Russia: Former Defence Ministry official Evgenia Vasilyeva released on parole

A former official of the Russian Defence Ministry, Evgenia Vasilyeva, was released early on parole, due to a ruling of the Sudogodsky Court in Sudogda, in the Vladimir Region, Tuesday. Vasilyeva was allowed to leave the Golovinskaya penal colony immediately afterwards. Judge Ilya Galagan listed good behaviour during Vasilyeva's imprisonment as one reason for the court's decision. Besides that, Vasilyeva also completely indemnified the financial damage that she had allegedly done during an embezzlement scheme involving joint-stock company 'Oboronservis.' Evgenia Vasilyeva was the former chief of Russia's Defence Ministry property department and had been sentenced to five years in prison for large-scale embezzlement in May 2015.