World : 15-Year Term Asked for Churbanov
The Soviet state prosecutor today demanded a 15-year sentence for Yury Churbanov, son-in-law of former Kremlin chief Leonid I. Brezhnev, at his trial in Moscow on corruption charges.
Prosecutor Alexander Sboyev said Churbanov, who was first deputy minister of the interior under Brezhnev, should serve five years in jail and 10 years in a labor camp “for his especially serious crimes.” Churbanov, 52, showed no emotion as Sboyev asked for the sentence. The one-time top policeman and husband of Brezhnev’s daughter, Galina, could have faced the death penalty.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
