KRASNOYARSK. May 12 (Interfax) - The Tsentralny District Court in Krasnoyarsk has found businessman, former lawmaker Anatoly Bykov guilty of incitement to attempted murder, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom.
"The court has found Bykov guilty as charged. [...] Bykov is sentenced to 11 years in a high-security penitentiary," Judge Ivan Narozhny said, adding that the total term would reach 17 years, including the earlier sentence.
For reasons of personal enmity, Bykov encouraged Alexander Zhivitsa to kill two of his acquaintances, Andrei Nekolov and Andrei Grabovsky, in exchange for $50,000 in 2004, the investigators said.
"On November 1, 2004, Zhivitsa fired several shots from a Kalashnikov rifle at a car driven by Grabovsky but missed. He ambushed Nekolov and fatally shot him with a TT handgun on January 18, 2005. After the crimes were committed, Bykov paid Zhivitsa $10,000 in January 2005, cutting the amount of remuneration because Grabovsky's murder failed," the press service for the regional prosecution service said.
The prosecution demanded that Bykov be sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penitentiary. The total penalty demanded was 18 years in a high-security penitentiary, including the 13-year sentence pronounced in the first case on counts of organizing a murder.
The Kirovsky District Court began hearing the third criminal case against Bykov on April 20. In this case, Bykov is charged with murder conspiracy. He pleads not guilty.