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Former Russian high-ranking investigator’s sentence for bribery takes effect

The Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday upheld a 13-year prison sentence passed on the former chief of the Investigative Committee’s Internal Security Directorate Mikhail Maksimenko for corruption.

12:59 31.07.2018

Moscow court sentences high-ranking investigator Lamonov to 5 years

The Moscow City Court has sentenced Alexander Lamonov, a former high-ranking investigator, to 5 years in a high security penal colony for receiving a large-scale bribe.

11:59 26.07.2018

Prosecutor seeks 6 years in prison for former high-ranking investigator Lamonov

Prosecutor Igor Potapov on Thursday demanded to sentence former high-ranking investigator Alexander Lamonov involved in a bribery case to 6 years in prison.

14:27 19.07.2018

Alleged accomplice of Russia’s former top anti-corruption official to go on trial

A criminal case against a former employee of the Interior Ministry, who is believed to be an accomplice of the convicted Interior Ministry's Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department’s ex-head Denis Sugrobov, has been transferred to the Moscow City Court.

10:59 10.07.2018

Russian ex-governor convicted of receiving $640,000 bribe released on parole

Tula's ex-governor Vyacheslav Dudka, who had been given 9.5 years in prison for taking a 40 million ruble bribe ($640,000 at the current exchange rate), was released on parole.

15:35 09.06.2018

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Russian President signs decree on external debt payment

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing a new temporary procedure of payment of the country’s foreign debt. The document was published on the official website of legal information.

17:20 22.06.2022

Bill on liability for digital rights violation submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov has introduced a bill to supplement the national Code of Administrative Offenses with an article on the violation of digital rights before the lower house of Russia's parliament.

12:45 23.06.2022

Environmental violations up in Russia by almost 3 times — Supreme Court head

The number of cases related to violations of the environmental legislation has increased in Russia by almost 3 times over the past 10 years, the Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said during the presidium meeting on Friday.

15:36 24.06.2022