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Ex-penitentiary officer gets 5 years for selling mobile phones to inmates

A court in the Kaluga Region has sentenced a former chief of a penal colony to 5 years in jail for selling 10 mobile phones to prisoners.

16:56 04.06.2020

Defense Ministry ordered to pay $60k to mother of soldier killed by tank fire

A court in the Leningrad Region obliged Russia’s Defense Ministry to pay 4 million rubles (about $60,000) to the mother of a common soldier Andrey Vittikh, who had died from tank fire during army exercises because of the command officers’negligence.

15:58 04.06.2020

Suspect in case over fuel spillage disaster in Russia’s North detained until July 31

The Krasnoyarsk Krai Court on Thursday ordered a chief of the boiler-and-turbine floor of a heat and power plant in Russia’s northern town Norilsk to be put in detention until July 31 as part of a case over disaster resulted in the fuel spillage into a local stream and river Ambarnaya.

15:10 04.06.2020

Investigators seek to detain suspect in case over fuel spillage disaster in Russia’s North

Investigators have asked court to detain a chief of the boiler-and-turbine floor of a heat and power plant in Russia’s northern town Norilsk as part of a case over disaster resulted in the fuel spillage into a local stream and Ambarnaya river.

13:41 04.06.2020

Ex-judge charged with bribery to go on trial in Russia's Stavropol Territory

A court in the Stavropol Territory will hear a case against judge emeritus Nikolay Kaishev charged with bribery.

12:39 04.06.2020

Detention of ex-senator Arashukov and his father again extended until late July

The Moscow City Court on Thursday again extended detention of ex-senator Rauf Arashukov and his father Raul Arashukov until July 24.

10:47 04.06.2020

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