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Russian man sentenced to life for killing two young women

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has sentenced a local resident Alexey Aleksandrov to life for murder of two young women in an urban forest.

17:40 29.09.2020

Irkutsk lawmaker charged with $2.5 mln embezzlement detained for two months

Andrey Levchenko, lawmaker of the Irkutsk Region Legislative Assembly and son of a former regional Governor, on Tuesday was ordered to be placed in detention until November 20 as part of a 185 million-ruble embezzlement case ($2.5 million).

16:36 29.09.2020

Foreigners accused of rare animal paws smuggling to stand trial in Russia

A court in Russia’s Primorsky Krai will consider a criminal case against three foreign nationals charged with smuggling paws of Amur tigers and Himalayan bears.

14:24 29.09.2020

Prosecutors disagree with New Greatness extremism case sentence

Prosecutors have challenged sentence delivered in a case over organization of an extremist community against the New Greatness (“Novoe Velichie”) movement.

13:18 29.09.2020

Prosecutors to seek definition of WWII murders in Novgorod Region as genocide

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Novgorod Region is to petition a court to rule that an act of genocide against peoples of the Soviet Union was committed in Zhestyanaya Gorka village in 1942.

12:05 29.09.2020

Law permitting convicts serve sentences near home comes into force in Russia

On Tuesday, the law allowing transfer of convicts to penitentiary facilities located near places of residence of their close relatives came into force.

11:53 29.09.2020

Investigators seek to detain ex-Irkutsk Region Governor's son in $2.5 mln embezzlement case

Investigators have lodged a motion seeking detention of Andrey Levchenko, lawmaker of the Irkutsk Region Legislative Assembly and son of a former regional Governor Sergey Levchenko, charged with stealing over 185 million rubles (about $2.5 million).

10:52 29.09.2020

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