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Former Russian penitentiary official sentenced to 3.5 years for bribery

16:41 20/06/2019 The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Thursday found ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov guilty of taking about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during a detention center construction and sentenced him to 3.5 years in high security prison.

Russian woman gets 13 years in prison for drug trafficking

15:11 14/06/2019 A court in St. Petersburg has sentenced local resident Natalya Solovyeva to 13 years behind bars for smuggling drugs and attempt to illegally sell them.

Leningrad Region ombudsman seeks to cease convicts’ transfers to other regions

13:25 07/06/2019 Ombudsman of the Leningrad Region Sergey Shabanov has asked the Federal Penitentiary Service’s director Gennady Kornienko to give up on the practice of transfer of convicts, whose sentence has not taken effect, to detention centers in other regions.

Russian detention center’s contractor appeals ruling in dispute with penitentiary service

14:03 05/06/2019 The General Construction Corporation, a principal construction contractor of the detention center, known as Kresty-2, has filed an application with the Russian Supreme Court seeking reconsideration of a ruling in its dispute with the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Directorate for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region.

Russian national fined $300 for failure to report terror attack plot

15:09 30/05/2019 Russian citizen Vyacheslav Pavlovsky has been fined 20,000 rubles ($300) by court for failure to report planned terror attacks to the police.

Trial of ex-penitentiary official charged with bribery to be held in prison hospital

13:50 21/05/2019 Trial of ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov charged with taking about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during a detention center construction will be held in a prison hospital because of his poor health.

Chief accountant of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology released from detention

18:14 14/05/2019 Sakhib Aliyev, chief accountant of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg charged with extremism and illegal business, has been released from detention and put under house arrest until August 19.

Ex-Russian penitentiary official charged with bribery goes on trial

13:01 13/05/2019 A criminal case against ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov charged with receiving about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during the construction of a detention center has reached court.

Pokemon Go player’s conviction of extremism expunged - attorney

10:06 08/05/2019 The Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg has expunged videoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky’s conviction of extremism, lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov has told RAPSI.

Five men get prison terms of up to 8 years for weapon smuggling from Europe to Russia

17:27 07/05/2019 The Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced five men to prison terms ranging from 5 to 8 years in prison for weapon smuggling from Europe to Russia.

Bribery case against ex-penitentiary official forwarded to prosecutors

14:57 29/04/2019 A criminal case against ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov charged with receiving about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during the construction of a detention center has been forwarded to prosecutors for approving indictment.

Businessman convicted of $6 mln VAT refund fraud, acquitted of organizing gang

18:13 25/04/2019 CEO of Petropolis company Mark Bronovsky was sentenced to 6 years and 10 months for a 377-million-ruble ($6 million) tax refund fraud but acquitted creating an organized criminal network.

VKontakte users’ lawsuit over passing personal data to police dismissed

14:27 23/04/2019 Four activists from Tatarstan, who had demanded 100,000 rubles (about $1,600) in compensation each from VKontakte social network for passing their personal data to police, were denied their compensation claim.

Detention of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology leaders extended once more

13:40 19/04/2019 The St. Petersburg City Court has again extended detention for the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg leader Ivan Matsitsky and the religious group’s chief accountant Sakhib Aliyev charged with extremism and illegal business operations.

Businessman to stand trial on charges of $9 mln VAT refund fraud

14:59 04/04/2019 A criminal case against CEO of Petropolis company Mark Bronovsky charged with a 576-million-ruble ($9 million) tax refund fraud has reached the Krasnogvardeysky District Court of St. Petersburg.

Two victims questioned as part of 2017 St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack case

14:59 03/04/2019 Two men injured in the St. Petersburg metro terror attack that occurred in 2017 were questioned in the Leningrad District Military Court on Wednesday.

Defendants in 2017 St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack case deny guilt in court

11:54 02/04/2019 Defendants in a criminal case over the St. Petersburg metro terror attack committed in 2017 did not confess to such grave charges and initiated a demonstration in a courtroom on Tuesday.

VKontakte users demand compensation for passing their personal data to police

17:39 01/04/2019 Four residents of Russia’s Tatarstan have filed a lawsuit demanding 100,000 rubles in compensation each from VKontakte social network for passing their personal data to police.

Woman convicted of stealing millions for Church of Scientology to stand one more trial

15:38 29/03/2019 Ekaterina Zaborskikh, who had been already two times convicted of embezzling millions of rubles from real estate investors and transferring the money to the Church of Scientology Moscow, will go on the third trial on similar charges.

Detention center contractor gets suspended sentence for bribing penitentiary official

13:01 20/03/2019 Petroinvest company CEO engaged in the construction of a detention center Ruslan Khamkhokov has received a 5-year suspended term for bribing a Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) official.

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