Postpones the trial of an attempt to manipulate the result of a Latvian club's football match in the Champions League
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Due to the judge's incapacity, the Riga Regional Court has postponed until the beginning of October the criminal case in which Ruslan Bagirov was accused of trying to manipulate the result of the UEFA Champions League qualification match, the court informed. The case will continue on Oct. 10 at 10 a.m.
The Riga City Court acquitted Bagirov in the Latgale suburb. The prosecutor's office filed a protest against the verdict.
The man has been accused of trying to influence the result in the first rounds of Champions League qualification organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in July 2018 in a response game between the winner of the Latvian Highest league of that year, Jurmala club "Spartaks" and the Serbian champions Belgrade "Crvena Zvezda".
The first fight in Riga at that time ended in a draw 0:0, but in Belgrade at the stadium named after Rajko Mitičs "Spartaks" at the end of the match conceded two goals and failed in the sum of two matches with the result 0:2.
The man has been accused of sending a voice message in Russian on the mobile phone of a representative of "Spartak" on the "Whatsapp" application before the response game in Belgrade, offering specific amounts of money for the appropriate results of the game.
25,000 were offered for two goals and about 50,000 for four goals. In terms of voting, however, no specific currency is mentioned, but the indictment states that the amounts correspond to the total amount of minimum monthly salaries set by Latvia.
The prosecutor's office states that the accused attempted manipulation by offering material values on a large scale in order to influence the outcome of the said game in this way.
The criminal law for such an offense provides for imprisonment of up to five years, community service or a fine.