Indictment set to be approved against Russian professor accused of student murderA criminal case against the St. Petersburg State University’s history professor Oleg Sokolov, who stands charged with the murder of his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko, has been forwarded to prosecutors for the indictment to be approved.12:25 18.03.2020
St. Petersburg dweller put under house arrest on suspicion of fake carsharing account saleA court in St. Petersburg on Thursday placed a local resident Roman Amelin suspected of selling fake accounts for carsharing users under house arrest.17:36 12.03.2020
Russian bank seeks for bankruptcy of metro construction companyRussia’s Sberbank has filed a bankruptcy petition against the St. Petersburg metro construction company Metrostroy, according to the records of the Commercial Coun of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region.11:48 12.03.2020
Ex-Russian penitentiary official convicted of graft seeks for paroleEx-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov convicted of taking about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during a detention center construction has filed a petition for parole with the Kolpinsky District Court of St. Petersburg.11:44 04.03.2020
Investigators complete probe into history professor charged with student murderInvestigation into Oleg Sokolov, the St. Petersburg State University’s history professor, who stands charged with the murder of his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko, has been completed.10:59 04.03.2020
New corporate embezzlement charges brought against co-owner of MetrostroyA charge of embezzlement of 153 million rubles ($2.3 million) of corporate funds has been brought against co-owner of Metrostroy company Nikolay Aleksandrov.14:46 28.02.2020
Criminal case of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology leaders reaches courtThe criminal case over illegal business operations and extremism the defendants in which are leaders of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg has reached court.14:16 12.02.2020
St. Petersburg businessman gains rehabilitation over acquittal of gang organizationCEO of Petropolis company Mark Bronovsky convicted of a tax refund fraud has sued out a right to rehabilitation after acquittal of creating an organized criminal network.15:40 06.02.2020
Ex-Leningrad Region official’s 9-year jail term for bribery mitigated to suspended termThe St. Petersburg City Court replaced a 9-year prison term given to ex-head of a district in the Leningrad Region Petr Levin for bribery with a suspended sentence.13:22 06.02.2020
Ex-CEO of detention center construction contractor faces abuse of office trialAn abuse of office case against Viktor Kudrin, ex-CEO of a contractor of the construction of Kresty, the largest detention center in Europe, has been forwarded to the Kolpinsky District Court of St. Petersburg for consideration.12:46 05.02.2020
Family ordered to return $16.2 mln debt of late IT entrepreneur to U.S. businessmanThe Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg has ordered a widow and a son of the late owner of NovIT Pro IT company Valery Pshenichny, to pay a $16.2 million debt to the U.S. businessman Marc Nickinson.18:04 04.02.2020
Transaero bankruptcy trustee seeks to bring ex-airline CEO to subsidiary liabilityA bankruptcy receiver of Transaero air carrier has filed an application seeking to bring a former CEO of the company Alexander Burdin to subsidiary liability on the airline’s obligations, according to the records of the Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region.10:48 03.02.2020
Suspended sentence given to 29 people guilty of BAD fraudThe Moskovsky Ditrict Court of St. Petersburg gave suspended terms ranging from 1 to 7 years to 29 people guilty of fraudulent biologically active dietary supplement (BAD) sale to senior citizens under the guise of medicine.13:24 31.01.2020
Former Russian penitentiary official’s sentence for graft comes into forceThe St. Petersburg City Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov against a 3.5-year prison sentence given to him for taking about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during a detention center construction.18:00 15.01.2020
Pilot, businessman convicted of organizing illegal parachute jumping activitiesA court in the Leningrad Region has given a pilot and a businessman a 3-year suspended sentence each for organizing illegal parachute jumping.16:59 09.01.2020
Two men detained on charges of plotting New Year terrorist attack in St. PetersburgTwo Russian citizens charged with plotting a New Year terrorist attack in St. Petersburg have been placed in detention.11:37 31.12.2019
Defendants in case over overwork premiums to construction officials sentencedThe defendants in a case over incentive rewards paid to functionaries responsible for building works in St. Petersburg by subway construction contractors had been passed suspended sentences.12:35 30.12.2019
Contractors of Vostochny Cosmodrome construction convicted of $1.6 mln embezzlementSeveral top managers of Transengineering company, a construction contractor of Vostochny Cosmodrome facilities, have been sentenced to prison for embezzlement of nearly 100 million rubles ($1.6 million). However, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg has released the defendants from punishment as they had served the imposed sentence in detention.17:53 27.12.2019
Arrest warrant upheld for son of late Russian IT businessman in embezzlement caseThe St. Petersburg City Court has upheld arrest of Denis Pshenichny, the son of the late owner of NovIT Pro IT company Valery Pshenichny, in absentia as part of an embezzlement case.16:58 27.12.2019
Bankruptcy proceedings against Baltiyskiy Bank’s ex-president extended once moreThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has extended the asset sale procedure against ex-president of the Baltiyskiy Bank Oleg Shigayev, who stands charged with the 3-billion-ruble ($55 million) embezzlement, for six months.11:38 26.12.2019