Trial & Litigation

Prosecutors waive claim to forfeit flat of sister of Russian colonel accused of bribery

Prosecutors withdrew their claim to forfeit to the state an apartment of a sister of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin charged with bribery, a representative of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said during the Friday hearing in Moscow’s Golovinsky District Court.

17:24 08.11.2019

FSB colonel charged with bribery kept over $50 mln in parents’ flat – prosecutors

The Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin charged with bribery kept over $50 million and 16 million rubles (over $250,000) in the apartment of his parents, a representative of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said during the Friday hearing in Moscow’s Golovinsky District Court.

15:53 08.11.2019

Zakharchenko father’s sentence for embezzlement reduced by 3 months

The Moscow City Court on Friday reduced sentence of Viktor Zakharchenko, the father of convicted ex-anticorruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko, for embezzlement, from 4 years to 3 years and 9 months.

13:09 08.11.2019

One more person charged with attack on Russian embassy in Ukraine

Ukrainian national Roman Rogozin has been charged in absentia in a case over the attack on Russian embassy in Kiev in March 2016.

12:33 08.11.2019

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