Moscow court to hear prosecutors’ $430 mln claim against ex-minister AbyzovA prosecutors’ claim to forfeit assets worth 32.5 billion rubles (about $430 million at the current exchange rate) from ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov charged with embezzlement to the state is scheduled for September 24.15:41 07.09.2020
Ex-Inter RAO board member to stand espionage trial in Moscow City CourtAn espionage case with an approved indictment against the former board member of Inter RAO energy holding Karina Tsurkan has been forwarded to the Moscow City Court for consideration.12:53 07.09.2020
Defense of convicted ex-Vladivostok mayor to go on trial on obstruction of justice chargesA Deputy Prosecutor of Russia’s Primorye approved indictment against two attorneys charged with perverting the course of justice, who had defended ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev in a bribery case.14:23 04.09.2020
Former Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk faces bribery trialEx-Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Yevgeny Teftelev will stand trial in a local court on bribe taking charges.11:49 27.08.2020
Defendants in $2.3 mln Russtroybank embezzlement case go on trialA former vice-president of the Russian Construction Bank (Russtroybank) and his acquaintance indicted of a 175 million-ruble ($2.3 million) embezzlement will stand trial in Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court.17:25 26.08.2020
Defense lawyers of actor Efremov run to investigators and prosecutors over threatsDefense team of actor Efremov involved in a fatal road traffic accident complained of threats and pressure from unidentified persons to Russia’s Investigative Committee and Prosecutor General’s Office, attorney Elman Pashayev told RAPSI on Tuesday.13:04 25.08.2020
Businessman Ponomarev faces tax evasion trial in Moscow RegionA court in Solnechnogorsk, a town near Moscow, will hear a criminal case over tax evasion and attempted fraud against businessman Konstantin Ponomarev already convicted of false denunciation.09:46 25.08.2020
Pair may be deprived of parental rights for juggling their baby – Prosecutor General’s OfficeThe Central District Court of the town of Sochi is to hear a case against a married couple, who have published on the internet a video record demonstrating their abusive treatment of their baby daughter.14:31 21.08.2020
Former penitentiary employee jailed for 7.5 years for briberyA court in Russia’s Republic of Mordovia has sentenced a former penitentiary employee for taking a bribe.16:40 17.08.2020
Russia’ Supreme Court declares AUE extremist movementThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has banned international public movement Arestantskoye Ugulovnoye Yedinstvo (Criminal Unity of Inmates) declaring it to be an extremist organization.14:44 17.08.2020
Former Kamchatka official charged with $12,000 bribery faces trialA prosecutor of the Kamchatka Region has approved indictment against a former mayor of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky charged with receiving bribes totaling to 900,000 rubles (over $12,000).11:56 17.08.2020
Two gang members get life sentence for prosecutor’s murderThe Smolensk Regional Court has sentenced two gang members to life in prison for the murder of a prosecutor of Roslavl town in 2005.11:08 13.08.2020
Assets worth nearly $14 mln seized from Moscow Region district ex-headA court in Odintsovo town near Moscow on Wednesday forfeited immovable assets in the amount of more than 1 billion rubles (about $14 million) belonging to ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun.11:24 12.08.2020
Ex-Prosecutor General’s Office employee fined $2,000 for violent use against policemanMoscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court on Tuesday found ex-deputy chief of the security support department of the Prosecutor General’s Office Igor Mylnikov of use of force against a police officer and fined him 150,000 rubles ($2,000).16:26 11.08.2020
Prosecutors seek to seize $445 million from ex-minister AbyzovRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office seeks to forfeit assets worth 32.5 billion rubles ($445 million) owned by ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov charged with embezzlement to the state.10:27 07.08.2020
Russia’s Primorye resident faces trial on social media hacking allegationsProsecutors in Russia’s Primorsky Krai approved indictment against a local resident, who had allegedly hacked accounts of 21 users of a social network.13:28 05.08.2020
Ex-penitentiary officer gets 5.5 years in penal colony for briberyA court in the Tula Region has sentenced a former officer of the Federal Penitentiary Service to 5.5 years in penal colony for bribery and abuse of power.16:22 04.08.2020
Three defendants in Siberian gold-mining dike burst case to stand trialThree defendants in a criminal case over a burst dike in a gold mine in Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk Region occurred in the fall of 2019 will go on tria.17:36 31.07.2020
Alleged murderer of Russia’s monastery abbot goes on trialProsecutors have approved indictment against Alexander Avdeyev charged with killing an abbot of the Holy Trinity Danilov monastery in Russia’s Yaroslavl Region in 2016 and robbery.15:58 31.07.2020
Prosecutors stand up for 11 crocodiles jammed in space 22 times less than requiredProsecutors in southern Russian city of Krasnodar demand the closure of a mini-zoo in the building of a local hotel because of appalling conditions animals had to live in there; thus, the living space for 11 crocodiles has been 22 times less than envisaged by the regulations, and animals of different species had to share same cages.15:03 31.07.2020