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Ex-governor of Khabarovsk Krai gets 5-year suspended term for $100K Rosneft embezzlement

15:23 17/02/2021 Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Wednesday passed a 5-year suspended sentence upon ex-governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Region Victor Ishayev for embezzling over 7.5 million rubles (over $100,000) from Rosneft oil company.

Draft law on punishment for unlawful pre-election campaigning passed by State Duma

14:22 17/02/2021 A bill permitting to block dissemination of pre-election campaign materials where it is done in violation of law passed its third and final reading in Russia’s State Duma on Wednesday.

Russian senators approve harsh sanctions for inducement to drug use via Internet

13:13 17/02/2021 The Federation Council, the upper house of Russian parliament, has approved a bill on criminal punishment for online inducement to the drug use and tougher sanctions for the fatal drug propaganda.

Bill on pretrial blocking of online defamation reaches State Duma

12:06 17/02/2021 A bill envisaging introduction of a procedure for pretrial blocking of information resources disseminating false information, which discredits honor and dignity of a person, has been submitted to the State Duma.

Case over TOAZ assets fraud in the Makhlais interests forwarded to prosecutors

11:41 17/02/2021 The Main Directorate on Major Crimes Investigation of Russia’s Investigative Committee has completed a probe into a criminal case against Xenia Balashova, the CEO of “Kontaz LLC”. Balashova stands charged with evasion of the profit tax for year 2008 (p.p. a, b of Article 199.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Earlier, Balashova pleaded guilty to the crimes charged declaring she acted under direct instructions of Vladimir Makhlai.

Norilsk officials face trial in 2020 fuel spillage disaster negligence case

10:58 17/02/2021 The Norilsk City Court in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Krai will hear a negligence case against a former deputy chief of the city administration’s Main Department for Civil Defense and Emergencies and one more division employee over fuel spillage in the region.

Criminal case over embezzlement of $5M from Russia’s Defense Ministry reaches court

17:54 16/02/2021 A criminal case over embezzlement of 368 million rubles (about $5 million) the Defense Ministry allocated for the development and manufacturing of a 3D model to be used for repairs of a submarine has reached the St. Petersburg Kirovsky District to be adjudicated on the merits.

Navalny loses appeal against $45K ruling in favor of Crimea’s meat plant

16:35 16/02/2021 The Moscow District Commercial Court has dismissed a cassation appeal filed by Alexey Navalny against a ruling on the recovery of 3.3 million rubles (about $45,000 at the current exchange rate) of legal expenses from him in a defamation dispute with the Crimean meat processing plant Druzhba Narodov.

Severe penalties proposed for begging organization in Russia

15:55 16/02/2021 Lawmakers from the Just Russia party Sergey Mironov and Mikhail Emelyanov have submitted a bill on punishment for the organization of begging to the State Duma.

State Duma backs harsher punishment for unlawful pre-election campaigning

14:14 16/02/2021 Lawmakers of the lower house of Russia’s parliament have supported in the second reading legislative amendments, which will permit to block dissemination of pre-election campaign materials where it is done in violation of law.

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Ex-FSB officers sentenced to 9 and 12 years in prison in case over bitcoin bribes

16:11 26/02/2021 The Second Western District Military Court on Friday sentenced former FSB officers to 9 and 12 years in prison for accepting bribes from the family of ex-CEO of Izvestia Publishing House Erast Galumov.

Russia’s Justice Ministry proposes improved guarantees of jurors’ material security

14:52 26/02/2021 The Russian Ministry of Justice has developed and posted for public discussion a bill aimed at increasing the guarantees of material security for jurors.

Russian investigators open case over war memorial damage in Latvian Jekabpils

18:07 26/02/2021 Russian investigators have launched a case after the alleged theft of a main gun estabelished above the mass grave at the Latvian Jekabpils manumitters’ memorial.

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