Alleged accomplice of ex-official charged with embezzlement to stay in detentionThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling extending detention for entrepreneur Marina Dyukova, an alleged accomplice of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) ex-Deputy chief Oleg Korshunov, charged with large scale embezzlement.14:40 11.12.2017
Ex-Russian penitentiary official to stay detained in embezzlement case until MarchMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Friday extended the detention of former Deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) financial and economic directorate Svetlana Alekseyeva charged with aiding and abetting embezzlement until March 4.17:50 01.12.2017
Russia’s State Duma backs life sentence for terrorist recruitmentThe State Duma passed a bill toughening punishment for recruiting terrorists up to life sentence in the first reading on Thursday.12:59 16.11.2017
Detention of ex-Russian penitentiary deputy chief extended for 3 monthsMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-Deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov charged with large scale embezzlement until February 13. In October, President Vladimir Putin relieved Korshunov of his post.15:45 07.11.2017
Ex-penitentiary deputy director put in detention on suspicion of taking $2 mln bribesThe Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg has ordered the detention of ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov suspected of taking about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes.10:45 07.11.2017
Ex-deputy director of Russian Penitentiary Service suspected of taking $2 mln bribesProbe has been opened into former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov on suspicion of taking about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes.16:59 02.11.2017
Kalmykia’s Supreme Court upholds sentence for prison guards in torture caseThe Supreme Court of the Republic of Kalmykia has upheld a lower court’s ruling finding several employees of a penal colony guilty of beating prisoners.12:59 27.10.2017
Moscow court to review sentence of Russia’s penitentiary ex-head on November 14The Moscow City Court will consider appeals against the sentence of former head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer and his accomplices, found guilty of embezzling funds allocated for procurement of ankle bracelets.16:57 26.10.2017
Russian penitentiary official allegedly involved in embezzlement put in jailThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Thursday ordered the detention of Deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) financial and economic directorate Svetlana Alekseyeva charged with aiding and abetting embezzlement.17:40 19.10.2017
Investigators ask court to detain Russian penitentiary official in embezzlement caseInvestigators have demanded to place Deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) financial and economic directorate Svetlana Alekseyeva charged with aiding and abetting embezzlement in detention.13:24 19.10.2017
One more Russian penitentiary official arrested as part of embezzlement caseDeputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) financial and economic directorate Svetlana Alekseyeva had been arrested as part of a 160-million-ruble embezzlement case.15:05 18.10.2017
State Duma passes bill on visits for convicts in high security prisonsThe State Duma has passed in the third reading a bill on visits for criminals serving their term in stringent conditions in high security penal colonies and prisons.11:32 29.09.2017
Penitentiary Service’s policy violates competition legislation – Moscow courtThe Moscow Commercial Court has upheld the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s (FAS) ruling stating that the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) restricts competition related to sale of goods in Moscow detention centers.14:59 28.09.2017
State Duma approves bill on visits for convicts in high security prisonsThe State Duma has approved in the second reading a bill on visits for criminals serving their term in stringent conditions in high security penal colonies and prisons.17:57 27.09.2017
High-ranking Crimean Tatar Majlis member receives prison term for separatismThe Simferopol District Court of Crimean Republic has sentenced deputy chairman of Majlis of Crimean Tatars, Ilmi Umerov, to two years in a penal colony for calls for separatism.13:33 27.09.2017
Number of suicides in Moscow detention facilities drops – ombudsmanA considerable drop in the number of suicides committed in Moscow detention facilities was recorded in 2017, the capital city’s human rights commissioner Tatiana Potyayeva said during a press conference on Tuesday.16:21 26.09.2017
Businessman convicted in penitentiary embezzlement case released on paroleThe Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow has granted a motion of businessman Nikolay Martynov, found guilty in the notorious large-scale embezzlement case related to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), to release him on parole.16:59 25.09.2017
Russian lawyer asks Electoral Commission to implement ECHR ruling on prisoner votingLawyer Igor Trunov has filed a claim on alleged violation of electoral rights with Russia’s Central Elections Commission asking it to implement the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) ruling on convicts’ right to vote.15:47 22.09.2017
Prosecutors reveal 37,000 violations related to prison laborOver 37,000 violations in the sphere of prison labor have been revealed in Russia since 2015.12:55 22.09.2017
Russian penitentiary deputy chief pleads not guilty to embezzlementDeputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov charged with large scale embezzlement has pleaded not guilty.18:06 14.09.2017