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Ex-school principal suspected of taking $9,000 in bribes

Investigators have opened 22 criminal cases against a former principal of one of the Chuvash Republic’s schools on suspicion of receiving more than 500,000 rubles (about $9,000) in bribes and abuse of authority.

11:23 20.03.2018

Top Investigative Committee official to testify in notorious bribery case as witness

The Moscow City Court has summoned the director of the Investigative Committee's Moscow department, General Alexander Drymanov for interrogation as a witness in a bribery case against the Internal Security Directorate’s ex-chief Mikhail Maksimenko.

17:25 13.03.2018

Seizure of assets of former anti-corruption official Zakharchenko upheld

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld the seizure of property owned by former Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with corruption.

16:59 12.03.2018

Fines for corruption reached $23 million in 2017 – Russian prosecutors

The sum of fines imposed for corruption offences reached over 1.3 billion rubles ($23 million) in 2017.

10:59 06.03.2018

Ex-governor of Russia’s Karelia gets 8 years in prison for corruption

Ex-governor of Russia’s Republic of Karelia Andrey Nelidov on Friday was sentenced to 8 years in prison for corruption.

16:55 02.03.2018

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Third foreigner ordered to death challenges sentence in Supreme Court of DPR

Briton Aiden Aslin, who had been ordered to death along with two other foreign citizens in the Donetsk People’s Republic, challenged his sentence.

11:17 05.07.2022

Russia’s State Duma backs creation of extremist materials database

The lower house of parliament, the State Duma, adopted a bill to create a specialized information database of extremist materials in a final third reading on Tuesday.

13:24 05.07.2022

Number of appeals to Russian children's ombudsman increased by 2% in 2021

The number of appeals to the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Russia Maria Lvova-Belova turned out to be by 2% more in 2021 as compared with the same period of the preceding year.

12:09 01.07.2022