Leader of 1990s Moscow gang sentenced to nearly 25 years behind barsThe Moscow City Court on Friday sentenced Sergey Zakharov, the leader of a Moscow gang accused of committing murders in the 1990s, to 24 years and 11 months to high-security penal colony as prosecutors requested.13:17 06.08.2021
Navalny’s associate restricted of liberty for year breaching sanitary rules at rallyMoscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court on Friday sentenced Nikolay Lyaskin, an ally of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny, to 1 year of supervised release for abetting to breaching sanitary and epidemiological rules at an unauthorized rally held in the city in January.12:01 06.08.2021
Procedure of sale of ex-banker Motylev’s assets extended until 2022The Moscow Commercial Court has extended the sale of property owned by ex-head of the Russian Credit Bank Anatoly Motylev until January 24, 2022.11:09 06.08.2021
Germany extradites ex-Moscow Region official charged with fraudA former official of the administration of the Moscow Region’s Chekhov District Igor Gryzhanov, who stands charged with large-scale fraud, on Thursday was extradited from Germany.17:57 05.08.2021
U.S. investor Calvey found guilty of $34 mln embezzlementMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Thursday found U.S. investor Michael Calvey guilty of embezzling over 2.5 billion rubles (over $34 million) from Vostochny Bank.16:00 05.08.2021
Number of crimes committed by foreigners in Russia ups by 5% - police officialThe number of crimes committed by foreign nationals increased by 5% in Russia, First Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy announced Thursday.15:44 05.08.2021
Perm resident fined $2,500 for rehabilitation of NazismA court in the Perm Krai fined Maxim Gusev, who had posted a photo of the former head of the Cossack reserve of the German SS Andrey Shkuro, on the Immortal Regiment website, 180,000 rubles ($2,500) finding him guilty of rehabilitation of Nazism.13:23 05.08.2021
Russian investigators open case against brigade commander of Ukrainian Armed ForcesThe Russian Investigative Committee has opened a case against commander of the 128th separate mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Oleg Goncharuk, and other military personnel of this unit.12:04 05.08.2021
Two men accused of Nazi criminal photo publication on Immortal Regiment site face trialInvestigators have completed probe into two residents of the Irkutsk Region accused of publishing photos of Nazi criminals on the Immortal Regiment website.11:16 05.08.2021
Prosecutor seeks suspended sentence for Navalny’s brother in sanitary code breach caseA prosecutor has demanded 1-year suspended sentence for Oleg Navalny, the brother of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny, as part of a case over abetting violation of anti-coronavirus sanitary and epidemiological rules during the illegal rally held in Moscow in January.10:32 05.08.2021
Google's claim over blocking YouTube videos dismissed in RussiaThe Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed Google LLC's claim against the Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor seeking that the restriction of access to 12 links to illegal content on YouTube was recognized as unlawful.17:46 04.08.2021
Supreme Court upholds 13-year sentence of Russian for links with U.S. Intelligence AgencyThe Supreme Court of Russia on Wednesday upheld the 13-year prison sentence given to ex-employee of an operator of the Northern Fleet’s ships Yury Yeshchenko for cooperating with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).16:38 04.08.2021
Russian prosecutors seek to collect $126 mln from ex-Minister, Alfa-BankThe Russian Prosecutor General's Office is asking the Moscow Gagarinsky District court to collect in favor of the state more than $126 million from ex-Minister of the Open Government Mikhail Abyzov and Alfa-Bank.16:04 04.08.2021
Two Russian security officers charged with fraud go on trialTwo former officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) indicted in fraud face trial in the Moscow Garrison Military Court.15:27 04.08.2021
Penitentiary officials seek to detain medical workers union's head in sanitary breach caseThe Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) has filed a motion seeking to place the head of the medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance) Anastasia Vasilyeva in detention as part of a sanitary violations case.14:18 04.08.2021
Deripaska’s defamation claim against Navalny may be resumedThe Moscow Commercial Court will hear a bid to resume defamation lawsuit filed by businessman Oleg Deripaska against Alexey Navalny on September 16.13:05 04.08.2021
Russia’s Federal Chamber of Lawyers urges investigators to address attacks on lawyersThe Federal Chamber of Lawyers has turned to Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin in connection with the attacks on lawyers in Khakassia and the Khabarovsk Krai.12:21 04.08.2021
Bill on entry of labor migrants arriving to prepare mass events reaches Russia’s State DumaRussia’s Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday submitted a bill to make easier the rules governing the entry of labor migrants to Russia when those arrive to work in the framework of preparation of international sports competitions and other events to the State Duma.11:39 04.08.2021
Actor Efremov’s appeal against sentence in fatal car crash case set for mid-SeptemberThe Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction will consider an appeal filed by actor Mikhail Efremov against his sentence in the case over fatal road traffic accident on September 15.10:53 04.08.2021
Appeal against house arrest of attorney charged with fraud set for August 5The Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against house arrest of attorney Timur Marshani charged with large-scale fraud on August 5.18:52 03.08.2021