Ex-chairman of Russian youth association gets 2.5 years for embezzlementThe Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced ex-chairman of the St. Petersburg office of Russia’s Union of Youth Dmitry Lyadov to 2.5 years in prison for embezzlement.14:57 16.08.2019
Ex-managers of Russian bank to stand trial on $25.5 mln embezzlement chargesA 1.7-billion-ruble ($25.5 million) embezzlement case against managers of Sovetsky bank has reached the Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg for hearing.17:00 15.08.2019
Car owner sentenced to prison for repeated drunken drivingA driver, who had been repeatedly caught for drunk driving, was sentenced to 8 months in a high-security penal colony, the St. Petersburg prosecutor’s office told RAPSI on Tuesday.17:27 13.08.2019
St. Petersburg detention center to be checked after detainees beating reportsRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office would check the reports of alleged beating of detainees in the St. Petersburg detention center, known as Kresty-2.18:00 09.08.2019
Former St. Petersburg official faces trial on abuse of office chargesA court in St. Petersburg will consider a case against ex-city governor administration official charged with abuse of office.13:48 09.08.2019
Website selling combat weapon in Russia blockedA website illegally selling combat weapon has been blocked by the Russian communications agency Roskomnadzor following a relevant court order.17:15 08.08.2019
St. Petersburg emergencies official suspected of receiving $32k bribeInvestigators have opened a criminal case against a chief of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry’s St. Petersburg Main Department suspected of extorting a 2-million-ruble bribe ($32,000).18:23 26.07.2019
Four men convicted of $1 mln Arctic shelf limit survey embezzlementThe Leningrad District Military Court convicted four defendants of embezzling 70 million rubles ($1 million) allocated for surveying shelf limits in the Arctic Ocean.15:00 25.07.2019
Ex-rector of St. Petersburg Agrarian University to stand embezzlement trialInvestigation into the former rector of the St. Petersburg Agrarian University Victor Yefimov charged with embezzling of 28.6 million rubles (over $450,000) has been completed.14:47 15.07.2019
Former vice-governor of St. Petersburg goes on trial on bribery chargesA case against the former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Marat Oganesyan, accused of fraudulently embezzling funds allocated for the construction of the city’s Arena football stadium and bribery, has reached court.13:48 11.07.2019
St. Petersburg MPs propose to punish teens of 14 for cruelty to animalsThe St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly has submitted a bill lowering the age of criminal responsibility for animal abuse from 16 to 14 years to the lower house of Russian parliament.09:50 11.07.2019
Alleged Church of Scientology adherent gets 6 years for $2.5 mln embezzlementAlleged Church of Scientology adherent and head of a consumer society Maria Sidorova has been sentenced to 6 years in jail for embezzling 155.5 million rubles (nearly $2.5 million) from shareholders of 9 housing associations.10:59 08.07.2019
Transaero’s asset inventory procedure extended for 6 monthsThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has extended asset inventory of Transaero air carrier for 6 months upon a petition of the airline’s bankruptcy supervisor of Transaero airline Alexey Belokopyt.10:47 05.07.2019
One more Russian awarded compensation for illegal prosecution for extremismA court in St. Petersburg has ordered the Finance Ministry to pay activist Dina Garina 30,000 rubles (nearly $500) in compensation for moral harm caused by unjustified prosecution for extremism.14:14 03.07.2019
Former Russian penitentiary official sentenced to 3.5 years for briberyThe 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.16:41 20.06.2019
Russian woman gets 13 years in prison for drug traffickingA court in St. Petersburg has sentenced local resident Natalya Solovyeva to 13 years behind bars for smuggling drugs and attempt to illegally sell them.15:11 14.06.2019
Leningrad Region ombudsman seeks to cease convicts’ transfers to other regionsOmbudsman 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.13:25 07.06.2019
Russian detention center’s contractor appeals ruling in dispute with penitentiary serviceThe 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.14:03 05.06.2019
Russian national fined $300 for failure to report terror attack plotRussian citizen Vyacheslav Pavlovsky has been fined 20,000 rubles ($300) by court for failure to report planned terror attacks to the police.15:09 30.05.2019
Trial of ex-penitentiary official charged with bribery to be held in prison hospitalTrial 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.13:50 21.05.2019