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Northwestern tax service official put in detention for two months in graft case

Moscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court on Monday ordered detention of acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo suspected of bribery until October 14.

18:19 16.08.2021

Lawmaker challenges ruling in defamation dispute with Russian TV star

The Moscow City Duma Communist lawmaker Pavel Tarasov has challenged dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against famous Russian TV and radio host Vladimir Solovyev.

17:59 16.08.2021

Ruling against Navalny’s ally in defamation dispute with businessman upheld

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering Lyubov Sobol, an associate of Alexey Navalny, to pay businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin 500,000 rubles (about $7,000) for defamation.

17:11 16.08.2021

Investigators seek to detain Northwestern tax service official suspected of graft

Investigators on Monday filed a motion to put acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo suspected of bribery in detention.

16:00 16.08.2021

Navalny’s spokesperson sentenced to restriction of liberty for breaching sanitary rules

Moscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court on Monday sentenced Kira Yarmysh, the spokesperson of a foundation founded by Alexey Navalny, to 1.5 years of restriction of liberty for breaching sanitary norms at an illegal rally held in Januarу.

15:26 16.08.2021

Tax official arrested in Moscow on bribery allegations

Acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of graft.

14:38 16.08.2021

Former Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister challenges insolvency

Ex-Deputy Agriculture Minister Alexey Bazhanov has filed an appeal against his bankruptcy and introducing of related procedures against him.

10:48 16.08.2021

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Russian state depository challenges sanctions in European Court of Justice

Russia’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 allegations

A 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 charges

Roman 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