Summa Group owners accused of one more embezzlement countSumma Group owner Ziyavudin Magomedov and his brother, the company’s co-owner Magomed Magomedov, who are charged with organizing a criminal gang and embezzlement, have been additionally accused by investigators of stealing 300 million rubles ($4.6 million).18:02 01.11.2018
Banker suspected of bribing Zakharchenko to stay detained until early DecemberThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld detention of Interprogress bank board member Valery Markelov, who had allegedly given a bribe to ex-Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko.16:52 29.10.2018
Russian ombudsman proposes to draft Electoral CodeRussia’s Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova during an elections conference on Monday proposed to develop an Electoral Code to put all relevant regulations in order.13:42 29.10.2018
Enhanced nutritional standards to be set for minors and pregnant women in custodyThe Justice Ministry has issued an order to set enhanced nutritional standards for pregnant women, nursing mothers and minors held in penitentiary facilities.16:42 04.10.2018
Serebrennikov to remain under house arrest until October 19The Moscow City Court has upheld extension of house arrest for the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov charged with embezzlement until October 19.15:30 04.10.2018
Alleged murderer of Moscow police officer detained for 2 monthsMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Wednesday ordered detention of Nurlan Muratov, who had allegedly killed a police officer at a Moscow metro station, until November 3.14:34 05.09.2018
Motion to review ruling on confiscation of Zakharchenko’s property deniedMoscow’s Nikulinsky District Court has declined to reconsider a ruling on forfeiture of property worth nearly 9 billion rubles ($131 million at the current exchange rate) owned by the former Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with corruption crimes and his relatives to the State.11:56 23.08.2018
Investigators seek to extend detention of alleged Norwegian spy until OctoberInvestigators have filed a motion with Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court seeking to extend detention of Norwegian citizen Frode Berg charged with espionage until October 5.16:28 17.07.2018
Prosecutor seeks 4 years for Hermitage Museum ex-deputy director in embezzlement caseA prosecutor on Friday asked the Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg to sentence ex-deputy director of the Hermitage Museum Mikhail Novikov charged with embezzlement money allocated restoration of the museum’s facilities to 4 years in prison.13:25 13.07.2018
Prosecutor demands 10.5 years in prison for defendant in Crimea sabotage plot caseA prosecutor has demanded a 10.5-year prison sentence for Yevgeny Panov, one of the defendants in a case over sabotage plot in Crimea.11:47 09.07.2018
Investigation opened in Russia into 15 Ukrainian judgesProbe has been opened into 15 judges of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court over their ruling recognizing declaration on the independence of Crimea as contrary to the country’s law.11:39 17.05.2018
Russian investigators seek to question German journalist in Rodchenkov caseRussian investigators seek to interrogate German journalist Hajo Seppelt as part of a case against former Director of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory and WADA informant Grigory Rodchenkov charged with abuse of office.17:16 15.05.2018
Defendants in case on cashing out of $120 mln in Admiralteysky bank plead not guiltyFive defendants in a criminal case over unlawful bank activity in Admiralteysky bank estimated at 7 billion rubles (about $120 million) and credit fraud have pleaded not guilty.11:30 14.05.2018
Sentence of Russian Basketball Federation ex-chief takes effectThe Moscow City Court has upheld a 4.5-year prison term given to ex-president of the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) Yulia Anikeyeva for embezzling 44 million rubles (about $710,000 at the current exchange rate) in absentia.17:14 10.05.2018
State Duma adopts bill to improve child recreation safetyThe State Duma passed in the third and final reading on Tuesday a bill to improve children’s safety and advance services provided by organizations specializing in rest and recreation.11:29 10.04.2018
Probe opened into regional top Interior Ministry officialA criminal case has been launched against deputy head of the Interior Ministry’s directorate for Krasnoyarsk Region Alexander Kuznetsov on suspicion of abuse of office resulted in heavy consequences.10:33 28.02.2018
Ex-high ranking investigator put in detention on bribery chargesMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Wednesday ordered the detention of Rosneft oil company’s lawyer, former head of a Moscow directorate of the Investigative Committee, Alexey Kramarenko charged with taking a bribe.19:17 27.12.2017
Former and acting FSB officers receive prison terms for taking $85,000 bribeThe Moscow District Military Court on Friday sentenced former and acting officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Vlad Novikov and Karen Krayukhin, to 4.5 and 5 years in prison for taking a 5-million-ruble bribe (about $85,000) from Turkish firm Esta Construction.15:30 01.12.2017
Alleged organizer of women’s terrorist cell arrested in St. PetersburgThe resident of St. Petersburg Alla Bespalova has been arrested on suspicion of organizing and managing the activities of a regional women’s cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist group banned in Russia.15:42 24.11.2017
Secret case documents should be available to all litigants – Russian Constitutional CourtRussia’s Constitutional Court has clarified that all litigants should have access to secret case documents, notwithstanding if they hold a security clearance or not.14:55 24.11.2017