Trial & Litigation

Former manager of Credit-Express bank to be imprisoned for 3 years for embezzlement

Moscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Wednesday sentenced ex-head of a branch office of Credit-Express bank Elena Chuyeva to 3 years in penal colony for her involvement in large-scale embezzlement in the credit organization.

17:24 28.04.2021

Widow of killed St. Petersburg rapper to stay detained until late June

The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Wednesday prolonged detention of Marina Kokhal, who stands charged with killing her husband, rapper Alexander Yushko, for another two months.

16:39 28.04.2021

Investigators complete probe into Chelyabinsk Region officials accused of abuse of office

Investigation into criminal cases against Mayor of Troitsk, a town in Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region, Alexander Vinogradov and his deputy, who stand charged with abuse of office, has been completed.

14:40 28.04.2021

Moscow resident put in detention on terrorism funding allegations

A court has detained a Moscow resident charged with funding the Islamic State, the international terrorist organization banned in Russia.

12:31 28.04.2021

Ex-police officer, former attorney sentenced to jail for fraud

A court in the Moscow Region has sentenced a former drug control department chief of the Mytishchi Directorate of the Interior Ministry and a former attorney to 2.5 years in penal colony each for fraud.

10:56 28.04.2021

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