Russian Justice Ministry proposes to provide free legal aid on Internet for 2 yearsThe Russian Ministry of Justice proposes to organize an experiment on the provision of free legal aid through electronic services; a part of this pilot project is to be the creation of information system Legal Assistance.17:39 03.08.2021
Detention of businessman Baturin in fraud attempt case challengedDetention of businessman Viktor Baturin, who stands charged with attempted fraud, has been challenged. The Moscow City Court will hear the appeal on August 9.16:06 03.08.2021
Prosecutor General's Office registers 33,000 corruption-generating factors in Russian lawsThe Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation discovered 33,000 corruptogenic factors in Russian regulatory legal acts over the first six months of 2021.14:31 03.08.2021
Sobol sentenced to 1.5-year restriction of liberty in sanitary code breach caseThe Preobrazhensky District Court on Tuesday sentenced Lyubov Sobol, an ally of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny, to 1.5 years of supervised release for abetting violation of sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally held in Moscow in winter.13:21 03.08.2021
Recovery of $560,000 tax arrears from Kaspersky Lab upheldThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has confirmed a lower court decision saying that Kaspersky Lab was to additionally pay corporate income tax in the amount of 41.6 million rubles (about $560,000).12:37 03.08.2021
Former Kamchatka police chief arrested on suspicion of abuse of power – Interior MinisterRussia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev on Tuesday reported arrest of the former head of the Interior Ministry’s Directorate for Kamchatka Region Mikhail Kiselev on abuse of office allegations.11:16 03.08.2021
Urals court grants parole to photographer convicted of killing model wifeUrals photographer, Dmitry Loshagin, sentenced to 10 years in high-security colony for killing his wife, model Yulia Prokopyeva, was granted parole on Tuesday.10:40 03.08.2021
Defendant in Moscow rally sanitary breach case fined $1,400The Preobrazhensky District Court on Monday fined Dani Akel, a defendant in a case over violating anti-coronavirus rules at an unauthorized rally in Moscow in January, 100,000 rubles ($1,400).18:23 02.08.2021
Amount of Tavrichesky bank embezzlement comes close to $14 millionThe sum of embezzlement of the Tavrichesky bank depositors’ money allegedly committed by ex-member of the Russian Federation Council and owner of Liviz liquor producer Alexander Sabadash and his accomplices - former top managers of the credit organization - has come close to 1 billion rubles ($14 millon).17:17 02.08.2021
Russian prosecutors urge timely aid to disabled minors from Social Insurance FundThe Russian Prosecutor General's Office has made a submission to the Acting Head of the Social Insurance Fund Alexey Polikashin demanding him to remedy breaches of the legislation on social protection of disabled children and on the contract procurement system.17:06 02.08.2021
Ex-bank manager sentenced to 4 years in custody for $2.6 mln embezzlementMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Monday sentenced ex-treasury department chief of Credit-Express Natalya Tsipinova to 4 years in penal colony for involvement in the embezzlement of over 190 million rubles ($2.6 million) belonging to the bank depositors.16:52 02.08.2021
Procedure for preliminary information search and evaluation of inventions introduced in RussiaRussia has introduced a procedure for preliminary information search and assessment of patentability as to inventions and utility models.16:19 02.08.2021
IP Court returns lawsuit over Russian company’s trademark to GoogleRussia’s Intellectual Property Court (IP Court) has returned Google’s lawsuit against Intra Service Company seeking the early termination of its trademark due to the failure to use it.15:26 02.08.2021
Owner of Moscow Region hospice gets over 6 years in penal colony in fatal fire caseAn owner of a private hospice in the Moscow Region’s town of Krasnogorsk on Monday received 6 years and 5 months in penal colony in a case over the fire that had led to the death of 12 patients.14:01 02.08.2021
Pranker jailed for 28 months for coronavirus joke in Moscow metroMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Monday sentenced Karomatullo Dzhaborov, a pranker who had played a coronavirus joke in the Moscow metro in 2020, to 28 months in penal colony.13:47 02.08.2021
Verdict in sanitary code breach case against Navalny’s ally Sobol set for August 3The Preobrazhensky District Court will deliver sentence in a case over abetting violation of sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally held in Moscow in winter against Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Alexey Navalny, on August 3.12:00 02.08.2021
Sentencing of Michael Calvey, other defendants in Baring Vostok case adjournedSentencing of U.S. investor Michael Calvey and other defendants in a case over embezzlement of over 2.5 billion rubles (over $34 million) from Vostochny Bank on Monday was adjourned until August 5.11:34 02.08.2021
Creditors demand around $55 million from ex-owners of VIM AirlinesFour organizations have filed debt recovery claims worth nearly 4 billion rubles (about $55 million) against ex-president of VIM Airlines Rashid Mursekayev and his wife Svetlana.10:19 02.08.2021
Prosecutor seeks real jail term for defendant in Moscow metro coronavirus joke caseProsecution asked the Presnensky District Court of Moscow to sentence Karomatullo Dzhaborov, a pranker who had allegedly played several coronavirus jokes in the Moscow metro in 2020, to 4 years in penal colony.17:40 30.07.2021
Director of regional tour firm gets 3 years in jail for stealing clients’ moneyA court in Russia’s town of Lipetsk on Friday sentenced the director of a local tourist agency Tatiana Yermakova to 3 years in jail for stealing over 1 million rubles ($14,000) from the firm’s clients.17:29 30.07.2021