10:59 16/12/2020 MOSCOW, December 16 (RAPSI) – The Moscow City Court has upheld a 9-year prison term passed on ex-deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov in a case over supplies of sugar and motor fuel for FSIN, RAPSI has learnt from the court’s press service. However, the court reduced an 8-year jail sentence of another defendant Svetlana Alekseyeva by 6 months but banned her from holding public posts for 6 years. According to the sentence, Korshunov was convicted of embezzling over 155 million rubles (over $2 million) for assistance in conclusion of state contracts on sugar and fuel deliveries. The contractual prices were above-market; supplies were conducted through firms under the control of Korshunov’s friends.