Head of St. Petersburg venture capital fund found guilty of funneling assetsThe head of the fund for support of St. Petersburg’s small businesses Rifat Islyayev had been sentenced to 3 years on probation for abuse of office and deliberately placing 200 million rubles (about $3.3 million) in a bank on a brink of closure.10:59 30.07.2018
Members of Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in St. Petersburg receive prison terms for terrorismMembers of the St. Petersburg cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist group banned in Russia were sentenced to prison terms varying from 5 to 10.5 years.14:59 26.07.2018
Leader of women’s terrorist cell receives 6 years in prisonThe Moscow District Military Court during its offsite hearing in St. Petersburg on Wednesday sentenced Alla Bespalova, an alleged leader of the regional women’s cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist group banned in Russia, to 5 years in prison.12:36 18.07.2018
Four alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir plead guilty to terrorismFour alleged members of the St. Petersburg cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist group banned in Russia have pleaded guilty to terrorist activity.15:59 16.07.2018
Hermitage Museum ex-deputy director sentenced to 2.5-year suspended prison termThe Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg has sentenced ex-deputy director of the Hermitage Museum Mikhail Novikov to a 2.5 year-long suspended prison term for embezzling 30.6 million rubles ($481,000) during restoration of the museum’s facilities.15:59 13.07.2018
Prosecutor seeks 4 years for Hermitage Museum ex-deputy director in embezzlement caseA prosecutor on Friday asked the Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg to sentence ex-deputy director of the Hermitage Museum Mikhail Novikov charged with embezzlement money allocated restoration of the museum’s facilities to 4 years in prison.13:25 13.07.2018
Head of St. Petersburg venture capital fund charged with funneling assets faces trialA criminal case against the head of the fund for support of St. Petersburg’s small businesses Rifat Islyayev charged with deliberately placing 200 million rubles (about $3.3 million) in a bank on a brink of closure has reached court.13:47 12.07.2018
Moroccan citizens fined for attempt to leave FIFA World Cup in Russia in bus trunkTwo citizens of Morocco have been fined 5,000 rubles ($81) each for attempting to covertly leave Russia for the European Union during FIFA World Cup 2018 by hiding in an international bus trunk.17:21 11.07.2018
Russian navy ex-officer receives 10 years in prison for mortar theftThe Krasnogvardeysky District Court of St. Petersburg has sentenced a retired captain of Russian navy Alexander Kushnaryov to 10 years in prison for stealing mortar, opening fire at servicemen and manufacturing explosives.13:59 09.07.2018
Prosecutor seeks 10 years for Russian navy ex-officer charged with mortar theftA prosecutor has asked the Krasnogvardeysky District Court of St. Petersburg to sentence Alexander Kushnaryov, a retired captain of Russian navy, to 10 years for stealing mortar and opening fire at servicemen.17:29 06.07.2018
Russia’s Hermitage Museum withdraws $481k claim against embezzlement case defendantsThe Hermitage Museum has withdrawn a 30.6-million-ruble claim ($481,000) against defendants in the case over embezzlement during construction and restoration of the museum’s facilities.12:59 04.07.2018
Russian court to review another case on embezzlement in Ministry of DefenseA criminal case against employees of Russia’s Ministry of Defense charged with embezzlement of 70 million rubles ($1.1 million) allocated for determining borders of a continental shelf, will be heard by 224 Garrison District Court on July 3.11:59 02.07.2018
Ex-president of Baltiyskiy Bank charged with embezzlement declared bankruptThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has declared co-owner and ex-president of Baltiyskiy Bank Oleg Shigayev, who stands charged with embezzlement of 3 billion rubles ($55 million), bankrupt.12:05 28.06.2018
Defendant in Kazan Cathedral terror attack plot case gets 2.5 years in prisonA native of the Republic of Dagestan Shamil Omargadzhiyev involved in a criminal case over attempted terror attack in the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison.12:59 25.06.2018
Former deputy head of Hermitage museum admits embezzling $481,000Former deputy director of the Hermitage Museum Mikhail Novikov and managing director of BaltStroy company Alexander Kochenov admitted their guilt in embezzlement of 30.6 million rubles ($481,000) during construction and restoration of the museum’s facilities.14:59 20.06.2018
Russian citizen fined $550 for stealing Maine CoonThe Pushkinsky District Court of St. Petersburg has fined 35,000 rubles (about $550) a local resident Aleksey Rykalin for stealing a Maine Coon cat from an exhibition hall.12:59 19.06.2018
Russian citizen charged with Maine Coon theft faces trialA criminal case against a Russian citizen charged with stealing a Maine Coon cat from an exhibition hall has been sent to the Pushkinsky District Court of St. Petersburg for hearing.17:37 05.06.2018
Businessman gets suspended sentence for $900,000 embezzlementBusinessman David Makhateli has received a 3-year suspended sentence for embezzling 55 million rubles (about $900,000) from the budget of St. Petersburg during construction of a kindergarten.11:27 04.06.2018
Russia's kickboxing champion of Europe sentenced to 22 years for drug traffickingFormer two-times kickboxing champion of Europe and ex-officer of the Russian anti-drug agency Alexander Bolshakov has been sentenced to 22 years in a high security penal colony for drug and arms trafficking.14:59 25.05.2018
Russian court extends detention of defendant in supermarket terror attack caseDetention of the defendant in a criminal case over a terror attack in a St. Petersburg supermarket that left 18 persons injured, Dmitry Lukyanenko, has been extended until July 25.16:59 24.05.2018