# Russia sentences former ‘king of state contracts’ to 12 years in absentia for bribing colonel

https://mins.news/en/item/34328

- Meduza, 2026-08-27 12:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/27/russia-sentences-former-king-of-state-contracts-in-absentia-to-12-years-in-prison-for-bribing-a-colonel

> Moscow’s Basmanny District Court sentenced Boris Usherovich, a former co-owner of the 1520 group, to 12 years in prison in absentia and fined him 500 million rubles for bribing former Interior Ministry colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko. Investigators said Usherovich and associates paid more than 1.4 billion rubles from 2007 to 2016 to secure protection for a shadow-banking platform.

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