Ex-Russian judge gets 3 years for extortion of $8,000 bribeA court in the Stavropol Territory has sentenced Makhach Aliyev, a former judge from Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Dagestan, to 3 years in high security prison for extorting 500,000 rubles (about $8,000) from the mother of one of persons on trial.14:53 01.11.2018
Corruption case launched over reconstruction of ill-fated Kemerovo mallInvestigators have launched a criminal case over bribery during reconstruction of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall’s building in Kemerovo that became a site of deadly fire in March 2018 leaving 60 people dead.13:59 01.11.2018
Military court upholds 6-year term for ex-Russian general convicted of corruptionThe Moscow Garrison Military Court has upheld a 6-year prison sentence for the former commander-in-chief of the Interior Ministry’s internal troops Vyacheslav Varchuk convicted of taking an especially large-scale bribe.16:43 31.10.2018
Seizure of ex-minister Ulyukayev’s money accounts liftedMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Wednesday held that the seizure of monetary assets belonging to ex-economy minister Alexey Ulyukayev sentenced to 8 years in prison for corruption could be lifted.11:01 31.10.2018
High-ranking prosecutor arrested on suspicion of corruption at attempt to leave RussiaFirst Deputy Prosecutor of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan Oleg Gorbunov suspected of taking bribes has been arrested while attempting to flee abroad from Moscow’s airport Sheremetyevo.13:03 26.10.2018
Detention of Crimea’s deputy prime minister Nakhlupin appealedCrimea’s deputy prime minister Vitaly Nakhlupin has appealed his detention as part of a corruption case.12:59 23.10.2018
Investigators seek to detain Sochi vice-mayor charged with corruptionRussian investigators have asked the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to detain vice-mayor of Sochi Sergey Yurin as part of a bribery case.12:59 19.10.2018
Residents of Russia’s Tatarstan to go to prison for illegal capture of 27,000 crayfishA court in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan has sentenced several men to prison terms ranging from 2.5 to 3 years for illegal capture of over 27,000 crayfish.15:59 18.10.2018
Crimean Deputy PM arrested in Moscow on suspicion of corruptionVice prime minister of Crimea Vitaly Nakhlupin has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of taking bribes.14:39 17.10.2018
Moscow court upholds detention of Dagestan antimonopoly officialThe Moscow City Court has upheld extended detention of the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s Dagestan Directorate chief Kubasay Kubasayev charged with taking over 2.5 million rubles ($45,500) in bribes.17:15 08.10.2018
Russia imposes sanctions against members of U.S. President’s familyRussia has once more extended its retaliatory restriction list adding 25 Americans to it, including members of the family of the U.S. President Joe Biden.12:24 28.06.2022
Russian Supreme Court pushes for streamlining procedures governing judges’ career advancesA plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has proposed to submit to the State Duma a bill that would allow judges to be assigned a higher grade without taking into account the place of work of the judge and without observing the sequence of assignment of grades.13:26 28.06.2022
President Putin signs law providing for legalization of parallel imports of goodsPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a bill providing for the legalization of parallel imports of goods into law.17:56 28.06.2022