Corruption case launched over reconstruction of ill-fated Kemerovo mallInvestigators have launched a criminal case over bribery during reconstruction of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall’s building in Kemerovo that became a site of deadly fire in March 2018 leaving 60 people dead.13:59 01.11.2018
Seizure of ex-minister Ulyukayev’s money accounts liftedMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Wednesday held that the seizure of monetary assets belonging to ex-economy minister Alexey Ulyukayev sentenced to 8 years in prison for corruption could be lifted.11:01 31.10.2018
Appeal against Crimea deputy prime minister’s detention set for November 14The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal against detention of Crimea’s deputy prime minister Vitaly Nakhlupin involved in a bribery case on November 14.11:53 30.10.2018
Banker suspected of bribing Zakharchenko to stay detained until early DecemberThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld detention of Interprogress bank board member Valery Markelov, who had allegedly given a bribe to ex-Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko.16:52 29.10.2018
High-ranking prosecutor arrested on suspicion of corruption at attempt to leave RussiaFirst Deputy Prosecutor of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan Oleg Gorbunov suspected of taking bribes has been arrested while attempting to flee abroad from Moscow’s airport Sheremetyevo.13:03 26.10.2018
Russian court refuses to release former vice-governor of Chelyabinsk RegionThe Chelyabinsk Regional Court has upheld a lower court’s detention order against the former vice-governor of the region Nikolay Sandakov sentenced to 5.5 years in a penal colony for taking 2 million rubles ($30,500) in bribes.10:59 24.10.2018
Detention of Crimea’s deputy prime minister Nakhlupin appealedCrimea’s deputy prime minister Vitaly Nakhlupin has appealed his detention as part of a corruption case.12:59 23.10.2018
Ex-St. Petersburg MP’s sentence for corruption appealedEx-lawmaker of St. Petersburg’s Legislative Assembly Svetlana Nesterova has appealed her 5-year prison sentence in a 4.8-million-ruble (about $74,000 at the current exchange rate) corruption case.13:32 22.10.2018
Investigators seek to detain Sochi vice-mayor charged with corruptionRussian investigators have asked the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to detain vice-mayor of Sochi Sergey Yurin as part of a bribery case.12:59 19.10.2018
Prison sentence of former vice-governor of Chelyabinsk Region gets appealedThe former deputy governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Nikolay Sandakov has appealed his 5.5-year prison sentence in a 2-million-ruble ($30,000) bribery case.13:59 18.10.2018
Crimean Deputy PM arrested in Moscow on suspicion of corruptionVice prime minister of Crimea Vitaly Nakhlupin has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of taking bribes.14:39 17.10.2018
Former Urals sports official convicted of bribery to be released on paroleThe Metallurgichesky District Court of Chelyabinsk, a city in the South Urals, has granted parole for the former regional minister of physical culture, sports and tourism Yury Serebrennikov convicted of taking over 35 million rubles ($534,000) in bribes.13:59 16.10.2018
Ex-Russian anti-corruption official Zakharchenko applies to ECHR over asset forfeitureEx-Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with taking bribes has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against forfeiture of assets belonging to him and his relatives to the State.11:25 11.10.2018
Zakharchenko’s appeal against asset forfeiture dismissedThe Supreme Court of Russia has refused to consider a cassation appeal filed by the former anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with corruption crimes against forfeiture of more than 9 billion rubles (about $136 million at the current exchange rate) and other assets to the State.11:15 10.10.2018
Moscow court upholds detention of Dagestan antimonopoly officialThe Moscow City Court has upheld extended detention of the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s Dagestan Directorate chief Kubasay Kubasayev charged with taking over 2.5 million rubles ($45,500) in bribes.17:15 08.10.2018
Former Ural deputy governor gets 5.5 years for corruptionA court in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Ural Federal District, sentenced a former regional deputy governor Nikolay Sandakov to 5.5 years in prison in a 2-million-ruble ($30,000) bribery case.16:30 05.10.2018
Former Siberian police official sentenced to 7 years in prison for corruptionA court in Russia has sentenced ex-chief of the financial service center for the Omsk Regional directorate of the Interior Ministry Irina Starikova to 7 years in a penal colony for taking over 28 million rubles ($420,400) in bribes.12:59 05.10.2018
Russian Supreme Court overturns $500k fine for former high-ranking investigator LamonovThe Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the decision to fine Russia’s former high-ranking investigator Alexander Lamonov convicted of corruption 32 million rubles (about $500,000).13:12 03.10.2018
Former St. Petersburg lawmaker sentenced to 3 years for corruption denied paroleSmolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg has denied release on parole for the former member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Notyag convicted of taking bribes.12:34 01.10.2018
Russian Supreme Court to review sentence of Nikandrov in OctoberThe Supreme Court of Russia will review a ruling in the case of Denis Nikandrov, a former high-ranking investigator of Russia’s Investigative Committee, sentenced to 5.5 years in a penal colony.16:43 21.09.2018