Stand-up comic detained for 10 days for xenophobic jokes about RussiansMoscow’s Tagansky District Court on Monday placed stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent.16:52 09.08.2021
St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack case sentence comes into forceSentence delivered in case over a suicide bomber terror attack committed in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017 came into force on Monday.14:44 09.08.2021
Businessman Baturin to stay detained in fraud attempt case until SeptemberThe Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed an appeal against detention of businessman Viktor Baturin, who stands charged with attempted fraud.13:10 09.08.2021
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