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title: "12 years in absentia: How a court in Kazan sentenced Igor Kolomoyskyi for stealing oil from Tatneft"
description: "A court in Kazan sentenced Igor Kolomoyskyi to 12 years in prison in absentia. The businessman was found guilty of stealing oil from Tatneft worth 10 billion rubles. He is currently under arrest in Ukraine on his own criminal charges. ⚖️🛢️"
date: 2026-06-25T22:22:02.000Z
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# 12 years in absentia: How a court in Kazan sentenced Igor Kolomoyskyi for stealing oil from Tatneft

![Igor Kolomoisky in court: sentenced in absentia to 12 years for stealing oil from Tatneft](https://xab.info/media/2026/06/25/kolomoyskiy-prigovor-12-let-tatneft/kolomoyskiy-prigovor-12-let-tatneft-1.webp)

On June 25, 2026, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan issued an in absentia verdict against one of Ukraine's most prominent businessmen, Igor Kolomoyskyi. The court found him guilty of forming a criminal organization, large-scale fraud, and money laundering. He was sentenced to 12 years in a general-regime penal colony.

### The oil theft case: timeline and details

The criminal case was initiated in 2021, but the events underlying it date back to 2006–2007. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, Kolomoyskyi, together with a group of associates — Hennadiy Boyko, Alexander Yaroslavsky, and Pavel Ovcharenko — organized a scheme to steal oil from the Russian company Tatneft.

According to court materials, the criminal organization was formed outside Russia. Through controlled structures, the participants of the scheme shipped more than 800,000 tons of oil. The total damage is estimated at over 10 billion rubles.

### The mechanism of the scheme

The essence of the operation involved supplying raw materials to the territory of Ukraine. The oil was directed to the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery (JSC Ukrnafta). However, the funds for the supplied raw materials were not returned to the Russian side. According to the investigation, the money ended up on offshore accounts of the scheme's participants, which is classified as money laundering.

The trial was conducted in absentia, as the accused is outside the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. The court found Kolomoyskyi guilty under three articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 of Article 210 (creation of a criminal organization), Part 4 of Article 159 (large-scale fraud), and Part 4 of Article 174.1 (money laundering).

### Civil claim and compensation

In addition to the criminal sentence, the court fully satisfied the civil claim of PJSC Tatneft. Igor Kolomoyskyi and his accomplices were ordered to pay 10 billion rubles as compensation for material damage. To cover this debt, previously arrested Russian assets and real estate linked to the businessman have been seized.

### Current status of the businessman

The verdict issued in Kazan will remain purely on paper for Kolomoyskyi. Physically, he has been in custody in Ukraine since September 2023 and cannot be extradited to the Russian Federation. Currently, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Bureau of Economic Security (BES) are conducting several large-scale investigations against him.

In May 2026, Ukrainian law enforcement agencies charged Kolomoyskyi with financial fraud. Specifically, this concerns the embezzlement of 5.8 billion hryvnias from PrivatBank funds, as well as cases of fraud and money laundering of property obtained through criminal means. Thus, the businessman is at the center of attention of the law enforcement systems of two countries for different episodes.