Pretrial hearing of high-profile theater embezzlement case set for October 17Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court has scheduled a preliminary hearing of a high-profile embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov for October 17.16:34 10.10.2018
Moscow court refuses to release defendant in Vostochy Cosmodrome embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court has refused to release the former CEO of Volga-Vyatka construction company (VVCC) Yevgeniya Degtyareva sentenced to 4.5 years in a penal colony for embezzling 1.3 billion rubles ($19.8 million) during the Vostochny Cosmodrome construction.17:05 09.10.2018
Russian prosecutors reveal $3 mln embezzlement at Defense Ministry’s design instituteProsecutors have revealed embezzlement of 188 million rubles (about $3 million) from the Defense Ministry’s design institute of special construction.15:59 09.10.2018
Probe into ex-penitentiary official’s alleged accomplice in embezzlement completedInvestigators have completed their probe into Marina Dyukova, an alleged accessory of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) ex-deputy chief Oleg Korshunov to embezzlement.10:59 09.10.2018
President of major Russian IT company charged with embezzlementPresident and co-owner of Compulink, one of Russia’s largest group of IT companies, Mikhail Lyashch has been charged with embezzlement.16:59 08.10.2018
Former Ergobank chairman appeals 8-year sentence for embezzlementEx-board chairman of Ergobank Vyacheslav Barmin has filed an appeal against his 8-year prison sentence for embezzling 750 million rubles ($11.4 million).11:59 08.10.2018
Final charges brought against ex-receiver in charge of Rosneft subsidiariesInvestigators have brought final charges against Oleg Smetanin, the former bankruptcy commissioner of several Rosneft subsidiaries, as part of a criminal case over embezzlement of 300 million rubles ($4.4 million).10:59 05.10.2018
Serebrennikov to remain under house arrest until October 19The Moscow City Court has upheld extension of house arrest for the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov charged with embezzlement until October 19.15:30 04.10.2018
Embezzlement charges brought against regional health ministerInvestigators have charged Kamchatka Region’s Health Minister Tatyana Lemeshko with embezzling 22 million rubles (about $340,000 at the current exchange rate).09:59 03.10.2018
Defendants in high-profile theater embezzlement case to go on trialA high-profile embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov has been forwarded to Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court for hearing.16:33 02.10.2018
Former Russian anti-corruption official gets 6 years for evidence tamperingMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Tuesday sentenced Alexander Sobol, a former officer of the Interior Ministry's Economic Security and Anti-corruption Department, to 6 years in prison for evidence tampering.13:59 02.10.2018
Moscow court to review sentence in Vostochny Cosmodrome embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court will review the merits of a lower court ruling, sentencing four defendants in a criminal case over embezzlement of 1.3 billion rubles ($19.8 million) to prison terms varying from 4.5 to 8 years.12:59 02.10.2018
Former chairman of Ergobank sentenced to 8 years in prisonThe Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has sentenced ex-board chairman of Ergobank Vyacheslav Barmin to 8 years in a penal colony for embezzlement of 750 million rubles ($11.4 million).13:59 01.10.2018
Russian communications watchdog’s spokesperson released from house arrestInvestigators have released the spokesperson of Russia’s communications agency Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky charged with embezzlement from house arrest under a written pledge not to leave the country.11:33 26.09.2018
CEO of Roscosmos contractor arrested in absentia on embezzlement chargesMoscow’s Basmanny District Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sergey Slastikhin, the owner of Engineering Systems company, a contractor of Roscosmos state space corporation, in absentia as part of an embezzlement case.11:05 21.09.2018
Moscow court upholds house arrest for Culture Ministry’s ex-officialThe Moscow City Court has upheld extension of house arrest for ex-official of Russia’s Culture Ministry and current director of the Russian Academic Youth Theater Sophia Apfelbaum charged with embezzlement until October 19.16:50 19.09.2018
Assets worth $206 mln owned by ex-MP and ex-managers of Siberian steel plant seizedThe Commercial Court of Kemerovo Region has seized assets worth 13.9 billion rubles ($206 million) belonging to the former State Duma MP Vadim Varshavsky charged with embezzlement and three ex-managers of Guryev Steel Works, the oldest plant in Siberia.16:59 18.09.2018
Moscow court extends detention for defendant in President’s residence embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court has extended until December 21 detention of the state-run company Atecks’ ex-chief Andrey Kaminov charged with embezzlement of over one billion rubles ($68 million) during construction and reconstruction of the presidential residence in Novo-Ogaryevo (Moscow region).14:59 18.09.2018
Indictment to be approved in high-profile theater embezzlement caseA high-profile embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov has been forwarded to prosecutors for approving indictment.16:34 14.09.2018
Moscow court extends detention of Rosgosstrakh bank’s former vice-presidentThe Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow has extended detention of former Rosgosstrakh group vice-president Sergey Khachaturov, a defendant in an embezzlement case, until November 17.14:55 14.09.2018