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Alexey Novikov
Managing Partner, Advocate

2006, All-Russian State Tax Academy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation

20 years’ investigations and defence experience in corruption and white-collar criminal cases, including 13 years working in the Public Prosecution Service of the Russian Federation and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Alexey resigned his position as an investigator of special cases of the First Directorate for the Special Cases of the Central Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and began his career as a Partner at ZKS Law Firm. After two years, Alexey withdrew from ZKS and founded Criminal Defense Firm along with Alexey Kasatkin and other partners.

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Oleg Vyshinskii
Senior Partner, Advocate

1992 – USSR Higher School of Investigation(Volgograd) (now Volgograd Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), Jurisprudence.

1997 – Volgograd Academy of Public Service, Banking and Finance

Oleg Vyshinsky has 31 years’ experience in investigating and defending against financial, corruption, and white-collar criminal cases, including 14 years in investigative units of the law enforcement of Volgograd and Kaliningrad oblast as a major case investigator, financial crimes investigation (banking and finance) department head, the first deputy head of the Main Investigative Department of the Volgograd oblast, head of the Department for the Investigation of Organized Criminal Activity at the Department of Internal Affairs of the Kaliningrad oblast.

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Arthur Bolshakov
Senior Partner, Advocate

1996, Demidov Yaroslavl State University

2021, Russian Academy of Advocacy and Notaries

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Alexander Redkin
Senior Partner, Advocate

2008, Moscow State Open University

Alexander Redkin has nearly 30 years of experience in investigation and defense in criminal cases of the broad spectrum, including white-collar crimes, cases related to corruption and abuse of power, with extensive work within the internal affairs bodies (Moscow Criminal Investigation Department).

He has received numerous commendations and accolades, including the Medal for Valor.

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Anna Golub
Partner, Advocate

2014 Russian University of Transport (MIIT), Jurisprudence

2020 Department of Higher Professional Education at the All-Russian State University of Justice (RLA of the Ministry of Justice of Russia), Mediation

10 years’ investigations and defence experience in business, corruption, and job-related criminal cases, including 4.5 years working for the RF Investigative Committee as an investigator

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Igor Anisimov
Partner, Advocate

1999, Ural State Law Academy

Igor Anisimov has over 25 years of experience in investigation and defense in criminal cases, including financial, corruption-related, and white-collar crimes. He represents clients during pre-investigation checks as well as throughout court proceedings. He has significant expertise in identifying and mitigating criminal legal risks and their consequences, both within the organization's operations and in dealings with counterparties and regulatory authorities. He provides defense and representation for both individuals and legal entities.

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Ekaterina Kharchenko
Senior Lawyer

2022 - 2024: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Master's degree in "Criminal Law and Criminology; Penal Law"

2018 - 2022: Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Bachelor's degree in "Jurisprudence"

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Vladislava Bezushkevich
Lawyer

Currently studying at Lomonosov Moscow State University (2021-2025)

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Yury Garmaev
Counsel

Doctor of laws, Professor, retired Senior Councillor of Justice (Prosecution Authority Colonel), Honoured Lawyer of the Republic of Buryatia, director of the Research Centres at the Buryat State University

Yury Garmaev has 28 years’ experience working for the prosecution authorities, on investigations and in higher education. He is one of the leading Russian specialists in criminalistics and in the fields of crime detection and investigation, and in classification, detection and investigation of corruption and white-collar crime, as well as in criminal defence

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10.12.2024
On December 5, in Moscow, Pravo.ru-300, the country’s main annual legal awards ceremony, was held.
On December 5, in Moscow, Pravo.ru-300, the country’s main annual legal awards ceremony, was held. We are honored to announce that Criminal Defense Firm has once again been ranked in Group 1 of the federal rating in the “Criminal Law” category! This recognition reflects the dedication and exceptional efforts of our entire team. We are proud of every individual who contributed to this success. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the organize...
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10.12.2024
Rossiyskaya Gazeta has published the results of the second annual “Lawyers and Their Firms Rating.”
In the “Criminal Law” category, four CDF partners were recognized in Group 1: Oleg Vyshinsky, Anna Golub, Alexey Novikov, Igor Khodakov. Additionally, in the “Legal Educators” category, the firm’s counsel, Professor Yury Garmaev, was included in Group 1. We thank the expert council of Rossiyskaya Gazeta for conducting the study and highly valuing our achievements!Congratulations to all colleagues featured in the rating!
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18.10.2024
We have more exciting news!
We have more exciting news! This week we are thrilled to welcome a new Senior Partner at Criminal Defense Firm — attorney Artur Bolshakov! With nearly 30 years of experience, Artur Bolshakov has been representing clients in a wide range of criminal cases, from fraud and embezzlement charges to corruption and cartel conspiracies. He actively contributes to the development and improvement of legislation as an expert for organizations...
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