Corruption & Bribery

Moscow court sentences former law enforcement officer to 4.5 years for corruption

The 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

Sentencing of ex-governor Belykh charged with corruption set for February 1

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow will pass sentence on ex-governor of the Kirov Region Nikita Belykh, who stands charged with taking bribes, on February 1.

15:41 26.01.2018

Examination during replacement of driver license may lead to corruption – experts

Experts of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights believe that obligatory examination during the replacement of expired driving licenses contains explicit and implicit risks of corruption.

14:59 26.01.2018

Former mayor of Nizhny Novgorod charged with receiving $1 million bribe

Former mayor of Nizhny Novgorod and vice-speaker of the regional parliament, Oleg Sorokin, has been charged with receiving a $1-million bribe.

18:03 19.12.2017

Russian ex-minister Ulyukayev appeals sentence in bribery case

Ex-economy minister of Russia Alexey Ulyukayev, who had been given 8 years in high security prison for bribery, appealed the sentence.

14:45 19.12.2017

Ulyukayev’s assets to remain seized until $2.2 mln fine paid – court

Assets belonging to the former economy minister of Russia Alexey Ulyukayev sentenced on Friday to 8 years in high security prison for bribery will remain seized until he pays a 130-million-ruble fine (about $ 2.2 million).

16:56 15.12.2017

Investigation into three instances of case against Zakharchenko complete

Investigators have completed preliminary investigation into three instances of a criminal case against Russian anti-corruption ex-official, Dmitry Zakharchenko.

15:59 15.12.2017

About €2,000 seized from partner of former anti-corruption official Zakharchenko

Law enforcement officers seized about €2,000 belonging to Marina Semynina, a partner of former Russian anti-corruption official charged with receiving a large-scale bribe, Dmitry Zakharchenko, during the searches at her apartment on Wednesday.

18:07 13.12.2017

Ex-official of Russia’s Drug Control Service gets 7 years in prison

Ex-chief of a regional office of the defunct Federal Drug Control Service Kirill Kalinin has been sentenced to 7 years in a high-security prison for extortion of a 10-million-ruble bribe (about $170,000).

15:59 11.12.2017

Moscow court extends detention of anti-corruption ex-official until March 8

The Moscow City Court has extended detention of Dmitry Zakharchenko, ex-Russian anti-corruption official charged with receiving a large-scale bribe, until March 8.

15:59 29.11.2017

Top news

Russia imposes sanctions against members of U.S. President’s family

Russia 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 advances

A 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 goods

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a bill providing for the legalization of parallel imports of goods into law.

17:56 28.06.2022