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Investigation into alleged organizer of Russian penitentiary official’s murder completed

Investigation into ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region directorate Sergey Moiseyenko charged with organizing the murder of his subordinate, Colonel Nikolay Chernov, has been completed.

12:59 03.09.2018

Number of corruption crimes in Russia rises by 12.5% in 7 months – Prosecutor’s Office

The number of corruption-related crimes has increased by 12.5% in the first 7 months of 2018.

12:59 30.08.2018

Orenburg court puts high-ranking official under house arrest

The Leninsky District Court of Orenburg has transferred deputy head of the construction department for the city of Orenburg in Southern Russia Gennady Borisov, charged with receiving a 2-million-ruble bribe ($30,200), under house arrest.

12:59 29.08.2018

Former deputy governor of Russia’s Kursk Region sentenced to 2 years for corruption

Ex-deputy governor of the Kursk Region Vasily Zubkov has been sentenced to 2 years in a high security penal colony for receiving a large-scale bribe.

13:53 27.08.2018

Russian court upholds detention of Orenburg mayor charged with corruption

The Orenburg Regional Court has upheld detention of Yevgeny Arapov, mayor of Orenburg, who is charged with receiving a large-scale bribe.

11:47 24.08.2018

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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

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

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