Alexander Khoroshavin found guilty of bribery. The court of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk sentenced him to 13 years in a strict-security colony and a fine of 500 million rubles. Khoroshavin was arrested on March 4, 2015. The time spent under arrest will be reckoned to him on imprisonment, he was held under arrest, RIA Novosti notes.. The court also ruled on other high-ranking Sakhalin officials. Ex-advisor to the governor Andrei Ikramov for bribes sentenced to 9.5 years in a strict-security prison and a fine of 171 million rubles. The former deputy government of the region Sergei Karepkin - to 8 years in a strict-regime colony and a fine of 4 million rubles. - he was also found guilty of bribery. The former Minister of Agriculture, Trade and Food of the Sakhalin Oblast Nikolai Borisov is to pay a fine of 2.5 million rubles.

Borisov got off with a relatively mild punishment, as he cooperated with the investigation. Khoroshavin will suffer the most severe punishment in comparison with other persons involved in recent resonant cases. Ex-governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh and former minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev were sentenced to 8 years in a strict-security colony. The former head of Sakhalin was detained in the workplace in March 2015. He was charged with eight episodes of bribery and one case of money legalization.