Businessman gets five years in jail for shares theftThe Presnensky District Court in Moscow sentenced on Thursday businessman Alexei Kozlov to five years in prison for stealing shares.18:11 15.03.2012
Deserter gets two years in custodyA garrison court martial declared on Tuesday Pvt. Andrei Popov guilty of desertion and sentenced him to two years in custody.13:14 13.03.2012
Moscow City Court chairperson says Khodorkovsky case closedMoscow City Court Chairwoman Olga Yegorova sees no ground to review the prison sentence given to former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky.14:00 12.03.2012
Russian migrant to be sentenced for fraud on March 16The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has rescheduled to March 16 the sentencing of Russian national Nikolai Garifulin charged with stealing $3 million from bank accounts.13:27 11.03.2012
Former MP given eight years in jail contests sentenceFormer State Duma Deputy Mikhail Glushchenko, sentenced to eight years in prison for extortion by a St. Petersburg court in early March, has contested the sentence.11:17 11.03.2012
Khodorkovsky gives no comments on Medvedev's order to examine his sentenceFormer YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was sentenced to 13 years in jail for oil theft and money laundering, refused to comment on the president's order to the Prosecutor General's Office to examine lawfulness of his sentence.16:16 06.03.2012
Brother of former Kyrgyzstan president escapes from jailA brother of former Kyrgyzstan president, who was sentenced to seven years in jail last year for organizing mass riots in summer 2010, escaped from jail.12:33 06.03.2012
Bout's sentence hearing postponed until March 28A New York court has postponed the sentencing of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout until March 28.09:58 06.03.2012
Russian accused of fraud in U.S. requests sentence equal to custody termRussian citizen Nikola Garifulin, who has been accused of taking part in the theft of $3 million from the bank accounts of individuals and legal entities in the United States, has submitted to the court an application to set a term equal to the one he has already spent in custody.13:45 05.03.2012
President Medvedev signs law on life imprisonment for drug traffickingRussian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law severely toughening responsibility for illegal drugs production, storage and sale.18:09 02.03.2012
London court orders BTA Bank fugitive to turn himself inThe High Court of Justice ruled that former BTA Bank's CEO Mukhtar Ablyazov, charged with misappropriating about $5 billion from the bank, will be deprived of the right to defend himself in the High Court if he does not turn in to the police on March 9.09:54 02.03.2012
Ex-lawmaker sentenced to eight years for $10 mln extortionA St. Petersburg district court sentenced on Thursday former MP Mikhail Glushchenko to eight years in prison for extorting $10 million.16:22 01.03.2012
Website owner sentenced to 21 months in prison for extremismA resident of Khakassia was sentenced to 21 months in prison for distributing extremist and nationalist materials.10:47 28.02.2012
Former Ukrainian interior minister sentenced to four years in prisonThe Pechora District Court in Kiev has found former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko guilty of abuse of power and sentenced him to four years in prison.17:50 27.02.2012
Khodorkovsky appeals second sentence with Supreme CourtThe defense of former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and former Menatep head Platon Lebedev has filed a supervisory appeal with the Supreme Court against the prison sentence in their second case.15:34 24.02.2012
Renowned lawyer and TV host sentenced for fraudA Moscow district court sentenced renowned lawyer and TV host Vladimir Oreshnikov to two years in prison for large-scale fraud.11:23 20.02.2012
London police hunt for BTA Bank headLaw enforcement agencies are searching forformer BTA Bank head Mukhtar Ablyazov, 48, sentenced by the High Court of Justice to 22 months in jail for contempt of court.10:28 20.02.2012
Former YUKOS top manager released from prisonFormer YUKOS top manager Vladimir Pereverzin has been released from prison after serving out his term.17:31 15.02.2012
Former Ukrainian interior minister faces up to 4.5 years in prisonThe prosecution has requested the court to sentence former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko to 4.5 years in prison.15:50 14.02.2012
Ukrainian ex-PM not to appeal for pardon - defense attorneyFormer Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will not appeal for pardon and will hardly accept it, even if President Viktor Yanukovich pardons her without her appeal.10:37 13.02.2012