Suspended term demanded for ex-St. Petersburg Property Fund official accused of briberyA prosecutor asked court to give a 7-year suspended sentence to ex-deputy director of the Property Fund of St. Petersburg Ilya Zhinkin, who stands charged with bribery and money laundering.14:59 29.10.2019
St. Petersburg court returns $31k compensation claim against state to plaintiffThe Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Thursday returned a 2-million-ruble ($31,000) compensation claim against the state was returned to a plaintiff Mikhail Tsakunov, who had been acquitted of assault on a police officer during a protest action.17:52 24.10.2019
Russian man acquitted of assault on policeman seeks $31k compensation from stateRussian citizen Mikhail Tsakunov, who had been acquitted of assault on a police officer during a protest action, demanded from the state a 2-million-ruble ($31,000) compensation for moral harm caused by illegal prosecution.14:59 24.10.2019
Three Bulgarians to serve long terms for attempted sale of 39 kg of cocaine in RussiaA St. Petersburg court has sentenced three citizens of Bulgaria to prison terms ranging from 10 to 12 years for attempt to sell 39 kilograms of cocaine.15:49 23.10.2019
St. Petersburg court to hear case over embezzlement during construction of theatersThe Smolninsky District Court in St. Petersburg is to hear a criminal case over embezzlement revealed during construction and renovation of two city theaters, as well as delivery of equipment for a St. Petersburg structure of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.19:02 16.10.2019
Ex-St. Petersburg lawmaker convicted of bribery loses parole bidEx-lawmaker of St. Petersburg’s Legislative Assembly Svetlana Nesterova convicted in a 4.8-million-ruble (about $74,000 at the current exchange rate) bribery case has been denied parole.13:59 15.10.2019
Case against ex-bank top manager accused of $25.5 mln embezzlement reaches Russian courtThe Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg will consider a criminal case against ex-board chairman of Sovetsky bank Andrey Karpov, who is allegedly involved in embezzling 1.7 billion rubles ($25.5 million).11:30 14.10.2019
Highway patrolman gets 3 years for taking bribe from infamous Russian nationalistA senior highway patrolman Sergey Pavlov has been sentenced to 3 years in penal colony for receiving a 30,000-ruble bribe (about $500) from nationalist and former mixed martial artist Vyacheslav Datsik.17:45 10.10.2019
Terrorism financing convict sent to high security prison for 8.5 yearsA citizen of Tajikistan Shakhid Urazov sentenced to 8.5 years for financing terrorism has been sent to a high security prison.12:56 10.10.2019
In St. Petersburg man gets 5-year suspended term in case over transfer of €1 bln abroadA court in St. Petersburg has sentenced Alexander Bulatov, a person, involved in a criminal case over unlawful transfer of €1 billion from Russian into a foreign jurisdiction, to a suspended five-year term in a penal colony.17:08 07.10.2019
Criminal prosecution of priest whose child died of AIDS terminatedA criminal case against priest Georgy Sychev and his wife charged with the AIDS-caused death of their daughter due to maltreatment had been dropped because of the expiry of the period of limitations, Igor Sidorenko, an assistant of the priest, told RAPSI on Monday.16:52 30.09.2019
St. Petersburg court denies investigators’ bid to detain banker in embezzlement caseThe Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg has dismissed the investigators’ motion for detention of board chairman of Prime Finance bank Mikhail Tabunov charged with cross-currency embezzlement of hundreds of millions from his financial organization.11:37 20.09.2019
Former St. Petersburg vice-governor pleads not guilty to bribery, embezzlementThe former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Marat Oganesyan pled not guilty in court on Wednesday to bribery and embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the city’s Arena football stadium.17:45 18.09.2019
Mother of defunct detainee to receive $8k compensation from penitentiary medical unitThe St. Petersburg City Court ordered a penitentiary medical unit to pay 500,000 rubles (about $8,000) in compensation to the mother of a detainee, who had died from failure to provide medical aid in the detention center Kresty.13:44 17.09.2019
Ex-chair of St. Petersburg Legal Committee fined for abuse of officeEx-chair of the Legal Committee of St. Petersburg has been sentenced to a 50,000-ruble (about $800) fine for abuse of authority.17:26 11.09.2019
Russian court to reconsider Azeri opposition blogger deportation caseThe St. Petersburg City Court overturned a lower court’s ruling on expulsion of Azeri opposition blogger and Azer Freedom TV journalist Elvin Isayev from Russia.16:54 10.09.2019
Ex-Leningrad Region official gets 9 years for briberyEx-head of a district in the Leningrad Region Petr Levin has been sentenced to 9 year in high security prison and a 10.4-million-ruble fine for bribery.12:15 10.09.2019
Russian Defense Ministry ordered to pay $61k to ex-soldiers suffered tank fireA court in the Leningrad Region on Thursday ordered the Defense Ministry of Russia to pay 4 million rubles (about $61,000) to three ex-common soldiers, who had suffered from tank gun hits during army exercises.17:46 05.09.2019
Commercial court suspends $4 bln claim against ex-Transaero CEOThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has suspended a 249-billion-ruble lawsuit (nearly $4 billion) against the former CEO of Transaero air carrier Alexander Burdin.12:26 21.08.2019
Attackers of long-haul truckers sentenced to prison in St. PetersburgGang members, who had attacked long-haul truckers, were convicted of robbery and causing damage totaling around 500 million rubles ($7,500) to transporters.16:17 20.08.2019