As for criminal liability for tax offences, the new legislation provides for an exemption from punishment if the amount of unpaid taxes is reimbursed. Writes about this “Moscow Evening”.
“Now people are not imprisoned in such cases if damages and all taxes that should have been paid to the budget are compensated,” he added.
According to lawyer Sergei Zhorin, the article on money laundering and illegal banking activities could aggravate the situation in the Blinovskaya case. He does not rule out a prison sentence for the blogger.
Earlier it became known that blogger and creator of the “marathon of desires” Elena Blinovskaya, accompanied by law enforcement officials, left the Krasnaya Gorka checkpoint in the Smolensk region.
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