Seizure of assets of former anti-corruption official Zakharchenko upheldThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld the seizure of property owned by former Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with corruption.16:59 12.03.2018
Appeal against arrest of cocaine case defendant in absentia set for March 28The Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against the issuance of arrest warrant for Andrey Kovalchuk, one of the defendants in a criminal case over attempted cocaine smuggling from Argentina to Russia, on March 28.12:59 07.03.2018
Moscow City Court to review case of Russian nationalist Potkin on March 16The Moscow City Court will reconsider a criminal case against Russian nationalist Alexander Potkin (Belov), who had previously been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for embezzlement and organization of an extremist movement, on March 16.15:48 02.03.2018
Moscow court upholds detention of alleged Ukrainian spyThe Moscow City Court has upheld detention of the Ukrainian citizen Konstantin Davydenko charged with espionage directed against Russia, the court’s press-service has told RAPSI.15:59 27.02.2018
Ruling to return case against businessman Mikhalchenko to prosecutors upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld a ruling of a lower court returning a criminal case against CEO of Forum Holding Company Dmitry Mikhalchenko, who stands charged with alcohol trafficking, to prosecutors.10:50 27.02.2018
Ex-head of Rusnano to be released from house arrest on February 22 – lawyerFormer head of the state-owned technology corporation Rusnano, Leonid Melamed, charged with embezzlement, will be freed from house arrest on February 22.12:58 21.02.2018
Moscow court upholds return of Rusnano ex-head’s case to prosecutorsThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling returning an embezzlement case against former head of the state-owned technology corporation Rusnano, Leonid Melamed, to prosecutors.11:59 21.02.2018
Suspension of case against Moscow 2012 riot case defendant Buchenkov upheldThe Moscow City Court has dismissed an appeal against a lower court’s ruling to suspend proceedings against Dmitry Buchenkov, who stands charged with participation in the riots on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on May 6, 2012, because of his disappearance.11:26 20.02.2018
Moscow court upholds arrest in absentia for WADA informant RodchenkovThe Moscow City Court has upheld arrest in absentia of the former Director of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory and WADA informant Grigory Rodchenkov charged with abuse of office.16:13 19.02.2018
Moscow court upholds VIM Airlines owner’s arrest in absentiaThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s order to arrest VIM Airlines owner Rashid Mursekayev, charged with abuse of authority, in absentia.17:53 14.02.2018
Seizure of foreign bank assets owned by ex-Vneshprombank head, her brother upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling to seize assets in a Liechtenstein bank belonging to ex-Vneshprombank president Larisa Markus sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for embezzling 113.5 billion rubles (about $2 billion), and her brother Georgy Bedzhamov charged with large-scale fraud.15:59 12.02.2018
Moscow court sentences former law enforcement officer to 4.5 years for corruptionThe Moscow City Court has sentenced a former officer of the Interior Ministry’s anti-corruption department, Sergey Astafurov, charged with corruption and abuse of office, to 4.5 years in a penal colony and prohibited him from holding law enforcement office for 2 years.11:59 12.02.2018
Moscow court releases hematologist involved in controversial case from detentionThe Moscow City Court has ruled to release from detention well-known hematologist Elena Misyurina, sentenced to a two-year-long prison term.17:15 05.02.2018
Moscow City Court suspends deportation of journalist Ali FeruzThe Moscow City Court has suspended a ruling of a lower court that refused temporary asylum for journalist of Novaya Gazeta newspaper Ali Feruz (Khudoberdy Nurmatov).12:40 02.02.2018
Prosecutors seek to cancel prison sentence in controversial case of Russian hematologistProsecutors had filed an appeal with the Moscow City Court seeking to overturn a two-year-long prison sentence of well-known hematologist Elena Misyurina.17:34 31.01.2018
Moscow court dismisses appeal against sentence of Vneshprombank’s ex-headThe Moscow City Court has refused to review an appeal filed by former president of Vneshprombank Larisa Markus sentenced to 8.5 years in a penal colony for embezzlement of 113.5 billion rubles (about $2 billion).10:59 31.01.2018
Moscow court to review appeal of journalist Ali FeruzThe Moscow City Court will review an appeal filed by journalist of Novaya Gazeta newspaper Ali Feruz (Khudoberdy Nurmatov) against a ruling refusing him temporary asylum in Russia.17:59 30.01.2018
Moscow court upholds return of Probusinessbank embezzlement case to prosecutorsThe Moscow City Court has upheld return of a criminal case against former vice-president of the Probusinessbank, Vyacheslav Kazantsev, and seven other persons, charged with embezzlement, to prosecutors.12:59 30.01.2018
Investigators seek to extend detention of Ukrainian journalist charged with spyingInvestigators have filed a motion with the Moscow City Court seeking to extend detention of Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko charged with espionage.16:49 23.01.2018
Alleged Norwegian spy to stay in Russian detentionThe Moscow City Court has upheld detention of a citizen of Norway Frode Berg suspected by Russian authorities of espionage.13:42 23.01.2018