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Ex-Russian judge gets 3 years for extortion of $8,000 bribe

A 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 mall

Investigators 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 corruption

The 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 lifted

Moscow’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 Russia

First 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

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