Navalny to be detained for 30 days - judgeA judge of the Khimki Town Court near Moscow on Monday ordered Alexey Navalny to be detained until February 15.17:07 18.01.2021
Russian penitentiary authorities urge to place Navalny in detentionRussia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) on Monday asked a court in Khimki, a town near Moscow, to put Alexey Navalny in detention.12:59 18.01.2021
More cassation appeals granted in 2020 than year before – Chair of Russian Supreme CourtCassation courts of general jurisdiction examined over 255,000 appeals across all categories of cases in 2020, Chairman of Russia’s Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev stated on Tuesday.15:47 29.12.2020
Ex-player of national football team sentenced to community service for beating arbiterA magistrate court on Friday sentenced ex-player of the Russian national football team Roman Shirokov to 100 hours of community service for beating arbiter Nikita Danchenko.15:38 25.12.2020
One more defendant in 1995 Budyonnovsk hostage crisis case sentenced to prisonOne more former member of a notorious gang once led by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev has been sentenced to 12 years in penal colony in a case over attack and taking hostages in Russia’s town of Budyonnovsk in 1995.15:42 22.12.2020
Russian investigators charge 3 Lithuanian judges over 1991 riots rulingRussian investigators brought charges against 3 Lithuanian judges with issuance of unjust ruling in a case over clashes in Vilnius in January 1991.17:17 14.12.2020
Ex-Mayor of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ordered to 5.5-year jail for graftA court has sentenced ex-Mayor of Russia’s Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Vitaly Ivanenko to 5.5 years in high-security prison for taking bribes.10:49 11.12.2020
Russian courts granted 88% of pension rights defense claims in 2020 - officialRussian courts granted 88% of claims for protection of pension rights in the last 11 months of 2020, Chairman of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev announced Tuesday.13:17 08.12.2020
Foreign investors won 88% of cases in Russian courts in 2020 – Supreme Court’s ChairThe number of cases won by foreign investors in Russian courts reached 88% in nine months of 2020, according to the Supreme Court’s Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev.15:15 13.11.2020
Russian courts grant 98% of employees’ claims in labour payment disputesRussia’s courts granted 98% of employees’ claims in disputes over labour payments, Chair of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev said during a Chinese Forum on International Cooperation on Friday.14:43 13.11.2020
Nizhny Novgorod Region's court fines journalist $4,000 for coronavirus fakeA court has fined journalist and admin of one of the Telegram channels Alexander Pichugin 300,000 rubles ($4,000) for distributing fake news about coronavirus.12:05 11.11.2020
Moscow bank hostage holder to undergo compulsory mental treatmentA court found Alexey Baryshnikov, a defendant in a case over hostage taking in one of the Moscow offices of Alfa Bank, guilty and sentenced him to compulsory mental treatment.16:00 06.11.2020
Assets worth $1 mln seized from Krasnoyarsk businessman Bykov in tax evasion caseA court has seized property worth over 81 million rubles ($1 million) belonging to Krasnoyarsk businessman Anatoly Bykov as part of a tax evasion case against him.16:34 29.10.2020
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
WWII murders in Novgorod Region recognized as genocideThe Soletsky District Court in the Nizny Novgorod Region on Tuesday adjudged that an act of genocide against peoples of the Soviet Union was committed in Zhestyanaya Gorka village in 1942.19:46 27.10.2020
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
St. Petersburg resident allegedly behind oncology drug thefts from city clinics detainedSt. Petersburg resident Sergey Voitovich suspected of being the mastermind of thefts of oncology drugs from specialized city clinics has been detainedю15:30 12.10.2020
Six members of Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Russia receive suspended sentenceA court in Russia’s Ulyanovsk passed suspended sentence on six members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia.14:25 08.10.2020
Vologda Region resident fined for going on work trip when being COVID-19 positiveA court in Russia’s Vologda Region has fined a local man 20,000 rubles for going on a business trip when being infected with coronavirus despite a medical ban.15:55 05.10.2020
Over 1 mln attempts to carry arms and armaments at courts recorded in 3 years – bailiffsIn the last 3 years officers of the Federal Bailiff Service have reveled 1.3 million attempts to carry prohibited items, including arms and armaments, at court buildings, according to the Service’s head Dmitry Aristov.14:38 26.08.2020