The court of first instance sentenced Argentine vice-president Cristina Kirchner to six years in prison on a corruption case, and she was also banned from holding public office for life. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the court decision.

“To sentence Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years for fraud,” the judges announced.

The prosecutor's office asked to sentence the vice president to 12 years in prison. Prosecutor Diego Luciani called the case "the biggest corruption maneuver" in the country's history. He also asked for a lifetime deprivation of all the defendants of the right to hold public office and confiscate $ 1,000 million.

The Argentine government condemned the prosecutor's demand for a prison term for Kirchner, saying that "none of the acts attributed to Kirchner have been proven, and all charges against her relate only to the functions" that she performed when she was president.

Kirchner was President of Argentina from December 2007 to December 2015, succeeding her husband Néstor Kirchner.