Vladislav Lukin was discovered responsible of giving bribes to keep away from army service
Russian ice hockey participant Vladislav Lukin has been fined 2.2 million rubles ($ 37,500) after being convicted of giving bribes to acquire pretend paperwork and keep away from army service.
Lukin, 25, was handed the sentence on the Leninsky District Courtroom of Ufa in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan on Monday.
Lukin, who performs for the Yugra hockey membership based mostly in Khanty-Mansyisk, is the third participant to be punished in latest weeks as a part of an investigation into offenses dedicated again in 2019.
SKA St. Petersburg star Mikhail Vorobyov and former Salavat Yulaev goaltender Anvar Suleimanov had been additionally convicted within the case.
All three gamers have prevented jail, though the 25-year-old Vorobyov was fined 2 million rubles final month, whereas Suleimanov, 22, acquired a five-year suspended jail sentence.
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In addition to paying a bribe to obtain pretend army paperwork, Lukin additionally admitted to acquiring a false driver’s license by paying two installments of 230,000 rubles.
A former police visitors officer, Farit Samigullin, stays underneath home arrest as a part of the investigation.
Lukin’s lawyer, Sergey Kozhevnikov, mentioned he was happy with the decision and famous that the hockey participant would now full his army service, RIA Novosti reported.
A number of high-profile circumstances involving Russian hockey gamers and army duties have emerged in latest months.
Star goaltender Ivan Fedotov, who helped the Russian group to win the silver medal on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, was detained in St. Petersburg in July on suspicion of making an attempt to evade army service.
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The 25-year-old was named one of the best goalie within the Russia-based KHL final season and was as a consequence of embark on an NHL profession on the Philadelphia Flyers earlier than the scandal emerged.
Fedotov was transferred to a army heart within the Archangelsk area in northern Russia to finish his coaching.
Final month, Fedotov’s attorneys introduced they had been dropping their attraction in opposition to the choice.
Star NHL winger Kirill Kaprizov was named in unconfirmed studies in Russia about doubtlessly being linked to a different case of making an attempt to evade army service, though the studies proved unfounded and the participant rejoined the Minnesota Wild forward of the brand new season.
