Russian Justice Ministry proposes solitary confinement for habitual prison disturbersRussia’s Justice Ministry is developing a bill proposing to place habitual disturbers serving prison sentence in solitary confinement. Amendments are expected to be introduced in the Penal Code of the Russian Federation.10:56 19.03.2019
Ex-director of children’s camp gets 9.5 years Karelia lake tragedy caseEx-director of Syamozero Park Hotel camp Elena Reshetova on Monday was sentenced to 9.5 years behind bars as part of a criminal case on the death of children in Karelia’s Syamozero lake in 2016.11:53 18.03.2019
Corruption sentence of ex-deputy governor of Vologda Region reduced by 1.5 yearsThe Vologda Regional Court on Monday reduced sentence given to ex-deputy governor of the region Nikolay Guslinsky for taking bribes from 8 to 6.5 years in prison. Moreover, the court decreased fine imposed on the defendant from 84.7 million rubles ($1.3 million) to 39.5 million rubles (over $600,000).12:44 11.02.2019
Ex-Ukrainian president Yanukovych gets 13 years in absentia in treason caseThe Obolonsky District Court of Kiev on Thursday found ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych guilty in treason case.18:20 24.01.2019
Russian Supreme Court upholds sentence for St. Petersburg terror cell membersThe Supreme Court on Thursday upheld sentence for members of the St. Petersburg cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist group banned in Russia.15:15 27.12.2018
Former investigator and attorney sentenced to 10 years for corruptionThe Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced former investigator Roman Boldyrev and attorney Kirill Kulyavtsev to 10 years in penal colony for corruption.18:02 06.12.2018
Sentence of alleged crime boss in extortion case takes effectThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld prison sentence given to the alleged criminal lord Zachary Kalashov, also known as Shakro Molodoy, as part of a criminal case over extortion of 8 million rubles (about $120,000).14:59 28.11.2018
Ex-convoy chief sentenced to 1.5 years for giving detainees cell phonesMoscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court has sentenced ex-chief of a guard and convoy regiment Vitaly Sinichev to 1.5 years in penal colony settlement for handing cell phones to detainees.11:23 22.11.2018
Former Russian judge gets suspended sentence for mediation in briberyThe Rostov Regional Court has given a 2-year suspended sentence to a magistrate judge emeritus Sergey Mazurov for mediation in bribery.13:42 21.11.2018
Military court upholds 6-year term for ex-Russian general convicted of corruptionThe Moscow Garrison Military Court has upheld a 6-year prison sentence for the former commander-in-chief of the Interior Ministry’s internal troops Vyacheslav Varchuk convicted of taking an especially large-scale bribe.16:43 31.10.2018
Russian Supreme Court upholds sentence of Crimea sabotage plot case convictThe Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday upheld an 8-year prison sentence for Yevgeny Panov convicted of plotting sabotage Crimea.13:04 25.10.2018
Second sentence of Vostochny Cosmodrome embezzlement case convict vacatedThe Moscow City Court on Monday overturned a second sentence given to engineer Sergey Ostrovsky, who had been convicted on two separate occasions of multimillion embezzlement during the Vostochny Cosmodrome construction in Russia's Far East.17:15 15.10.2018
Ex-Makhachkala mayor gets 4 years in prison for abuse of officeA court in Makhachkala has sentenced the former mayor of Dagestan’s capital Musa Musayev to 4 years in prison for abuse of office resulting in grave consequences.12:45 15.10.2018
Defendant in Sugrobov’s case challenges his sentencePavel Dashin, a defendant in the case involving convicted Interior Ministry's Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department’s ex-chief Denis Sugrobov, has filed an appeal against his 3-year-long prison sentence.10:59 10.10.2018
Moscow court refuses to release defendant in Vostochy Cosmodrome embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court has refused to release the former CEO of Volga-Vyatka construction company (VVCC) Yevgeniya Degtyareva sentenced to 4.5 years in a penal colony for embezzling 1.3 billion rubles ($19.8 million) during the Vostochny Cosmodrome construction.17:05 09.10.2018
Former Siberian police official sentenced to 7 years in prison for corruptionA court in Russia has sentenced ex-chief of the financial service center for the Omsk Regional directorate of the Interior Ministry Irina Starikova to 7 years in a penal colony for taking over 28 million rubles ($420,400) in bribes.12:59 05.10.2018
Former chairman of Ergobank sentenced to 8 years in prisonThe Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has sentenced ex-board chairman of Ergobank Vyacheslav Barmin to 8 years in a penal colony for embezzlement of 750 million rubles ($11.4 million).13:59 01.10.2018
Masterminds of riots in Russian penal colony receive prison sentenceThe Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Khakassia has sentenced masterminds of riots in a local penal colony in 2016 to 8 years and 7 months in high-security prison.17:30 28.09.2018
Ex-Russian MP sentenced to 3 years in absentia for beating police officersThe Kirovsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don on Wednesday sentenced a former lawmaker with Russia's Communist Party Vladimir Bessonov to 3 years in prison in absentia for beating police officers.15:59 12.09.2018
Sentence reduced for defendant in Kazan Cathedral terror plot caseThe St. Petersburg City Court has mitigated a 2.5-year prison sentence of a Dagestan native Shamil Omargadzhiyev involved in a criminal case over attempted terror attack in the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg by 6 months.12:59 12.09.2018