Detention of ex-customs official in abuse of office case extended for monthMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-chief of the Federal Customs Service’s customs investigations directorate Alexander Kizlyk and other defendants in a case over abuse of office until December 22.15:40 17.11.2020
Mayor of Russia’s Tomsk suspected of abuse of officeMayor of Russia’s Tomsk Ivan Klyain was arrested on suspicion of abuse of office on Friday.10:57 13.11.2020
Former Moscow policemen charged in journalist drug planting case go on trialA case against five former police officers charged with planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov has reached the Moscow City Court.15:24 21.10.2020
Three ex-policemen charged in journalist drug planting case to stay detained till winterThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld extension of detention of three former police officers accused in a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov until December 7.17:32 14.10.2020
Former regional Transport Minister freed from house arrest in abuse of office caseA court in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod on Tuesday released ex-regional Minister of Transport and Autoroads Vadim Vlasov charged with abuse of office from house arrest.18:01 22.09.2020
Highest instance approves case initiation against Novosibirsk Regional Court ex-ChairThe Supreme Court of Russia has upheld a decision of the Higher Judges' Qualifications Board granting the launch of a criminal case against the former Chair of the Novosibirsk Regional Court Rimma Shatovkina.16:39 14.09.2020
House arrest of Golunov drug planting case approver extended until DecemberMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Friday extended house arrest of ex-police officer Denis Konovalov, who had confessed in a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov, until December 7.11:31 04.09.2020
Investigators’ decision to open abuse of office case against Bashkir bar chamber head invalidatedA court in Ufa, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Bashkiria, on Monday invalidated an investigators’ order to open a criminal case over abuse of office against a former president of the Republican Bar Chamber Bulat Yumadilov.16:16 24.08.2020
Russia’s Cabinet backs bill on more precise definition of term “official” in Criminal CodeThe Government of the Russian Federation has approved a bill more precisely defining the term “official” in the provisions of the national Criminal Code on abuse of authority and abuse of office.13:01 21.08.2020
Ex-customs official denied release from detention in case over abuse of powerThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow refused to put ex-chief of the Federal Customs Service’s customs investigations directorate Alexander Kizlyk charged with abuse of office under house arrest and extended his detention until November 22.14:48 20.08.2020
Ex-Transaero receiver sentenced to 5.5 years in $15 million embezzlement caseThe former court-appointed receiver of Transaero air carrier Mikhail Kotov on Wednesday was convicted and sentenced to 5.5 years in jail in a case over 1-billion-ruble embezzlement (about $15 million) and abuse of office.17:27 19.08.2020
Investigation into ex-policemen involved in Golunov case completedThe Investigative Committee of Russia has completed investigation into five former police officers accused in a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov.15:01 07.08.2020
Ex-penitentiary officer gets 5.5 years in penal colony for briberyA court in the Tula Region has sentenced a former officer of the Federal Penitentiary Service to 5.5 years in penal colony for bribery and abuse of power.16:22 04.08.2020
Prosecutors seek to forfeit $1.6 mln from ex-customs official accused of abuse of powerProsecutors on Friday lodged a motion with Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court seeking to forfeit to the state assets worth over 121 million rubles (over $1.6 million) belonging to ex-chief of the Federal Customs Service’s customs investigations directorate Alexander Kizlyk and his wife.13:32 31.07.2020
Former police officers receive prison terms for criminal case fabricationA court in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod has sentenced five ex-policemen of the Republic of Tatarstan to prison terms ranging from 5 to 12 years for initiation of illegal prosecution of four persons with the use of force against them.16:27 30.07.2020
New charges brought against ex-head of Komi Republic Gaizer – Investigative CommitteeRussia’s Investigative Committee has presented its final version of office abuse charges brought against ex-head of Russia’s Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer, who had been earlier found guilty of fraud, money laundering and corruption.18:46 28.07.2020
Russia’s penitentiary official put in detention on charges of abuse of officeChief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s State Property and Housing Maintaining Sergey Verzhevikin was placed in detention until September 21, RAPSI was told in the press service of the Savelovsky District Court of Moscow on Friday. The official is charged with abuse of office resulted in grave circumstances.11:44 24.07.2020
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
Former regional IT Minister suspected of embezzlement, abuse of officeA criminal case has been opened against a former Kirov Region Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yury Palyukh suspected of abuse of office and embezzlement.17:38 10.06.2020
Detention of four ex-policemen involved in Golunov case prolonged until fallMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday extended detention of four ex-policemen involved in a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov for three months.14:59 02.06.2020