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Alleged warden of Moscow Region Jehovah’s Witnesses cell faces trial

An alleged warden of a banned Jehovah’s Witnesses cell in the town of Chekhov near Moscow, faces trial.

16:34 16.12.2020

Russian investigators charge 3 Lithuanian judges over 1991 riots ruling

Russian 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

Investigation into graft case against former Crimean deputy prime minister completed

Investigators have completed probe into former Crimea’s deputy prime minister Vitaly Nakhlupin charged with taking bribes.

17:51 11.12.2020

Investigators complete probe into case over primary timber smuggling to China

Investigation into a criminal case over smuggling of valuable wood species from Russia to China has been completed.

13:12 11.12.2020

Ex-Mayor of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ordered to 5.5-year jail for graft

A 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

Investigators launch probe in terms of Cypriot Netcore Solutions’ loan to CFB bank

Russian investigators are examining the situation with regard to a subordinated loan agreement made between Corporate Finance Bank LLC and Cypriot company Netcore Solutions Ltd.

17:56 08.12.2020

Ex-Health Minister of Russia’s Irkutsk Region detained on embezzlement allegations

Ex-Health Minister of the Russian Irkutsk Region Natalya Ledyayeva charged with embezzling about 25 million rubles (about $330,000) amid the coronavirus pandemic was placed in detention on Wednesday.

13:00 02.12.2020

Ex-Health Minister of Russia’s Irkutsk Region suspected of embezzlement

Ex-Health Minister of the Russian Irkutsk Region Natalya Ledyayeva was arrested on Monday on suspicion of embezzling about 25 million rubles (about $330,000) amid the coronavirus pandemic.

14:11 30.11.2020

Probe into alleged Russian crime boss completed

Investigation into an alleged crime boss Oleg Medvedev, known as Oleg Shishkanov, and other members of his gang has been completed.

12:34 27.11.2020

Leader of Russia’s cell of banned Aum Shinrikyo imprisoned for 15 years

The South District Military Court has senteced Mikhail Ustyantsev, an organizer of a Russian cell of Aum Shinrikyo organization prohibited in Russia, to 15 years in high-security prison.

13:03 26.11.2020

Moscow Region district ex-head Shestun checked for alleged use of force against convoy

Moscow investigators check information on the alleged use of force by ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun against a convoy officer, according to Shestun’s wife Yulia.

15:38 25.11.2020

Alleged organizers of cell of banned Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in Moscow

Several alleged organizers and members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia, were arrested in Moscow on Tuesday.

11:46 24.11.2020

Defendants in case over Russian pilot’s death in Syria put on international wanted list

Investigators placed four members of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization banned in Russia, who had been allegedly involved in the death of Russian pilot Roman Filipov in Syria in 2018 on the international wanted list.

16:23 18.11.2020

Moscow Region’s court sentences killer of police investigator to 14 years in jail

The Moscow Regional Court on Tuesday sentenced Abdulaziz Abdulazizov, the killer of the Interior Ministry Transport Department’s major case investigator, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeniya Shishkina, to 14 years behind bars.

16:36 17.11.2020

Murderer of Russia’s monastery abbot gets 15 years in prison

The Yaroslavl Regional Court has sentenced Alexander Avdeyev, the murderer of an abbot of the local Holy Trinity Danilov monastery, to 15 years in high-security prison.

13:07 17.11.2020

Probe opened into death of five people in Moscow private clinic

A criminal case was opened on Monday after five patients died in a private health care facility in western Moscow.

15:23 16.11.2020

Mayor of Russia’s Tomsk suspected of abuse of office

Mayor of Russia’s Tomsk Ivan Klyain was arrested on suspicion of abuse of office on Friday.

10:57 13.11.2020

Defendant in businessman murder case charged with extortion

Investigators have charged Alexander Mavridi, a defendant in a case over murdering Myasnaya Imperia and Ozeretskiye Kolbasy companies owner Vladimir Marugov, with extortion and illegal deprivation of freedom.

11:44 11.11.2020

Investigators demand detention for soldier suspected of army servicemen murder

Investigators filed a motion to detain military conscript Anton Makarov, who had allegedly murdered an officer and two comrades-in-arms.

10:39 11.11.2020

Russian citizen fined over $450 for rehabilitation of Nazism

A court in the Volgograd Region has fined a local resident 35,000 rubles (over $450) for publishing a comment condoning activity of Adolf Hitler on one of the social networks.

12:34 10.11.2020