Medical students to care about COVID-19 patients on voluntary basis – ombudsmanSt. Petersburg Rights Commissioner Alexander Shishlov has proposed that students taking practical courses in medical facilities providing care for coronavirus-infected patients are to deal with them only on the voluntary basis.16:40 15.05.2020
Russia’s healthcare watchdog lays up lung ventilators over hospital firesRussia’s Federal Supervisory Agency for Healthcare (Roszdravnadzor) suspended exploitation of medical ventilators Aventa-M which had caused fires in two hospitals in Moscow and St. Petersburg on May 9 and 12.12:56 13.05.2020
Prosecutors control inspection of St. Petersburg hospital fire circumstancesProsecutors took the control over the check of compliance with law due to the fire in the St. George hospital in St. Petersburg that resulted in the death of 5 people, the press service of Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office reports Tuesday.10:58 12.05.2020
Two men jointly fined about $700 for barbeque in central St. PetersburgTwo men Alexey Ushakov and Dalgat Radzhi have been fined 25,000 rubles (about $340) each for barbeque in the Sennaya Square (Sennaya Ploshchad) in central St. Petersburg.16:19 07.05.2020
Russian police report decrease in number of detentions during COVID-19 pandemicAt times of the coronavirus pandemic police investigative bodies are oriented to mostly apply non-custodial restrictive measures against persons suspected and accused of non-serious crimes, the press service of the Presidential Council for Human Rights reports citing acting Deputy Interior Minister Nikolay Patapenya.11:07 07.05.2020
New case against ex-culture official transferred from St. Petersburg to MoscowA new case against ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov over the 800 million-ruble embezzlement allocated for restoration of the Hermitage Museum has been transferred from St. Petersburg to Moscow.16:54 27.04.2020
Pranker wanted on suspicion of aborting online school lessons in St. PetersburgA pranker suspected of aborting online school lessons in St. Petersburg has been put on a wanted list.10:53 23.04.2020
New case against former culture top official to be heard in St. PetersburgA new case against ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov over the 800 million-ruble embezzlement from the restoration of the Hermitage Museum has reached a St. Petersburg court.12:55 16.04.2020
St. Petersburg court refuses to overturn coronavirus observatory isolation orderA court in St. Petersburg on Wednesday refused to overturn an order of Russia’s consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor obliging a Russian citizen, who had arrived from abroad, to be isolated for medical observation.12:58 15.04.2020
Probe opened into mass COVID-19 infection in Leningrad Region migrant hostelA criminal case over sanitary and epidemiological violations resulted in the coronavirus mass infection has been opened in the Leningrad Region. The probe was launched after coronavirus 35 residents of a local migrant hostel had been tested positive for coronavirus.10:50 15.04.2020
St. Petersburg resident challenges in court his mandatory stay in observatoryA St. Petersburg resident seeks in court to overturn an order of Russia’s consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on mandating citizens arriving to the country from abroad to be isolated for medical observation.14:47 09.04.2020
Trial of historian accused of student murder postponed due to quarantineThe hearing of a case against history professor Oleg Sokolov charged with killing his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko scheduled for Thursday was postoponed because of the quarantine in his detention center.12:14 09.04.2020
Suspect in coronavirus church vandalism arrested in St. PetersburgA suspect in the writing of the coronavirus comments on the wall of one of the St. Petersburg churches has been arrested by anti-extremism police.12:50 08.04.2020
Metrostroy co-owner placed in detention over new embezzlement chargesA court has ordered detention for a co-owner and ex-CEO of Metrostroy company Nikolay Aleksandrov until May 9 as part of the probe into a third embezzlement count against him.13:30 06.04.2020
Detention of historian charged with student murder extended for six monthsThe Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Friday extended detention of history professor Oleg Sokolov charged with killing his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko until September 23.17:26 27.03.2020
St. Petersburg ombudsman helps tourists stranded in Bulgaria return homeSt. Petersburg residents unable to leave Bulgaria because of the travel restrictions introduced due to the coronavirus infection outbreak have returned home, the office of the city rights commissioner Alexander Shishlov informs RAPSI.15:12 27.03.2020
Businessman charged with $7.6 mln VAT refund fraud sentenced to 10 years in prisonCEO of Petropolis company Mark Bronovsky has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 600,000 rubles (about $7,700) for a 590-million-ruble ($7.6 million) tax refund fraud.11:59 27.03.2020
Detention extension hearing in murder case against history professor set for March 27The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg will consider extension of detention for history professor Oleg Sokolov accused of killing his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko on March 27.14:16 25.03.2020
Case against Russian historian accused of student murder reaches courtThe Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Tuesday registered a criminal case against history professor Oleg Sokolov, who stands charged with the murder of his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko.13:03 24.03.2020
Businessmen accused of stealing banker Rotenberg’s funds face trial in St. PetersburgA criminal case against businessmen charged with embezzling funds of banker Boris Rotenberg has reached the Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg for consideration.15:26 23.03.2020