Trial & Litigation

Moscow student denied release from detention in unauthorized rally case

The Moscow City Court on Thursday denied release from detention to the Moscow Aviation Institute student Andrey Barshay, who allegedly gave a National Guard officer a poke in the back during an unauthorized July 27 rally.

17:57 07.11.2019

Inskoy mine case: law enforcement officers tried to save miners

The Central Court of the Russian city of Kemerovo is hearing a criminal case over extortion of the controlling interest in Inskoy mine. Regional authorities attempted to prevent social unrest but were charged with hostile takeover (“corporate raiding”) of the enterprise.

17:22 07.11.2019

Former Russian geological official charged with fraud goes on trial

A large-scale fraud case against the former first deputy chief of the Russian State Geological Company (Rosgeo) Ruslan Gorring with an approved indictment has been sent to court for consideration.

15:05 07.11.2019

Probe into ex-St. Petersburg penitentiary official accused of $11k graft completed

Investigation into a 710,000-ruble ($11,000) bribery case against ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region directorate Sergey Moiseyenko has been completed,.

14:00 07.11.2019

St. Petersburg court puts customs station chief under house arrest in antique bribery case

A court in St. Petersburg has placed a chief of a customs terminal of the Baltic Customs Service under house arrest as part of a case over receiving bribes for providing a free importation channel for undeclared antiques from Europe.

13:18 07.11.2019

Appeal against detention of accused of assault on police officer at rally taken off table

The Moscow City Court on Thursday excluded an appeal against detention of Vladimir Yemelyanov, charged with using force against law enforcement officers during an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27, from consideration.

12:59 07.11.2019

Chinese hotelier ordered to 9-year jail in Russia for bribery

A court in Russia’s Primorsky Krai sentenced a Chinese hotelier to 9 years in prison for attempting to give a bribe in order to obtain an operation permit for a hotel he had built in Vladivostok.

11:44 07.11.2019

Rally participant accused of violence against police to stay detained till late January

The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to extend detention of Nikita Chirtsov, who stands charged with using violence against a police officer at an unauthorized rally in Moscow on July 27.

10:56 07.11.2019

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