Bid to extend detention of businessman involved in Penza Governor’s case set for Aug. 19Moscow’s Basmanny District Court will hear an investigator’s motion to extend detention of head of BIOTEC Group of Companies Boris Spiegel involved in a bribery case against ex-Penza Region governor Ivan Belozertsev on August 19.17:37 17.08.2021
Moscow court extends detention of ex-Governor of Penza Region charged with graftMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-governor of Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with receiving bribes in the amount of 31 million rubles (over $420,000) until November 20.16:43 17.08.2021
Regional prosecutor’s assistant suspected of taking bribesInvestigation has been launched into an assistant of a prosecutor of Russia’s Primorsky Krai Damir Niyazov on bribery allegations.15:50 17.08.2021
Navalny fails to challenge prone to escape statusThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal lodged by Alexey Navalny against dismissal of his lawsuit against a penal colony where he is serving sentence over labeling him as a convict prone to escape.13:28 17.08.2021
Alleged leader of Crimean cell of banned Jehovah’s Witnesses put in detentionA court in Simferopol, Crimea, on Tuesday placed alleged organizer of the Yalta cell of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia as extremist, in detention.12:09 17.08.2021
Ex-owners of VIM Airlines denied review of $400K wage recovery caseThe Commercial Court of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan has refused to reconsider a ruling on the recovery of nearly 29 million rubles ($400,000) of salary overpaid to ex-president of VIM Airlines Rashid Mursekayev and his wife Svetlana.11:56 17.08.2021
Defense lawyers complain of impossibility to contact convicted foreigner WhelanDefense lawyers for former American marine Paul Whelan sentenced to 16 years in high-security prison for espionage against Russia have filed complaints over impossibility to contact their client with the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) and the Prosecutor General’s Office.10:29 17.08.2021
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