Penitentiary system

Russian ex-convict to get $3,000 compensation for tortures in prison

17:04 03/11/2016 The Kalininsky District Court of Novosibirsk has ordered the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service’s Directorate General to pay 200,000 rubles ($3,000) in compensation to a released convict who was cruelly beaten by prison officers in 2014.

Convicted Moscow 2012 riots activist Gaskarov to be released on October 27

17:16 20/10/2016 Alexei Gaskarov who has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for participation in the Bolotnaya Square riots in 2012 will be released on October 27.

Bills on status of convicted mothers in Russian prisons enter State Duma

10:32 07/10/2016 Bills aimed to improve the status of convicted mothers in Russian prisons have been filed with the State Duma.

ECHR proceeds with appeal filed by defense of deceased Russian prisoner

14:54 21/09/2016 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has communicated an application over refusal to provide Sergei Kuznetsov, 54, who has died in a Sverdlovsk Region prison, with medical help.

Government commission approves bills on status of convicted mothers in Russian prisons

16:48 20/09/2016 The Government Commission for Legislative Drafting Activities has approved bills aimed to improve the status of convicted mothers in Russian prisons.

HIV positive convict seeks $9,300 for lack of medicine in jail

15:13 14/09/2016 The Kalininsky District Court in St. Petersburg will consider a lawsuit filed by an HIV positive prisoner demanding 600,000 rubles ($9,300) from the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) hospital for non-provision of medicine.

Victims in Russian penitentiary embezzlement case demand $52.5 mln from defendants

16:05 07/09/2016 Victims in the embezzlement case against ex-head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer have filed a civil lawsuit demanding repayment of 3.4 billon rubles ($52.5 million).

Russian penitentiary ex-head maintains his innocence in embezzlement case

16:35 30/08/2016 Former head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer pleaded not guilty to embezzlement on Tuesday.

Preliminary hearings in case against ex-head of Russian penitentiary set for August 23

14:39 16/08/2016 The Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court has set preliminary hearings in a criminal case against the former head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer, who stands charged with embezzlement, for August 23.

Russian court refuses to change Navalny’s suspended term to imprisonment

13:56 01/08/2016 The Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow has refused to change a suspended term for opposition politician Alexei Navalny in the Yves Rocher embezzlement case to imprisonment.

Businessman convicted in case against ex-head of Russian penitentiary

13:47 30/06/2016 The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced businessman Nikolai Martynov to 3 years and 8 months in prison in the large-scale embezzlement case related to Russian Federal Penitentiary System.

Russian Penitentiary Service expects Ukraine to uphold sentence for Savchenko

14:10 04/05/2016 The Russian Penitentiary Service is going to proceed with transfer of Ukrainian national Nadezhda Savchenko to her homeland only under the condition that Ukraine takes an obligation of upholding her sentence.

Russian Penitentiary Service asks judges to limit number of arrests – report

12:26 04/05/2016 Representatives of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) have asked judges and investigators to limit the number of arrests due to overcrowding in detention centers.

Russian penitentiary service asks court to collect $42.8 mln from its ex-head

16:43 17/03/2016 Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) has asked the court to recover about 3 billion rubles (about $42.8 million) from the former head of the service, Alexander Reimer, and other people who stand charged with embezzlement.

Investigation into case against ex-head of Russian penitentiary service complete

10:32 25/02/2016 Investigation into the criminal case against ex-head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), Alexander Reimer, who stands charged with embezzling 3 billion rubles (about $45.4 million), has been completed.

Ex-head of Russian penitentiary service to stay in jail until late March

15:59 27/01/2016 The Presnensky District Court in Moscow has extended until March 31 the detention of head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer who stands charged with embezzling 3 billion rubles (about $45.4 million) allocated for the purchase of electronic monitoring bracelets.

Inmate dying of cancer released from Russian prison

14:41 08/12/2015 Administration of a penitentiary tuberculosis clinic in the Chelyabinsk Region by decree of a court released a prisoner, Victor Sufyanov, who is dying of cancer.

Ex-head of Russian penitentiary service to stay in custody until February

14:33 24/09/2015 The Presnensky District Court in Moscow has extended until January 31, 2016 the detention of head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer who stands accused of embezzling 3 billion rubles (about $45.4 million) allocated for the purchase of electronic monitoring bracelets.

Estonian spy Kohver transferred to Moscow prison

10:19 23/09/2015 Eston Kohver, an Estonian security officer who was sentenced in Russia to 15 years in prison for espionage, has been transferred to Moscow’s Butyrka Prison.

Opposition activist Razvozzhayev appeals Federal Penitentiary Service actions

16:43 17/08/2015 Defense for Russian opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for participation in 2012 rallies in central Moscow, filed an appeal against the Federal Penitentiary Service which has failed to deliver him to a prison to serve sentence.

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