In the Yenisei region, an entrepreneur received a “condition” for illegal deforestation worth 1 million rubles

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a resident of the Yenisei region was sentenced to a suspended sentence for cutting down forests worth 1 million rubles. This was reported by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.

Summer 2021 in the Epishensky district forestry, an individual entrepreneur officially registered in the logging industry, started scalewow wheelhousenear the forest. At the same time he introduced himself in good faithth supplierohm wood for residents, which supposedly waitingAnd her for construction houses.

“The local residents who were included in the applications were left with nothing, and the forest wealth of the region went nowhere. What started out as a semblance of legitimate activity quickly escalated into the theft of natural resources—mainly valuable conifers—without regard to regulations or permits. There was no talk of any real supplies to the population, and the logging was carried out with the obvious intent of illegal profit, completely refuting the defendant’s defense versions,” the supervisory authority said.

The court rejected the defense's arguments And found the man guilty of illegal logging on an especially large scale (Part 3 of Article 260 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). To him appointeno 1.5 years probation with a probationary period of 2 years with a ban on logging for 1 year. The court also seized the convicted person’s Cadillac Escalade to cover damages of 1 million rubles.lei.

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