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Ulyukayev’s appeal against return of $2 mln to FSB general dismissed

The Moscow City Court has upheld a ruling to return $2 million, that former Economy minister Alexey Ulyukayev received as a bribe to Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, to the Federal Security Service (FSB) general Oleg Feoktistov.

11:59 24.09.2018

Prosecutors seek 10 years in jail for ex-St. Petersburg MP charged with corruption

Prosecutors sought a sentence of 10 years in jail for ex-lawmaker of St. Petersburg’s Legislative Assembly Svetlana Nesterova involved in a 4.8-million-ruble ($71,000) corruption case.

15:48 18.09.2018

Accomplice of Russian penitentiary ex-official sentenced to 3.5 years for fraud

The Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow on Monday sentenced CEO of the Russian footwear company Datse Group Smbat Arutyunyan to 3.5 years in a penal colony as part of a fraud case involving ex-Deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov.

14:50 10.09.2018

Ulyukayev’s appeal against ruling to return $2 mln to FSB general set for Sep.24

The Moscow City Court will hear an appeal filed by Russia’s former Economy minister Alexey Ulyukayev against a lower court’s ruling to return $2 million that ex-official received as a bribe to the Federal Security Service (FSB) general Oleg Feoktistov.

15:43 06.09.2018

Russian Supreme Court recalculates sentence of convicted ex- police officer

The Supreme Court of Russia has recalculated prison sentence of a former officer of the Interior Ministry’s anti-corruption department Sergey Astafurov, and ex-head of the Promresource state company Vladimir Spiridonov in a criminal case over provocation of a bribe.

14:59 06.09.2018

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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

State Duma adopts bill on retaliatory blocking of foreign media in Russia

The State Duma on Thursday passed a bill empowering Prosecutor General and his deputies to ban foreign mass media in Russia in response to hostile actions by foreign states regarding Russian media working abroad.

14:15 30.06.2022