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Opposition-minded ex-mayor sentenced for corruption applies for pardon

Ousted Yaroslavl ex-mayor Yevgeny Urlashov sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for corruption has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon him.

17:43 30.03.2018

Prosecutor demands 15 years in prison for former high-ranking investigator

A prosecutor on Thursday asked a court to sentence ex-chief of the Investigative Committee’s Internal Security Directorate Mikhail Maksimenko charged with taking $550,000 in bribes to15 years in prison.

16:49 29.03.2018

Alleged Russian gang leader sentenced to nearly 10 years for extortion

The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow on Thursday sentenced an alleged gang leader Zachary Kalashov, also known as Shakro Molodoy, to 9 years and 10 months in a high security penal colony as part of a criminal case over extortion of 8 million rubles ($138,600).

14:55 29.03.2018

Deputy head of Buryatia’s Emergencies Ministry arrested for alleged corruption

Law enforcement officers have arrested deputy head of Russia’s Ministry of Emergencies Directorate for the Buryatia Republic Dmitry Unagayev suspected of taking bribes for cover-up during examination of fire safety.

10:30 29.03.2018

Investigators seek to detain Dagestan antimonopoly official charged with corruption

Investigators have filed a motion with Moscow’s Basmanny District Court seeking to detain the chief of the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s Dagestan Directorate Kubasay Kubasayev charged with taking over 3 million rubles ($52,500) in bribes.

12:49 23.03.2018

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Russian President signs decree on external debt payment

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing a new temporary procedure of payment of the country’s foreign debt. The document was published on the official website of legal information.

17:20 22.06.2022

Bill on liability for digital rights violation submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov has introduced a bill to supplement the national Code of Administrative Offenses with an article on the violation of digital rights before the lower house of Russia's parliament.

12:45 23.06.2022

Environmental violations up in Russia by almost 3 times — Supreme Court head

The number of cases related to violations of the environmental legislation has increased in Russia by almost 3 times over the past 10 years, the Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said during the presidium meeting on Friday.

15:36 24.06.2022