The High Anti-Corruption Court has sentenced fugitive oligarch Oleksandr Onyshchenko to 15 years in prison. This was reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Centre.
Onyshchenko was found guilty of organising a gas scheme and sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The sentence was passed by judges Lesya Fedorak, Viktor Maslov and Ihor Strohyy.
Onyshchenko has been hiding abroad for a long time.
In December 2019, he was detained in Germany, but at the end of May 2020, a German court rejected Ukraine's request for his extradition. In 2020, Germany denied Onyshchenko asylum and asked him to leave.
In 2021, it was reported that he was granted Russian citizenship. He now plays for the Russian national equestrian team.