Bribery case against ex-penitentiary official forwarded to prosecutorsA criminal case against ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov charged with receiving about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during the construction of a detention center has been forwarded to prosecutors for approving indictment.14:57 29.04.2019
Parole petition of ex-penitentiary official’s accessory to embezzlement to be heard againThe Moscow City Court has overturned a lower court’s refusal to release an accomplice of ex-deputy chief of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov, entrepreneur Marina Dyukova convicted of embezzlement, on parole.11:54 25.04.2019
Moscow court lifts seizure of ex-penitentiary director’s assets, gives him hope for paroleMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday lifted the seizure of 1.8 million rubles (about $30,000) belonging to ex-director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer sentenced to 8 years in prison for embezzlement.11:57 22.04.2019
Prosecutors seek prison terms for ex-penitentiary officers charged with torturing inmateProsecutors have demanded prison terms ranging from 11 to 12 years for three former employees of a penal colony, who stand charged with torturing a prisoner.17:27 10.04.2019
Russian prosecutors to control observance of prisoners’ rights along with ombudsmenProsecutors will get the penitentiary system under control and monitor the observance of inmates’ rights along with regional human rights commissioners, Russian ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova said Wednesday citing the report of Prosecutor General Yury Chaika.15:46 10.04.2019
Russian penitentiary officials ordered to pay $800 to tortured inmateA court in Elista, the capital city of Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia, has recovered 50,000 rubles ($800) in compensation from the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) in favor of inmate Akhmed Saliyev, a victim of the colony officers’ tortures.17:44 25.03.2019
Ex-penitentiary official’s accessory to embezzlement denied paroleThe Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow on Monday refused to release an accomplice of ex-deputy chief of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov, entrepreneur Marina Dyukova convicted of embezzlement, on parole.12:02 25.03.2019
Detention center contractor gets suspended sentence for bribing penitentiary officialPetroinvest company CEO engaged in the construction of a detention center Ruslan Khamkhokov has received a 5-year suspended term for bribing a Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) official.13:01 20.03.2019
Prosecutor seeks suspended term for businessman accused of bribing penitentiary officialA prosecutor has demanded a 5-year suspended sentence for Petroinvest company CEO engaged in the construction of a detention center Ruslan Khamkhokov, who stands charged with bribing a Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) official.18:05 13.03.2019
Accomplice of ex-penitentiary official Korshunov seeks conditional releaseThe Moscow Lefortovsky District Court is to hear a petition of entrepreneur Marina Dyukova, an accomplice of ex-deputy chief of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov, seeking to be released on parole.12:17 05.03.2019
Probe into ex-penitentiary official Korshunov completed - investigatorsThe Investigative Committee of Russia has completed a probe into ex-Deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov and his alleged accomplices.17:46 25.02.2019
Two former penitentiary officials convicted of state contract fraudA court in Russia’s Amur Region has sentenced two ex-regional penitentiary officials to terms ranging from 22 to 24 months in penal colony settlement for state contract fraud.13:23 05.02.2019
Russia's regional penitentiary official goes on trial for alleged cover-up of jail breakA court in Russia’s Perm will hear a criminal case against Deputy Chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) regional directorate Valery Lebedev, who has allegedly suppressed a convict’s jail break.16:11 21.01.2019
Russian courts increasingly choose house arrest as restrictive measure for defendantsThe number of people placed under house arrest has increased more than fourfold in the last five years.12:20 21.01.2019
Over 3,600 people sentenced to community service in last 2 yearsOver 3,600 persons have been sentenced to community service in Russia in the last two years, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service.12:23 09.01.2019
Special prison conditions for terror convicts approved by Russia’s PresidentPresident Vladimir Putin has signed into law a package of bills aimed to prevent the spreading of radical extremist ideologies in places of confinement by introducing special prison conditions for persons convicted of terrorism.17:26 28.12.2018
Simplified procedure of inmates’ release on medical grounds backed by Federation CouncilA bill simplifying a procedure for the release of seriously ill convicts from serving sentence was approved by Russian senators on Friday.16:39 21.12.2018
Russian MPs endorse certain prison conditions for terror convictsThe State Duma MPs adopted in a final third reading on Wednesday a package of draft laws aimed to prevent the spreading of radical extremist ideologies in places of confinement.14:59 19.12.2018
Probe into bribery case against detention center’s construction contractor completedInvestigation into CEO of Petroinvest company, a detention center’s construction contractor, Ruslan Khamkhokov, who stands charged with giving 388 million rubles ($6 million) in bribes to a Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) official, has been completed.16:20 17.12.2018
Russian government drafts bill on compensations for poor detention conditionsThe Russian government is going to submit to the State Duma a bill stipulating a national mechanism of compensations for inadequate conditions in detention facilities.17:39 14.12.2018