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Orenburg mayor Arapov detained as part of corruption case

Mayor of Orenburg, a city in Southern Russia, Yevgeny Arapov has been detained on charges of receiving a large-scale bribe.

17:45 16.08.2018

New corruption charges brought against convicted ex-investigator Maksimenko

Ex-chief of the Russian Investigative Committee’s Internal Security Directorate Mikhail Maksimenko sentenced to 13 years in prison for corruption has been charged with another count of bribe taking.

17:02 10.08.2018

Prosecution demands 5.5 years for former high-ranking investigator Nikandrov

Prosecution has demanded a 5.5-year prison sentence for the former high-ranking investigator of Russia’s Investigative Committee, General Denis Nikandrov, charged with corruption.

15:35 10.08.2018

Over 1,700 Russian officials fired for corruption in last 1.5 years

Over 1,700 officials in Russia were fired in last 1.5 years due to corruption violations.

14:43 10.08.2018

Investigators charge Russian city construction official with corruption

Deputy head of the construction department for the city of Orenburg in Southern Russia Gennady Borisov has been charged with receiving a 2-million-ruble bribe ($30,200).

11:37 09.08.2018

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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