Russian prosecutors’ $126 mln claim against ex-Minister, bank postponed until September
The Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow will continue consideration of a lawsuit initiated by prosecutors seeking to recover from ex-Minister of the Open Government Mikhail Abyzov and Alfa-Bank more than $126 million in favor of the state on September 7.
ABA Conference on CIS-related disputes to be held in Moscow on September 22
The XIII Annual ABA Conference on the Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes will take place in Moscow on September 22.
Navalny’s employee restricted of liberty for breaching sanitary rules at illegal rally
The Preobrazhensky District Court on Friday sentenced Oleg Stepanov, ex-head of the Moscow branch of Navalny’s Offices, the organization recognized as extremist, one-year restriction of liberty in a case over violation of sanitary norms during the illegal rally held in Moscow in January.
Whelan seeks expulsion from Russia for sentence completion in U.S. – Moscow court
Former American marine Paul Whelan sentenced to 16 years in high-security prison for espionage against Russia has lodged a motion seeking his expulsion from Russia and transfer to the U.S. to serve the remainder of his sentence there.
Number of street crimes decreases in Russia – police
The street crime rate decreased in Russia in the first six months of 2021.
Facebook ordered to pay $230,000 fines for failure to delete banned content
Moscow’s Tagansky District Court on Wednesday upheld fines totaling 17 million rubles ($230,000) imposed on Facebook social network for failure to remove banned information from the platform.
Detention of ex-schema monk Sergius prolonged for six months
The Izmaylovsky District Court on Wednesday extended detention of excommunicated ex-schema monk Sergius (Nikolay Romanov) in a case over inducement to suicide and usurpation of power until February 10.
Businessman ordered to stay in detention until late November in Penza Governor’s case
Moscow's Basmanny District Court on Wednesday extended detention of the head of BIOTEC Group of Companies Boris Spiegel involved in a bribery case against ex-Penza Region governor Ivan Belozertsev until November 20.
Google fined over $80K for refusal to delete banned information
Google LLC was fined 6 million rubles ($80,000) on Wednesday for refusal to remove prohibited content.
Prosecutor seeks 6 years in jail for defendant in case over fight with police at Moscow rally
A prosecutor on Wednesday demanded 6 years in penal colony for Mikail Markhiyev (Said-Mukhamad Dzhumayev), an alleged participant of a fight with police during an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on January 23.