Prosecutor seeks real jail term for defendant in Moscow metro coronavirus joke caseProsecution asked the Presnensky District Court of Moscow to sentence Karomatullo Dzhaborov, a pranker who had allegedly played several coronavirus jokes in the Moscow metro in 2020, to 4 years in penal colony.17:40 30.07.2021
Director of regional tour firm gets 3 years in jail for stealing clients’ moneyA court in Russia’s town of Lipetsk on Friday sentenced the director of a local tourist agency Tatiana Yermakova to 3 years in jail for stealing over 1 million rubles ($14,000) from the firm’s clients.17:29 30.07.2021
Man ordered to community service for publishing Hitler photo on Immortal Regiment siteAndrey Akimov residing in Russia’s Orenburg Region has received 1-year community service for publishing the image of Adolf Hitler on the Immortal Regiment website.15:47 30.07.2021
Prosecutor demands 25 years behind bars for alleged leader of 1990s Moscow gangA prosecutor has demanded 24 years and 11 months behind bars for Sergey Zakharov, an alleged leader of a Moscow gang accused of committing murders in the 1990s.14:33 30.07.2021
Montenegro extradites University president charged with embezzlement to RussiaMontenegro has extradited to Russia president of the Pushkin University in the Leningrad region Vyacheslav Skvortsov, who stands charged in a criminal case over embezzlement of about 2.5 million rubles ($35,000).12:52 30.07.2021
Alleged accomplices of ex-Promsvyazbank owners to stand $1.2 bln embezzlement trialThe Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow will consider an 87-billion-ruble ($1.2 billion) embezzlement case against alleged accomplices of the former owners of Promsvyazbank Alexey and Dmitry Ananyevs.11:53 30.07.2021
Russian state depository challenges sanctions in European Court of JusticeRussia’s National Settlement Depository has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg to overturn European Union sanctions imposed on it, the NSD said on Friday.14:57 12.08.2022
Three detained over Promsvyazbank embezzlement allegationsA Moscow court ordered media technology expert Olga Arkharova, PR specialist Inna Churilova and journalist Alexandra Bayazitova to be kept in custody until October 7 over alleged extortion from Promsvyazbank.11:35 11.08.2022
Ex-St. Petersburg lawmaker sentenced to 9 years in prison on bribery chargesRoman Koval, a former lawmaker of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, was sentenced to 9 years in prison for large-scale corruption.15:18 11.08.2022