Court to decide March 22 whether to prosecute dead whistleblower MagnitskyOn Monday the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow postponed the hearing of the tax evasion case against Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pretrial detention in 2009, until March 22.13:45 11.03.2013
Platon Lebedev's attorneys file complaint against prosecutorThe attorneys of former Menatep head, Mikhail Khodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev have filed a complaint against prosecutor Vladimir Vedernikov, who put forward a ruling over Lebedev's case at the hearing in Moscow.11:00 30.01.2013
Amnesty International urges Russia to end Magnitsky's prosecutionAmnesty International has called on the Russian authorities to end the prosecution of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in custody in November 2009 at the age of 37 and whose death triggered a public outcry.11:41 29.01.2013
Magnitsky's mother demands disclosure of prosecutors' namesThe mother of Sergei Magnitsky has requested Moscow's Simonovsky District Court to disclose the names of the 12 prosecutors investigating her son's case, the Hermitage Capital press service reports.10:50 24.07.2012
Prosecution against Foreign Economic Bank deputy chairman to continueThe Moscow City Court has upheld the Tverskoy District Court's decision not to drop the criminal case against Foreign Economic Bank (VEB) Deputy Chairman Anatoly Ballo.14:13 28.05.2012
Newspaper head demands prosecution for pro-Kremlin movementKommersant Director General Demyan Kudryavtsev demanded prosecution for press secretary of the Nashi movement Kristina Potupchik, and other persons for preparing DDoS-attacks on Kommersant's website in 2008.11:43 09.02.2012
Tymoshenko's prosecution hinders Ukraine-EU association deal - YanukovychUkrainian President Viktor Yanukovych admits that the criminal cases opened against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko obstruct the ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.11:52 16.11.2011
Investigators probe doctors involved in Magnitsky caseThe investigators will find out why the doctors accused in Sergei Magnitsky's death are hospitalized.15:34 26.09.2011
Appeal against ex-governor's house arrest to be heard on September 23Court postponed on Wednesday until September 23 its hearing of an appeal filed by a former governor charged with large-scale bribe-taking against his house arrest15:04 21.09.2011