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MMA fighter put in detention for two months on kidnapping allegations

13:36 14/11/2019 Moscow’s Presnensky District Court on Thursday detained MMA fighter Dmitry Sosnovsky for two months as part of a kidnapping case.

Inskoy mine case: law enforcement officers tried to save miners

17:22 07/11/2019 The Central Court of the Russian city of Kemerovo is hearing a criminal case over extortion of the controlling interest in Inskoy mine. Regional authorities attempted to prevent social unrest but were charged with hostile takeover (“corporate raiding”) of the enterprise.

St. Petersburg lawyer ordered to serve 9.5-year prison term for extortion

11:24 01/11/2019 Attorney of the St. Petersburg Bar Association Sergey Yegiazaryan has been sentenced to 9.5 years in a high-security prison for extortion and robbery.

Defendant in $1.6 mln extortion case to remain in detention until late January

14:45 21/10/2019 Moscow’s Basmanny District court on Monday extended detention of Andrey Frolov, a defendant in a 100-million-ruble ($1.6 million) extortion case involving the Interior Ministry’s Major General Alexander Melnikov, for 3 months.

Inskoy mine precedent: can state help business in order to prevent social unrest?

14:08 17/09/2019 This year, Miner's Day was marked by Russian president who said that the Federal Security Service (FSB) would join the efforts aimed at overcoming barriers on the way of increasing coal exports. However, usually law enforcement agencies get interested in coal business for completely different reasons. The situation with the Inskoy mine in the Kuzbass region is a vivid example of this practice. The mine was on its way to bankruptcy when its employees went on a strike. Regional authorities did their best to prevent a social unrest but were later accused of an attempted raid attack on the mine. RAPSI has studied all the details of this story, the chronology of which was published on Tayga.info website that is closely watching after it.

Inskoy mine case: commercial interests of business against social obligations of regional authorities

15:02 18/07/2019 The administration of the Kemerovo Region about half a year unsuccessfully tried to get the enterprise-debtor to pay salaries to employees. When employees went on strike, tough measures ensued.

Russian man impersonating police officer gets 8 years for fraud

12:19 09/07/2019 A court in Nizhny Tagil has sentenced Russian citizen Yury Blinov, who had extorted money playing a police officer’s role, to 8 years in prison for fraud.

Witnesses: disaster at Inskoy mine prevented due to Kemerovo officials’ reaction

19:36 16/05/2019 Witnesses claimed that “temporary” director of Inskoy mine stopped mining activities and ordered emergency repair works to be carried out preventing a disaster. It was Maxim Sidorov, who had been appointed director of Inskoy open-cut coal mine by Kemerovo Administration. Former management of the company ignored the danger to the mine.

Ex-senior Kuzbass officials, investigators go on trial over Inskoy mine extortion

10:01 21/03/2019 Former senior officials from the administration of the Kuzbass region, employees of Russia's Investigative Committee regional branch go on trial at the Central Kemerovo city court along with businessman Alexander Shchukin and his lawyer Gennady Vernigor. All of them face criminal charges of participating in an extortion of a controlling stake in Inskoy open-cut coal mine while there is also an episode linked to a bribe to the head of the Investigative Committee office in the Kemerovo region.

Online media outlet owner pleads not guilty to extortion from Russian bank

12:47 18/03/2019 Owner and chief editor of Finnews online media outlet Vladimir Shevchenko on Monday pleaded not guilty to extortion of money from Russian Agricultural Bank.

Ex-school principal fined $750 for extortions in educational institution

15:59 14/02/2019 A court in Elista, a city in the southern part of Russia and the capital of the Kalmykia Republic, on Thursday fined ex-school principal Marina Gederim 50,000 rubles ($750) as part of a case over abuse of office by extortion.

Prosecutor demands suspended sentence for ex-school principal accused of extortion

16:33 11/02/2019 A prosecutor has asked a court in Elista, a city in the southern part of Russia and the capital of the Kalmykia Republic, to pass a 2-year suspended sentence and a 1-year probation on ex-school principal Marina Gederim charged with abuse of authority by extortion.

Russian blogger gets 6 years for money extortion

12:59 26/12/2018 A court in Sochi on Wednesday sentenced editor-in-chief of blogsochi.ru website Alexander Valov to 6 years in prison for extortion of 300,000 rubles ($4,300) from the State Duma lawmaker Yury Napso.

Sentence of alleged crime boss in extortion case takes effect

14:59 28/11/2018 The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld prison sentence given to the alleged criminal lord Zachary Kalashov, also known as Shakro Molodoy, as part of a criminal case over extortion of 8 million rubles (about $120,000).

Ulyukayev’s appeal against return of $2 mln to FSB general dismissed

11:59 24/09/2018 The Moscow City Court has upheld a ruling to return $2 million, that former Economy minister Alexey Ulyukayev received as a bribe to Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, to the Federal Security Service (FSB) general Oleg Feoktistov.

Acquittal of ex-school principal in extortion case appealed

16:59 20/08/2018 Prosecutors and victims have appealed acquittal of ex-school principal Marina Gederim in a case on extortions in an educational institution.

Alleged Russian gang leader sentenced to nearly 10 years for extortion

14:55 29/03/2018 The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow on Thursday sentenced an alleged gang leader Zachary Kalashov, also known as Shakro Molodoy, to 9 years and 10 months in a high security penal colony as part of a criminal case over extortion of 8 million rubles ($138,600).

Alleged gang leader denies connection to investigators charged with corruption

17:33 19/03/2018 An alleged gang member Zakhary Kalashov, also known as Shakro Molodoy, who is charged with extortion, has denied his connection to high-ranking investigators Denis Nikandrov and Mikhail Maksimenko, charged with corruption.

Ex-official of Russia’s Drug Control Service gets 7 years in prison

15:59 11/12/2017 Ex-chief of a regional office of the defunct Federal Drug Control Service Kirill Kalinin has been sentenced to 7 years in a high-security prison for extortion of a 10-million-ruble bribe (about $170,000).

Russian Economy ex-minister Ulyukayev finishes reading case papers

10:24 13/07/2017 Russian Economy ex-minister Alexey Ulyukayev, who stands charged with extorting a $2 million bribe, has finished reading the case materials.

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