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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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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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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

 2021-2025: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Master's degree in Criminal Law.

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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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17.12.2025
Criminal Defense Firm Team Recognized in Band 1 of Rossiyskaya Gazeta Ranking
The Criminal Defense Firm team has been recognized in Band 1 of the 2024–2025 legal services market research “Ranking of Lawyers and Their Firms” conducted by Rossiyskaya Gazeta, and named among the leading practitioners in the field of criminal law. The individual ranking includes: Alexey Novikov, Managing Partner Oleg Vyshinsky, Senior Partner Anna Golub, Partner We congratulate our colleagues on this new professional achievement...
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15.12.2025
Criminal Defense Firm Among the Leaders of the PRObankruptcy 2025 Ranking
Criminal Defense Firm has been included in Band 1 of the “PRObankruptcy Leaders” ranking in the category “Criminal Law Defense in Bankruptcy Proceedings.” This recognition represents an important professional achievement for our team. We sincerely thank our clients, partners, and colleagues for their great appreciation of our work. More information on the ranking results is available at the link below: https://proba...
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10.12.2025
Criminal Defense Firm among the Leading Law Firms in the Pravo-300 Ranking
Criminal Defense Firm has been ranked in Band 1 of the federal Pravo-300 ranking in the “Criminal Law” category. For several consecutive years, our team has maintained top positions in the ranking, consistently confirming its expertise and effective approach to defending clients in complex criminal cases. We thank our clients and partners for their trust and for the opportunity to work on challenging and significant matters, and w...
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