Russian singer Larisa Dolina awarded large payout from defendants convicted in fraud case over her apartment
Moscow’s Lefortovo District Court has ordered the defendants convicted in the fraud case over singer Larisa Dolina’s apartment to pay more than 114 million rubles, the press service of the city’s courts reported.
Under the ruling, Angela Tsyrulnikova and Andrei Osnova — a courier and a money mule, respectively — must compensate Dolina for her losses and pay more than 335,000 rubles in state fees.
Dolina had initially sought 176 million rubles in damages, but her claim was later reduced to 114 million rubles after another court awarded her a separate 61-million-ruble claim.
Dolina had originally filed suit against four defendants in the case: Tsyrulnikova, Osnova, Dmitry Leontyev, and Artur Kamenetsky.
The case against Leontyev and Kamenetsky was separated into its own case after Leontyev signed a contract with the Defense Ministry and left for the war in Ukraine, while Kamenetsky was never notified of the hearing. According to reports by the Russian business daily Kommersant, the court was unable to determine where Kamenetsky is serving his sentence.
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The case involves the sale of Larisa Dolina’s apartment in Moscow’s Khamovniki district.
According to investigators, fraudsters called Dolina in 2024 and convinced the singer that criminals were trying to steal her money and take out a loan against her apartment.
Posing as employees of Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service and Federal Security Service, the fraudsters persuaded Dolina to transfer her savings to \“safe accounts\” and sell her central Moscow apartment for 112 million rubles.
Investigators said Kamenetsky, Osnova, and Leontyev opened bank cards that Dolina used to transfer the money and later cashed out part of the funds, while Tsyrulnikova collected cash from Dolina in person. The defendants claimed they had been used \“in the dark\” and did not know they were taking part in a fraud scheme.
A court convicted them of large-scale fraud in November 2025, sentencing Osnova to four years in prison, Kamenetsky to seven years in prison, Leontyev to seven years in prison, and Tsyrulnikova to seven years and three months in prison.
The case gained even more attention after Moscow resident Polina Lurye, unaware of the fraud, bought the apartment. Dolina, who had already handed over the sale proceeds to the fraudsters after being deceived, then went to court in an attempt to reclaim the property.
Lower courts initially upheld Dolina’s ownership of the apartment and ruled that she owed Lurye nothing, leaving Lurye with neither the property nor her money. The case eventually reached Russia’s Supreme Court, which ruled in December 2025 that the apartment belonged to Lurye.
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