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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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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

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