Alleged curator of suicide social network to go on trialThe Chelyabinsk Regional Court will hear a case against an alleged curator of the infamous social network group Blue Whale Ilya Sidorov charged with incitement to suicide.18:11 02.04.2018
Royal Bank of Scotland appeals Russian court’s ruling in $296-million lawsuitThe Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. has filed an appeal with the Eighteenth Commercial Court of Appeals against a lower court’s refusal to recover $296.6 million in debt from Chelyabinsk regional companies.13:52 11.01.2018
FSB opens probe into theft of Chelyabinsk meteorite’s fragmentRussia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has launched a fraud case against a collector suspected of stealing a fragment of a meteorite which fell in the Chelyabinsk Region in mid-February 2013.17:26 11.08.2017
Russian court partially grants appeal by ex-governor over seizure of $65.2 mlnThe Chelyabinsk Regional Court has granted in part an appeal filed by Mikhail Yurevich, former governor of the Chelyabinsk Region, who stands charged with taking 26 million rubles (about $440,000 at the current exchange rate) in bribes.17:53 07.08.2017
Ex-regional governor arrested in absentia on corruption chargesThe Sverdlovsk Regional Court issued an arrest warrant for ex-governor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region Mikhail Yurevich, who stands charged with taking 26 million rubles ($460,300 at the current exchange rate) in bribes, in absentia.16:37 24.05.2017
Prosecutor seeks 14 years in prison for Russian ex-senator charged with corruptionProsecutor has asked the Ozersk City Court in the Chelyabinsk Region to sentence former member of the Federation Council Konstantin Tsybko charged with taking bribes to 14 years in high-security prison.11:51 16.05.2017
Search of Chelyabinsk Region ex-governor suspected of taking bribes appealedA court ruling to put former governor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region Mikhail Yurevich suspected of taking 26 million rubles ($451,600) in bribes on the federal and international wanted list has been appealed.14:59 15.05.2017
Russian court shuts down charity foundation labeled 'foreign agent'A court in Chelyabinsk sided with the Ministry of Justice and ordered charity foundation 'For nature' that had been designated as a 'foreign agent' to be shut down.15:02 13.12.2016
Russian court upholds detention of mayor charged with briberyThe Chelyabinsk Regional Court has dismissed an appeal filed by lawyers of Vyacheslav Istomin, mayor of town of Kopeisk in the Chelyabinsk Region, against his detention in bribery case.10:43 08.08.2016
Former Russian regional MP gets 3.5 years in prison for fraudFormer MP of the Varnensky village in the Chelyabinsk Region, Sergei Novikov, has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for large scale fraud.14:47 25.05.2016
Russian regional ex-minister gets 5 years in prison for corruptionA court in Chelyabinsk has sentenced former Minister for Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Chelyabinsk region Yuri Serebrennikov to 5 years in prison for taking over 35 million rubles ($511,400) in bribes.16:35 28.03.2016
Russian court releases former vice-governor on bailA court in Chelyabinsk on Thursday released former vice-governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Nikolay Sandakov charged with fraud on a 10-million-ruble ($142,800) bail.14:49 24.03.2016
Russian man appeals sentence for sharing post in social network in ECHR - reportA blogger from Chelyabinsk, Konstantin Zharinov, convicted of sharing a text by extremist group in VKontakte network, has appealed his sentence in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).10:53 09.03.2016
Inmate dying of cancer released from Russian prisonAdministration of a penitentiary tuberculosis clinic in the Chelyabinsk Region by decree of a court released a prisoner, Victor Sufyanov, who is dying of cancer.14:41 08.12.2015
Ural region ex-mayor gets 5.5 years for corruptionViktor Shchekotov, former mayor of Troitsk, a town in the Chelyabinsk Region, has been sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for corruption and abuse of office.17:00 30.09.2015
Terminally ill Russian inmate dies despite ECHR effortsVladimir Kondrulin, 61, an inmate at a tuberculosis hospital under the Federal Penal Service Department for the Chelyabinsk Region who was to be moved to a specialized hospital and placed under permanent medical supervision by decision of the European Court of Human Rights, has died of prostate cancer.14:01 08.09.2015
ECHR asks Russia to provide medical assistance to terminally ill inmateThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has asked Russia to immediately provide medical assistance to Vladimir Kondrulin, an inmate at a tuberculosis hospital under the Federal Penal Service Department for the Chelyabinsk Region.14:50 01.09.2015
Russian inmates to stand trial over mass riotsInvestigators have sent a case against 18 participants in mass riots at the Kopeisk prison in the Chelyabinsk Region to court.14:47 17.03.2015
Creditors, Mechel affiliates agree to end bankruptcy proceedingsCreditors have agreed to drop suits against Mechel Energo and Mechel Trans Vostok, controlled by OAO Mechel, seeking debt recovery in bankruptcy proceedings.14:51 01.09.2014
Russian court takes transsexual’s side in gender dispute - reportThe Central Court of Chelyabinsk has recognized a female-to male sex change made by a plaintiff as legitimate and has ordered local civil registry to reflect his new status in all related documents.13:30 27.06.2014