Trial & Litigation

Probe into Baltic shipyard embezzlement case completed

Investigation into a case over 78 million-ruble embezzlement ($1.2 million) from the Baltic shipyard Yantar (Amber) has been completed

17:33 28.11.2019

Seizure of bank accounts of Inter RAO ex-board member charged with spying upheld

The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld seizure of 451 million rubles deposited on bank accounts of ex-board member of Inter RAO energy holding Karina Tsurkan charged with espionage.

16:46 28.11.2019

One more participant of illegal Moscow summer rally faces charges

Investigators have arrested one more participant of the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27 and plan to charge him with using force against a police officer.

16:08 28.11.2019

Otkritie bank ex-managers’ appeals against $4.5 bln asset freeze rejected

The Moscow District Commercial Court has dismissed cassation appeals filed by five ex-top managers of the financial corporation Otkritie against freeze of their assets totaling to 289.5 billion rubles (about $4.5 billion).

13:59 28.11.2019

Ex-top manager of Sovetsky bank ordered to jail for $25.5 mln embezzlement

The Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg has sentenced ex-board chairman of Sovetsky bank Andrey Karpov to 3 years in penal colony for embezzling 1.7 billion rubles ($25.5 million).

12:04 28.11.2019

Procedure of sale of ex-Tatfondbank chair’s assets extended

The Tatarstan Commercial Court has extended the procedure of sale of property of ex-Tatfondbank chairman Robert Musin for six months.

11:07 28.11.2019

Russian restaurateur to pay nearly $2.6 mln to tax authority – commercial court

The Moscow District Commercial Court has upheld a ruling on recovery of nearly 164 million rubles (about $2.6 million at current exchange rate) from the Tavern Taras Bulba restaurant chain owner Yury Beloivan in favor of the Federal Tax Service.

10:53 28.11.2019

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