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Forfeiture of $31.5 mln from ex-Mari El governor accused of bribery upheld

The appeals instance of the Nizhny Novgorod district court has upheld a lower court’s ruling to recover over 2.2 billion rubles (about $31.5 million at the current exchange rate) from ex-governor of Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov accused of bribery in favor of the state,.

18:37 26.06.2020

Ex-Presidential candidate’s claim against Vkontakte social network dismissed

A district court in St. Petersburg has dismissed a claim of ex-presidential candidate, CEO of The Lenin Sovkhoz cooperative farm Pavel Grudinin against social network Vkontakte seeking to remove information on his private life.

17:44 26.06.2020

Theater director Serebrennikov gets suspended sentence for $2 mln embezzlement

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Friday passed a 3-year suspended sentence and a 800,000-ruble fine on the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov for embezzlement of 129 million rubles (about $2 million) of budget funds allocated for the theater project Platforma.

16:59 26.06.2020

Defendant in DS-Bank embezzlement case gets 4.5 years in prison

Moscow’s Tagansky District Court has sentenced a former advisor to the board’s chairman of DS-Bank Viktor Averin to 4.5 years in penal colony in a case over embezzlement of about 585 million rubles (around $8.5 million at the current exchange rate) from the credit organization.

15:13 26.06.2020

Investors' negative oil prices suit against Moscow Exchange moved to commercial court

A lawsuit initiated by investors affected by an unprecedented drop in WTI oil prices collectively against the Moscow Exchange will be considered by the Moscow Commercial Court.

14:58 26.06.2020

Moscow court issues guilty verdict against $2 mln theater embezzlement case defendants

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Friday found the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov and other defendants guilty in a case over embezzlement of 129 million rubles (about $2 million) of budget funds allocated for the theater project Platforma.

13:04 26.06.2020

Bankruptcy proceedings against son of businessman Mints quashed

The Moscow Commercial Court has abandoned a bankruptcy action against the eldest son of businessman Boris Mints initiated by Promsvyazban.

10:53 26.06.2020

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