Motion to stay claim to seize Moscow Region district ex-head’s $150 mln assets dismissedThe Krasnogorsk City Court in the Moscow Region on Thursday refused to put a stay on the proceedings on a prosecutor’s lawsuit seeking forfeiture of 10-billion-ruble ($150 million) assets owned by ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun.17:43 21.03.2019
Defendants in high-profile theater embezzlement case repeatedly questioned by courtMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Thursday repeatedly questioned defendants in a high-profile embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov.16:36 21.03.2019
Senior Moscow Region official suspected of abuse of authorityA criminal case has been opened against the first deputy head of the Moscow Region’s Chekhov urban district Dmitry Frish suspected of abuse of office.15:47 21.03.2019
Former Russian judge gets six years for promise to overturn guilty verdictJudge emeritus of the Saratov Regional Court Vladimir Stasenkov has received six years in colony for a promise to reverse a judgment of conviction for 15 million rubles (over $235,000).14:59 21.03.2019
Ex-student expelled from university for communication with journalists turns to ECHREx-student of the Baltic Federal University in Russia’s Kaliningrad Oleg Alekseyev has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights over his expulsion for communication with journalists.13:39 21.03.2019
Appeals court confirms Summa subsidiary’s $128 mln debt to VTB bankThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling granting a debt claim in excess of 8 billion rubles (over $128 million) lodged by VTB bank against Global Electro Service, a subsidiary of Summa Group.11:28 21.03.2019
Ex-senior Kuzbass officials, investigators go on trial over Inskoy mine extortionFormer senior officials from the administration of the Kuzbass region, employees of Russia's Investigative Committee regional branch go on trial at the Central Kemerovo city court along with businessman Alexander Shchukin and his lawyer Gennady Vernigor. All of them face criminal charges of participating in an extortion of a controlling stake in Inskoy open-cut coal mine while there is also an episode linked to a bribe to the head of the Investigative Committee office in the Kemerovo region.10:01 21.03.2019
Appeal against arrest of Vyshinsky is precedent – Russian human rights commissionerThere is a precedent in Ukraine when a court is considering an appeal not against detention but against arrest, Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova told journalists Thursday night commenting a criminal case against journalist Kirill Vyshinsky.09:53 21.03.2019
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