Moscow court extends detention of ex-Governor of Penza Region charged with graftMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-governor of Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with receiving bribes in the amount of 31 million rubles (over $420,000) until November 20.16:43 17.08.2021
Northwestern tax service official put in detention for two months in graft caseMoscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court on Monday ordered detention of acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo suspected of bribery until October 14.18:19 16.08.2021
Lawmaker challenges ruling in defamation dispute with Russian TV starThe Moscow City Duma Communist lawmaker Pavel Tarasov has challenged dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against famous Russian TV and radio host Vladimir Solovyev.17:59 16.08.2021
Investigators seek to detain Northwestern tax service official suspected of graftInvestigators on Monday filed a motion to put acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo suspected of bribery in detention.16:00 16.08.2021
Navalny’s spokesperson sentenced to restriction of liberty for breaching sanitary rulesMoscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court on Monday sentenced Kira Yarmysh, the spokesperson of a foundation founded by Alexey Navalny, to 1.5 years of restriction of liberty for breaching sanitary norms at an illegal rally held in Januarу.15:26 16.08.2021
Tax official arrested in Moscow on bribery allegationsActing chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of graft.14:38 16.08.2021
Navalny’s appeal against prone to escape status set for August 17The Moscow City Court has scheduled an appeal filed by Alexey Navalny against dismissal of his lawsuit over assignment of the status of a convict prone to escape to him by a penal colony for August 17.17:36 13.08.2021
Moscow court detains scientist in treason case for two monthsMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Thursday ordered detention of Alexander Kuranov, CEO and Chief Structural Engineer of the Scientific Research Institute of Hypersonic, until October 9 as part of a treason case.17:19 12.08.2021
Federal Security Service seeks detention of scientist arrested on treason allegationsThe Federal Security Service (FSB) on Thursday filed a motion to detain CEO and Chief Structural Engineer of the Scientific Research Institute of Hypersonic Systems Alexander Kuranov in a treason case.16:18 12.08.2021
Russian prosecutors’ $126 mln claim against ex-Minister, Alfa-Bank set for August 20Moscow’s Gagarinsky District Court will proceed with a lawsuit initiated by prosecutors against Abyzov and Alfa-Bank seeking to recover from the defendants more than $126 million in favor of the state on August 20.15:40 12.08.2021
Stand-up comic loses appeal against sentence for xenophobic jokes about RussiansThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, against his sentence.13:35 11.08.2021
Stand-up comic appeals sentence for xenophobic jokes about RussiansStand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, appealed his sentence.16:27 10.08.2021
Navalny’s defamation lawsuit against President’s spokesman dismissedThe Presnensky District Court of Moscow has dismissed Alexey Navalny's defamation claim against the Russian President’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov and ITAR-TASS.14:49 10.08.2021
Stand-up comic detained for 10 days for xenophobic jokes about RussiansMoscow’s Tagansky District Court on Monday placed stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent.16:52 09.08.2021
Businessman Baturin to stay detained in fraud attempt case until SeptemberThe Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed an appeal against detention of businessman Viktor Baturin, who stands charged with attempted fraud.13:10 09.08.2021
Navalny’s brother gets suspended sentence in sanitary code breach caseOleg Navalny, the brother of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny, on Friday received 1-year suspended sentence for abetting breaching of sanitary and epidemiological norms during an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on January 23.15:05 06.08.2021
Navalny’s associate restricted of liberty for year breaching sanitary rules at rallyMoscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court on Friday sentenced Nikolay Lyaskin, an ally of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny, to 1 year of supervised release for abetting to breaching sanitary and epidemiological rules at an unauthorized rally held in the city in January.12:01 06.08.2021
U.S. investor Calvey found guilty of $34 mln embezzlementMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Thursday found U.S. investor Michael Calvey guilty of embezzling over 2.5 billion rubles (over $34 million) from Vostochny Bank.16:00 05.08.2021
Prosecutor seeks suspended sentence for Navalny’s brother in sanitary code breach caseA prosecutor has demanded 1-year suspended sentence for Oleg Navalny, the brother of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny, as part of a case over abetting violation of anti-coronavirus sanitary and epidemiological rules during the illegal rally held in Moscow in January.10:32 05.08.2021
Penitentiary officials seek to detain medical workers union's head in sanitary breach caseThe Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) has filed a motion seeking to place the head of the medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance) Anastasia Vasilyeva in detention as part of a sanitary violations case.14:18 04.08.2021