Resident of town in Russia fined $450 for fake COVID-19 news resulting in mass panicA district court in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia upheld a 30,000-ruble (about $450) fine imposed on a local resident for disseminating a fake news on the coronavirus pandemic, which had caused panic among the population.18:22 22.06.2020
Russian police lieutenant colonel detained on treason allegationsMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court has put a chief of a district department of the Interior Ministry’s Kursk Region Directorate, police lieutenant colonel Dmitry Borzenkov in detention until August 18. Borzenkov is suspected of treason.17:11 22.06.2020
Bank account attachment of relatives of Navalny and his teammate reversedThe Moscow City Court on Monday reversed seizure of bank accounts of relatives of Alexey Navalny and director of his foundation Ivan Zhdanov as part of a 1 billion-ruble money laundering case (over $14 million).16:57 22.06.2020
Ex-top official of Krasnoyarsk Krai police gets 5-year suspended term for abuse of officeA former deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s Krasnoyarsk Region Main Directorate Alexander Kuznetsov has been given a 5-year suspended sentence in a case over abuse of power.15:35 22.06.2020
Prosecutor seeks 6 years for theater director Serebrennikov in $2 mln embezzlement caseA prosecutor on Monday demanded a 6-year jail sentence and an 800,000-ruble fine for the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov in a case over embezzlement of 129 million rubles (about $2 million) of budget funds allocated for the theater project Platforma.13:01 22.06.2020
Two terrorist group members convicted in St. PetersburgTwo members of a St. Petersburg cell of a group known as Set, meaning Network, banned in Russia as terrorist, on Monday were found guilty of participation in a terrorist group and keeping of explosives.12:19 22.06.2020
Embezzlement trial of Russian Authors’ Society ex-head to begin on July 3Moscow’s Presnensky District Court will start hearing a case against ex-Director General of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) Sergey Fedotov accused of embezzling 730 million rubles (about $10.5 million at the current exchange rate) on July 3.11:53 22.06.2020
Assets of ex-managers of Yugra bank worth over $1 billion seized by courtThe Moscow Commercial Court has seized assets in the total amount of more than 77 billion rubles (over $1 billion) belonging to ex-owner of Bank Yugra Alexey Khotin, ex-board chairman Dmitry Shilyayev and several other individuals and legal entities.10:56 22.06.2020
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022