MOSCOW. Sept 8 (Interfax) - The first general-jurisdiction appellate court has upheld the sentence of Alexei Vorobyov, former assistant professor at the Rocket Engine Department of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), who was sentenced to 20 years in a high security penal colony in the case of high treason and attempted smuggling of technology.
"The sentence of the Moscow City Court of April 23, 2021 against Vorobyov was changed: the testimony of several witnesses was excluded; the verdict was overturned in terms of material evidence - money, and in this part it was sent to a retrial as part of the execution of the verdict. The rest of the verdict was upheld, an appeal in defense of Vorobyov was declined," court spokesperson Lyubov Budanova told Interfax on Wednesday.
Thus, the sentence handed down to Vorobyov was upheld.
As reported, the Moscow City Court sentenced Vorobyov to 20 years in a high security penal colony, a fine of 1 million rubles and a term of restraint for a year and a half.
Following the appellate court's ruling, the sentence for Vorobyov came into force and is subject to execution.