Despite the defense lawyer’s denials about his arrest, saying that he learned about suspicions of bribery from a journalist, he still needed a lawyer himself. According to the interlocutor, Alexey Kirsanov had a chance to experience for himself what it was like to be accused in a criminal case, as well as all the “delights” of the work of the FSB and the Investigative Committee. Today it is known that the investigation considers him to be an intermediary in giving a bribe from one of his clients to a high-ranking official. Personalities are kept strictly secret for now. 
Alexey Kirsanov – Chairman of the Moscow Bar Association “Inconsult”, defended thief in law Oleg Medvedev (Shishkan), ex-Minister for Open Government Mikhail Abyzov, co-owner of Promsvyazbank Alexey Ananyev, former top manager of Rostec Alla Laletina and others . In July, the lawyer was awarded the medal “For Merit” at the annual meeting of the Guild of Russian Lawyers.
In 2020, Alexey Kirsanov’s colleague on the board, Alexander Vershinin, was arrested and sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for mediation in extorting a bribe from thief in law Vasily Khristoforov (Vasya Voskres). He defended the former Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, the head of the internal security department of the Investigative Committee Mikhail Maksimenko and participated in a number of cases together with Alexey Kirsanov (defense of Abyzov, Shishkan, etc.).
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