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Russian penitentiary authorities urge to place Navalny in detention

Russia’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

Moscow Region district ex-head Shestun sentenced to 15 years in jail

A court in the town of Podolsk has sentenced ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun to 15 years in high-security prison for fraud, bribery, money laundering and illegal business running.

13:55 25.12.2020

Ex-head of Moscow Region’s district sentenced to 15 years for abuse of office

A court in Klin, a town near Moscow, on Thursday sentenced ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Klin District Alexander Postrigan to 15 years behind bars in a case over abuse of office and forgery.

16:37 24.12.2020

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

Businessman known for battles with IKEA gets 10 years for tax evasion, fraud attempt

A court in the Moscow Region’s town of Solnechnogorsk on Wednesday sentenced businessman Konstantin Ponomarev known for his legal battles with IKEA to 10 years and 2 months in penal colony for attempted fraud and tax evasion.

15:53 09.12.2020

Prosecution demands 20 years in prison for Moscow Region district ex-head Shestun

A prosecutor has demanded a 20-year penal colony sentence for ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun, according to his wife Yulia Shestun.

14:56 20.11.2020

Investigators seek to detain Moscow Region’s environmental official in bribery case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court will consider a petition filed by investigators seeking to detain the Moscow Region’s Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Dmitry Kurakin as part of a case over receiving a large-scale bribe.

12:23 19.11.2020

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

Man detained in case over murder of businessman suspected of extortion – investigators

Investigators have launched a case on extortion and illegal deprivation of liberty against Alexander Mavridi suspected of murdering Myasnaya Imperia and Ozeretskiye Kolbasy companies owner Vladimir Marugov.

14:10 09.11.2020

New embezzlement trial of ex-Deputy Culture Minister to start in late October

The Krasnogorsk Town Court near Moscow will begin considering a new case against ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov over the 800 million-ruble (over $11 million) organized embezzlement allocated for restoration of the Hermitage Museum in late October.

16:45 20.10.2020

Guardianship authorities seek annulment of surrogate babies’ birth certificates

A court in the Moscow Region is to hear a claim of a child protection service against a district Moscow Civil Registry Office seeking the annulment of the birth certificates issued to surrogate children as concerns registration of Filipino nationals as their genetic parents.

12:54 12.10.2020

Former Moscow Region’s official accused of property fraud faces trial

Ex-head of the Moscow Region’s town of Chekhov Marina Kononova will go on trial for alleged theft of property.

12:12 07.10.2020

Lawyer involved in Roscosmos embezzlement case to be tried in Moscow Region

A case against Chairman of Tretyakov & Partners law firm Igor Tretyakov charged with the 330-million-ruble (about $4.5 million) embezzlement from Roscosmos corporation will be considered by a court in Khimki, a town near Moscow.

17:56 05.10.2020

Russia’s Constitutional Court to study regional COVID-19 travel restrictions

Russia’s Constitutional Court has found admissible an enquiry of the Protvinsky Town Court in the Moscow region as to the right of regional authorities to introduce travel restrictions aimed to prevent spreading of COVID-19.

13:54 28.09.2020

Over 2,000 land plots forfeited from two prosecuted ex-heads of Moscow Region districts

Over 2,000 land plots and other assets have been seized from prosecuted ex-heads of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov and Klin districts Alexander Shestun and Alexander Postrigan in favor of the state.

16:54 17.09.2020

Trial of businessman Ponomarev charged with tax evasion to start on September 16

A court in Solnechnogorsk, a town near Moscow, will begin hearing on the merits of a case over tax evasion and attempted fraud against businessman Konstantin Ponomarev already convicted of false denunciation on September 16.

11:13 11.09.2020

Two defendants in kids trade case seek making plea deal – lawyer

Two defendants in a case over trafficking of surrogate mothers’ children have agreed to cooperate with investigators.

12:40 09.09.2020

Police arrest suspects in Moscow Region surgical masks warehouse robbery

Police have arrested fout suspects in robbery and stealing 2 million medical face masks from a Moscow Region warehouse.

11:54 07.09.2020

Preliminary hearing of tax evasion case against businessman Ponomarev set for September 10

A court in Solnechnogorsk, a town near Moscow, will conduct a preliminary hearing in a case over tax evasion and attempted fraud against businessman Konstantin Ponomarev already convicted of false denunciation on September 10.

09:55 04.09.2020

Denial of DNA proof of relation to Ivan the Terrible to Moscow Region resident upheld

The Moscow Regional Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by a resident of town of Krasnogorsk Valery Kubarev against denial to legally establish his relation to Russian medieval ruler Ivan the Terrible.

14:36 02.09.2020