Trial & Litigation

Murder case against ex-penitentiary official again reaches court

A criminal case against ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region directorate Sergey Moiseyenko, who stands charged with organization of assassination against his subordinate, has again reached court.

16:56 25.11.2019

Former official of Tatarstan federal property agency gets 4 years for graft

In Russia's Tatarstan a court has sentenced a former acting chief of the territorial directorate of the Federal Property Management Agency (Rosimushchestvo) Albert Gatin to 4 years behind bars for receiving a 10 million-ruble bribe (over $155,000).

15:05 25.11.2019

Ex-Ukrainian MP accused of attacks against Russian embassy to stay in detention until May

The Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention of ex-lawmaker of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Nikolay Rudkovsky, who stands charged with attacks against Russian diplomatic offices in 2014 and 2016, until May 5.

14:30 25.11.2019

U.S. investor Calvey’s appeal against asset seizure to be heard on December 4

The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal against seizure of assets belonging to Baring Vostok investment company's founder, U.S. citizen Michael Calvey, who stands charged with the 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement, on December 4.

12:37 25.11.2019

Police $70k claim against organizers of illegal Moscow opposition rallies set for December

Moscow’s Simonovsky District Court will begin hearing on merits of a lawsuit filed by the Interior Ministry’s Moscow Main Directorate against organizers of unauthorized summer rallies, including opposition figures Alexey Navalny and Ilya Yashin, on December 4.

11:58 25.11.2019

Refusal to close notorious landfill in Moscow Region challenged in Russian Supreme Court

The administration of the Moscow Region’s town of Volokolamsk have filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Russia against lower courts’ refusal to shut down a notorious solid waste landfill Yadrovo.

10:49 25.11.2019

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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