Prosecutors seek for urgent seizure of assets belonging to corruptorsThe Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia has proposed to authorize investigators to immediately attach the property of corruptionists.14:24 09.12.2020
Russian Prosecutor General proposes not to apply court fines to corrupt officialsRussian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov proposed legislative amendments limiting the use of judicial fines against corrupt officials during the anti-corruption coordinative meeting of law enforcement on Wednesday.13:49 09.12.2020
Three defendants in 2012 prison riots case go on trial in Chelyabinsk RegionThe Kopeisk City Court in Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region will consider a criminal case over mass riots in a local penal colony in 2012.16:58 04.12.2020
St. Petersburg court to hear Bolshoi Drama Theatre embezzlement caseThe Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg will consider a criminal case over embezzlement of 2 million rubles during technical upgrading of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre.15:56 01.12.2020
Officers accused of providing convicts with falsified good conduct certificates face trialA court in Dagestan town of Makhachkala is to hear a criminal case over falsification of good conduct certificates issued to convicts seeking conditional release.17:54 30.11.2020
Russian prosecutors ask Poland to provide records of Kaczynski phone call before 2010 air crashRussian prosecutors have requested the Polish Justice Ministry to provide audio and verbatim records of a telephone conversation of the former President of Poland Lech Kaczynski and his brother before an air crash in Smolensk in 2010.14:44 25.11.2020
Eleven penitentiary employees ordered to jail for prisoner torture in Yaroslavl RegionA court in Yaroslavl has sentenced eleven former officers of a regional penal colony to prison terms ranging from 3 years to 4 years and 3 months for torturing an inmate.15:12 19.11.2020
Prosecutors seek to forfeit $2.7 mln assets belonging to ex-head of Russia’s UdmurtiaProsecutors have filed a lawsuit seeking to forfeit to the state over 200 million rubles ($2.7 million) belonging to the former head of Russia’s Udmurt Republic Alexander Solovyov, his family and firms.17:01 18.11.2020
Russian senators back prosecution of ex-head of Russian Ministry of ConstructionThe Federation Council members have granted permission to Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov for the arrest of ex-head of the Ministry of Construction and current auditor of the Auditing Chamber of Russia Mikhail Men on embezzlement allegations.15:18 18.11.2020
Appeal of TOAZ beneficiary to Prosecutor General as admittance of exhaustion of argumentsSergey Makhlai, a beneficiary of PJSC Togliattiazot (TOAZ), has published an open letter addressed to Russia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, in which he expressed his discontent as to the quality of prosecutorial supervision and work of law enforcement agencies. RAPSI has analyzed the legal aspects of this address and asked experts to comment those.10:04 16.11.2020
Prosecution obtains injunction of regional cell of foreign religious movementThe Fifth Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction has granted a prosecutor’s motion to ban a cell of Falun Dafa movement (Chinese religious doctrine Falun Gong) in Russia’s Republic of Khakassia.17:26 13.11.2020
Russian Prosecutor General proposes small business audit moratorium extensionRussia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov on Friday suggested that suspension of planned checks of small businesses should be extended amidst the coronavirus infection spread.12:59 13.11.2020
Lawyers of arbiter assaulted by ex-footballer turn to Prosecutor General over caseDefense lawyers for arbiter Nikita Danchenko assaulted by ex-player of the Russian national football team Roman Shirokov have turned to Russia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov seeking to reclassify a case against the athlete.12:11 12.11.2020
Russian prosecutors send fifth request to Germany as to Navalny hospitalization caseRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has for the fifth time requested German competent authorities to present information on the chemical composition of a toxic agent allegedly found in the body of Alexey Navalny.13:50 06.11.2020
Russian man sentenced to community service for rehabilitation of NazismA court in Russia’s Perm on Friday sentenced a local resident Daniil Shestakov, who had published photos of Nazi criminals on the website of the Immortal Regiment movement, to 9 months of community service, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office reports. The man was found guilty of rehabilitation of Nazism.11:27 06.11.2020
Moscow court orders closure of website selling exotic animalsMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court has granted a prosecutor’s bid to block access to a website selling exotic animals, including Indian elephants and black widow spiders.10:45 06.11.2020
Former Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk jailed for 3 years in bribery caseEx-Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Yevgeny Teftelev has received 3 years in high-security penal colony and a 37.5 million-ruble fine (over $480,000) for taking bribes.10:59 28.10.2020
Altai court sentences three individuals for wild falcon smugglingA court in Russia’s Altai Krai has convicted three defendants in a case over an attempt to transfer 6 rare wild peregrine falcons abroad.12:26 27.10.2020
Defendants in 2019 Far Eastern children camp fire case to go on trialA criminal case over the 2019 deadly fire in the children camp Holdomi has reached a court in the Khabarovsk Region, Russia’s Far East.12:52 26.10.2020
Prosecutors file $1.4 mln lawsuit against ex-Mari El governor accused of briberyProsecutors have lodged a new claim against ex-governor of Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov charged with corruption seeking to forfeit his assets worth 111 million rubles ($1.4 million) to the state.16:55 21.10.2020