Russian authorities sentenced the leader of the criminal group that ran the now-defunct dark web platform Hydra Market to life in prison. In addition, more than a dozen accomplices have been convicted of their participation in the production and sale of about one tonne of drugs.
Stanislav Moiseyev, the group’s “organizer,” was sentenced to life in prison and fined 4 million rubles, as the Russian media site RBC first reported.
Alexander Chirkov, Andrey Trunov, Evgeny Andreyev, Ivan Koryakin, Vadim Krasninsky, Georgy Georgobiani, Artur Kolesnikov, Nikolay Bilyk, Alexander Khramov, Kirill Gusev, Anton Gaykin, Alexey Gukalin, Mikhail Dombrovsky, Alexander Aminov, and Sergey Chekh were among his co-conspirators who were sentenced to 8–23 years in prison along with fines of 16 million rubles.
The court decided that they would be subjected to a strict and particular regime while incarcerated in penal camps read more about Russia sentences Hydra dark web market leader to life in prison
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