Sentence mitigated for defendant in Polytechnic Museum bribery caseThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday reduced a 3-year sentence given to Polytechengineering company’s Andrey Khatskevich for commercial bribery during reconstruction of the Polytechnic Museum.17:47 23.05.2018
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
Ex-manager of Moscow theater gets 5 years in prison for $90k embezzlementThe Savelovsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced ex-manager of the Center of Drama and Direction Dmitry Palaguta to 5 years in prison for embezzlement of 5.5 million rubles (about $90,000).17:09 04.05.2018
Russian Supreme Court clarifies details of crime grade mitigationThe Supreme Court of Russia has clarified details of mitigating classification of a crime noting that there are several important factors to be considered with individual responsibility being one of them.11:30 24.04.2018
Moscow court upholds sentence for Pussy Riot member over Telegram actionThe Moscow City Court has upheld a sentence for Maria Alyokhina, a member of the infamous feminist punk group Pussy Riot, who has received 100 hours of compulsory community service for unauthorized action against blocking of Telegram messenger.14:30 23.04.2018
Supreme Court upholds life sentence for Russian biker in multiple murder caseThe Supreme Court of Russia has upheld life sentence for biker Ilya Aseyev convicted of killing five other motorcycle riders in the Moscow Region.12:43 20.04.2018
Russian priest Grozovsky’s sentence for pedophilia takes effectA 14-year prison sentence given to Russian priest Gleb Grozovsky for sexual abuse against underage pupils of orthodox recreation camps has become effective.16:59 13.04.2018
Russian Justice Ministry proposes to put treatment of convicted drug addicts under controlThe Justice Ministry of Russia is developing a bill establishing a procedure of control over mandatory undertaking treatment by convicted drug addicts.09:46 13.04.2018
Prosecutor asks court to uphold Ulyukayev’s 8-year sentenceA prosecutor asked the Moscow City Court on Thursday to uphold an 8-year prison sentence given to the former Russian economy minister Alexey Ulyukayev for bribery.10:55 12.04.2018
Russian court sentences Tajik national to 15 years for recruiting terroristsA court in St. Petersburg has sentenced a citizen of Tajikistan Farkhod Nazarov to 15 years in prison for recruiting new members to the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia.15:59 29.03.2018
Teenager involved in June 12 rally case gets suspended sentenceThe Tverskoy District Court on Thursday gave a 1-year suspended sentence to a teenager for using violence against a National Guard officer during an unauthorized rally held on June 12, 2017, in Moscow.17:22 01.03.2018
Nemtsov murder convict’s sentence extended for one monthMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday increased the prison sentence of Temirlan Eskerkhanov, who had earlier received 14 years for killing Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, by one month.12:32 22.02.2018
Russian ex-governor Belykh appeals his prison sentenceFormer governor of Russia’s Kirov Region, Nikita Belykh, has appealed a ruling of the Presnensky District Court of Moscow sentencing him to 8 years in a penal colony.14:45 08.02.2018
Prosecutors seek to cancel prison sentence in controversial case of Russian hematologistProsecutors had filed an appeal with the Moscow City Court seeking to overturn a two-year-long prison sentence of well-known hematologist Elena Misyurina.17:34 31.01.2018
Russian court sentences six criminals behind attempted oil theftA court in Russia’s northern city of Neftyugansk in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region has sentenced six members of an organized criminal group to prison terms for an attempt to steal oil by tampering with a pipeline.10:59 29.01.2018
Ex-head of Russian Border Agency gets 9 years in prison for embezzlementMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Friday sentenced former head of the Federal Border Development Agency Dmitry Bezdelov to 9 years in prison and fined him 1 million rubles ($17,400) for embezzling about 500 million rubles ($8.7 million).21:13 29.12.2017
Participant of unauthorized March 26 rally appeals 1.5-year prison sentenceA participant of the unauthorized March 26 rally in Moscow, Dmitry Krepkin, has appealed a 1.5-year prison sentence he received for assaulting a police officer.14:59 22.12.2017
Russian Supreme Court reduces sentence of top anti-corruption official by 10 yearsThe Supreme Court of Russia has mitigated the sentence of ex-head of the Interior Ministry's Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department, Denis Sugrobov, reducing it from 22 to 12 years in a high security penal colony.16:33 19.12.2017
Ulyukayev’s assets to remain seized until $2.2 mln fine paid – courtAssets belonging to the former economy minister of Russia Alexey Ulyukayev sentenced on Friday to 8 years in high security prison for bribery will remain seized until he pays a 130-million-ruble fine (about $ 2.2 million).16:56 15.12.2017
Russian ex-minister Ulyukayev gets 8 years in prison for extorting $2 mln bribeFormer Russia’s economy minister Alexey Ulyukayev on Friday was sentenced to 8 years in high security prison for extortion of a $2-million bribe.13:56 15.12.2017