after searching belozertsevo's house, operatives took 102 kg of confiscated five-thousand-ruble bills packed in green bags to moscow by bus, a total of about half a billion rubles, the origin of which the official could not explain, cases with weapons completed the picture, lawyers stated that belozertsevo was an inveterate hunter, the prosecutor retorted, the weapons were not registered. belozertsevo was sent to a pre-trial detention center, the businessman boris shigel also did not escape responsibility, and his wife evgenia, the director of one of shpigel's companies anton koloskov, as well as employees of the penza region plenipotentiary representative office in moscow, gennady markov and fyodor fedotov were in the dock with him. the lawyers presented various arguments to defend their clients, but the court remained adamant, and everyone received considerable sentences. in particular, former governor ivan belozertsev was sent to a maximum security penal colony for 12 years, and boris shpigel for 11. the court ordered both to pay multimillion fines, naturally, there was an appeal a