Corruption & Bribery

Search of Moscow Region police chiefs office was conducted legally

Police Colonel-General Nikolai Golovkins office was searched by investigators in strict accordance with the law.

12:04 30.08.2011

Company director and former tax officer convicted of illegal trafficking

Moscow District Court has sentenced four members of a criminal gang to prison terms ranging from five to ten years for large-scale electrode and ferromolybdenum trafficking

11:45 30.08.2011

Moscow Region court to hear fake generals fraud case

Moscow Region investigators have completed their criminal investigation of three individuals suspected of impersonating security service generals.

16:41 29.08.2011

Corruption Perceptions Index 2010

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures the perceived level of corruption in the public sector in 180 countries and territories around the world.

15:01 29.08.2011

Court orders arrest of anticorruption officer for extortion

The court has sanctioned the arrest of an anti-corruption police officer for extorting one million rubles ($34,000) from the head of a mortuary

12:26 29.08.2011

Authorities to investigate sale of stock by Bank of Moscow management

The Investigative Committee is to look into whether the sale of Investlesprom shares by former Bank of Moscow president Andrei Borodin and his first deputy Dmitry Akulinin was legal

12:24 29.08.2011

Audit Chamber uncovers budget spending violations

The Moscow Audit Chamber has discovered that 651.3 million rubles ($22.5 million) of Moscow government funds for the development of mass media in the city were embezzled between 2008 and 2010

11:14 29.08.2011

Moscow court issues arrest warrant for former high-ranking police officer

A Moscow district court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for former Domodedovo Interior Department head Boris Zhukov for abuse of office

16:05 26.08.2011

Former prosecutor sentenced for $142k misappropriation

The court sentenced a former Pskov Region prosecutor to three and a half years in prison for the misappropriation of $141,800

15:56 26.08.2011

Police major suspected of extortion

Interior Ministry officers have detained a colleague and his subordinate in Moscow Region, for extorting one million rubles ($34,000) from the head of a mortuary

10:49 26.08.2011

Top news

Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025