Prosecutors urge 17-year prison sentence for ex-Mari El head in $3 mln bribery caseProsecutors asked a district court in Nizhny Novgorod to jail ex-Governor of Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov charged in a 235 million-ruble ($3 million) bribery case for 17 years.14:34 24.11.2020
Prosecution demands 20 years in prison for Moscow Region district ex-head ShestunA prosecutor has demanded a 20-year penal colony sentence for ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun, according to his wife Yulia Shestun.14:56 20.11.2020
Investigators seek to detain Moscow Region’s environmental official in bribery caseMoscow’s Basmanny District Court will consider a petition filed by investigators seeking to detain the Moscow Region’s Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Dmitry Kurakin as part of a case over receiving a large-scale bribe.12:23 19.11.2020
Cassation instance upholds recovery of $30 mln from ex-Mari El governor in bribery caseThe First Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by ex-governor of Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov accused of bribery against forfeiture of his assets worth over 2.2 billion rubles (about $30 million at the current exchange rate).18:22 16.11.2020
Ex-regional Governor Belykh convicted of bribery seeks for lesser punishmentEx-Governor of the Kirov Region Nikita Belykh convicted of bribery has filed a petition seeking to replace an unserved part of his prison term with a lesser sentence.17:15 12.11.2020
Former Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk appeals sentence for briberyEx-Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Yevgeny Teftelev has challenged sentence passed on him for taking bribes.17:35 10.11.2020
Ex-head of Togliattikhimbank Popov to stay in detention until mid-April 2021The Togliatti Central District Court has extended detention of the former chairperson of the board of Togliattikhimbank Alexander Popov until April 14, 2021.10:01 09.11.2020
Former Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk jailed for 3 years in bribery caseEx-Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Yevgeny Teftelev has received 3 years in high-security penal colony and a 37.5 million-ruble fine (over $480,000) for taking bribes.10:59 28.10.2020
Ex-head of Russia’s Udmurtia challenges 10-year prison sentence for briberyThe former head of Russia’s Udmurt Republic Alexander Solovyov had filed an appeal against a 10-year prison sentence passed on him in a 140 million-ruble (about $1.8 million) bribery case, RAPSI was told in the press office of the republican community of judges on Tuesday.17:47 27.10.2020
Moscow Customs official charged with corruptionInvestigators have brought bribery charges against a deputy director of the Moscow Customs Sergey Tsukanov.10:59 26.10.2020
Prosecutors file $1.4 mln lawsuit against ex-Mari El governor accused of briberyProsecutors have lodged a new claim against ex-governor of Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov charged with corruption seeking to forfeit his assets worth 111 million rubles ($1.4 million) to the state.16:55 21.10.2020
Moscow State University vice-rector freed from detention, put under house arrestA court in Saransk, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Mordovia, on Friday released ex-Construction Minister of the Samara Region and vice-rector of the Moscow State University Alexey Grishin from detention and put him under house arrest.11:32 16.10.2020
Ex-head of Udmurtia sentenced to 10 years in prison in bribery caseThe former head of Russia’s Udmurt Republic Alexander Solovyov has been sentenced to 10 years in a maximum security penal colony in a 140 million rubles (about $1.8 million) bribery case.14:54 14.10.2020
Bill on prison sentence for bribing arbitrators approved by Russian State DumaRussia’s State Duma has approved in the third and final reading a bill on criminal punishment, including long prison terms, for bribing an arbitrator.15:48 13.10.2020
Ural attorney charged with $4,000 fraud faces trialA court in Yekaterinburg, a city in Russia’s Ural, will hear a case against a local attorney, who stands accused of a 300,000-ruble fraud ($4,000).17:53 12.10.2020
Dagestan police colonel jailed for 9 years in $6 mln bribery caseMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court has sentenced Colonel Magomed Khizriyev, ex-head of the Dagestan Republic’s Interior Ministry operative department, to 9 years in a high-security prison in a $6 million bribery case.11:00 09.10.2020
Moscow court jails ex-Tax Service officers for 9 years in $170K bribery caseMoscow’s Izmailovsky District Cort has sentenced three former Tax Service officers to 9 years in high-security penal colony for taking 13 million rubles (about $170,000) in bribes.15:01 08.10.2020
Investigation into criminal case against Togliattikhimbank ex-head completedThe Main Directorate for Investigation of Major Cases of the Investigative Committee of Russia has completed investigation into a criminal case against the former chairperson of the board of Togliattikhimbank Alexander Popov.11:02 08.10.2020
Bribery case against co-owner of burnt Kemerovo mall reaches courtA bribery case against a co-owner of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that became a site of deadly fire killing 60 people in Russia's Kemerovo in March 2018 reached the Kemerovo Central District Court on Monday.15:32 28.09.2020
Co-owner of burnt Kemerovo mall goes on trial on bribery chargesA bribery case against a co-owner of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that became a site of deadly fire killing 60 people in Russia's Kemerovo in March 2018 with an approved indictment has been sent to the Kemerovo Central District Court for consideration.10:15 25.09.2020