Russian court refuses to mitigate sentence for Navalny’s brotherA court in the Oryol Region has denied a motion filed by the brother of opposition politician Alexey Navalny, Oleg, who had received a 3.5-year prison term in Yves Rocher embezzlement case, to mitigate his sentence.15:05 14.06.2017
St. Petersburg court sentences murderer of prominent journalist Tsilikin to 8.5 yearsThe Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg has found student Sergey Kosyrev guilty of murdering prominent Russian journalist Dmitry Tsilikin and sentenced him to 8.5 years in a penal colony.15:00 30.05.2017
Russian Supreme Court to review Briullov painting smuggling caseThe Presidium of Russia’s Supreme Court will review the case of collector Alexander Pevzner, formerly charged with smuggling the painting by prominent artist Karl Briullov entitled ‘Christ in the Sepulcher'.14:58 25.05.2017
Russian court sentences participant of unauthorized rally to 1.5 years in penal colonyThe Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has sentenced a participant of an unauthorized March 26 rally in Moscow, Alexander Shpakov, to 1.5 years in a penal colony for violence against representative of authority.17:05 24.05.2017
Ex-president of Vneshprombank appeals sentence in embezzlement caseFormer president of Vneshprombank Larisa Markus, who had received nine years in prison for embezzling 114 billion rubles (about $2 billion), appealed her sentence.14:56 23.05.2017
Pokemon Go player appeals suspended sentence for inciting enmityVideoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who had received a 3.5-year suspended sentence for playing Pokemon Go in a church, has appealed his sentence.12:16 22.05.2017
Navalny’s sentence in Kirovles embezzlement case upheldThe Kirovsky Regional Court on Wednesday upheld a 5-year suspended sentence given to Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny in Kirovles embezzlement case.12:26 03.05.2017
Russian ex-tourism top official appeals 7-year sentence for embezzlementFormer deputy head of the Federal Tourism Agency (Rosturizm) Dmitry Amunts has filed an appeal against a 7-year prison sentence given to him for implication in embezzling 29 billion rubles ($457 million) from now-defunct Mezhprombank.15:33 28.04.2017
Russian Supreme Court upholds sentence for ISIS memberThe Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the sentence for Ismail Emirov, found guilty of membership in ISIS terrorist organization prohibited in Russia.17:51 27.04.2017
Ex-Probusinessbank manager gets 4 years in prison for $44 mln embezzlementMoscow’s Ostankinsky District Court has sentenced former manager of Russia’s Probusinessbank Nikolay Alekseyev to 4 years in prison for embezzling 2.44 billion rubles (about $44 million).15:08 26.04.2017
Supreme Court upholds sentence for student who induced Russian citizens to join ISISThe Supreme Court has upheld sentence against ex-student Mavlud Kerimov who has earlier been found guilty of inducing Russian citizens to join ISIS terrorist organization, prohibited in Russia.12:50 01.03.2017
Russian citizen sentenced to 11 years in U.S. prison for illegal export of technologyThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York has sentenced Russian citizen Alexander Posobilov to 135 months of imprisonment for illegally exporting microelectronic components from the United States for use by Russia's military.10:42 01.03.2017
Russian Supreme Court vacated 36 sentences based on ECHR rulings in 2016 - ChairmanRussia’s Supreme Court in 2016 overturned 36 imposed sentences because of violations found by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).11:15 28.02.2017
Russian Supreme Court vacates sentence of opposition activist Dadin, orders his releaseThe Russian Supreme Court’s Presidium on Wednesday overturned a 2.5-year prison sentence given to activist Ildar Dadin for numerous violations of protest laws and ruled to release him.12:27 22.02.2017
Russian court upholds sentence for pensioner over VKontakte postThe Supreme Court of the Chuvash Republic upheld a two-year suspended sentence handed down to pensioner Nikolay Egorov for reposting extremist content on VKontakte social network.16:38 28.12.2016
Sixteen persons sentenced for treason, espionage in Russia in 2016Sixteen individuals have been convicted and sentenced in Russia for treason and espionage in 2016.13:24 21.12.2016
Russian hackers sentencing set in U.S. court for June 2017Two Russian nationals who pleaded guilty to participating in a computer hacking scheme that left more than 160 million credit card numbers compromised will face sentencing in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey in June 2017.13:44 19.12.2016
Russian court reduces fine for blogger sentenced for extremismThe Moscow City Court reduced Thursday a 500,000-rubles fine imposed on famous Russian blogger Anton Nosik who had been convicted and sentenced for extremism.16:27 15.12.2016
Group of seven sentenced for stealing about $6.3 mln from Sberbank clientsSeven men were sentenced for stealing over 400 million rubles ($6.3 million) from bank accounts of Sberbank, which is Russia's biggest bank by assets.10:51 09.11.2016
Disabled Russian ex-colonel freed after being sentenced to 5 years in jailEx-colonel Yury Gaidukov was sentenced to five years in prison, fined 800,000 rubles (about $12,600) and freed on Thursday after the Moscow District Military Court learnt about his loss of sight.17:20 03.11.2016