Three Russian police generals detained in abuse of authority case
Three Russian police generals, including an assistant to the Interior Minister, have been detained until September 5 on abuse of authority charges related to misappropriating a fund based in Saint Petersburg.
Moscow court to deliver sentence against MP indicted for corruption
The Moscow City Court has scheduled the sentencing of lawmaker Vadim Belousov, who stands charged with receiving over 3 billion rubles (over $50 million at the current exchange rate) in bribes, for July 20.
Russian restaurateur Beloivan declared bankrupt
The Moscow Commercial Court has declared the owner of Tavern Taras Bulba restaurant chain Yury Beloivan bankrupt upon a petition filed by a Moscow inspection of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS).
Moscow court sentences Major General Melnikov to 7 years in prison for bribery
The Moscow Khamovnichesky District Court has sentenced Major General Alexander Melnikov, a senior officer of the Central Chief Directorate of the Interior Ministry, to 7 years in a strict regime colony in a case over attempted bribery on an especially large scale.
Native of Tajikistan sentenced to 9 years in Russia for abetting terrorism
The Southern District Military Court has sentenced a native of Tajikistan Fayzali Khalimkhonov to 9 years in high-security penal colony for facilitating terrorist activity.
Businessman gets 20 years in president’s residence construction embezzlement case
The Second Western District Military Court has sentenced Forum Holding CEO Dmitry Mikhalchenko to 20 years in high-security penal colony for embezzling nearly 1.2 billion rubles during the construction of a presidential residence near Moscow.
Moscow court fines image sharing platform Pinterest $38k over data storage
A magistrate judge in Moscow on Tuesday fined image sharing and social media service Pinterest 2 million rubles (about $38,000) over failure to localize Russian users’ personal data in the Russian Federation.
Russian Supreme Court pushes for streamlining procedures governing judges’ career advances
A plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has proposed to submit to the State Duma a bill that would allow judges to be assigned a higher grade without taking into account the place of work of the judge and without observing the sequence of assignment of grades.
Streaming company Twitch fined $38k for refusal to localize data of Russian citizens
Video streaming service Twitch Interactive was fined 2 million rubles (about $37,7k at the time of writing) on Tuesday for refusal to locate personal data of Russian users in the Russian Federation, the Moscow Tagansky District Court’s press service told RAPSI.
Environmental violations up in Russia by almost 3 times — Supreme Court head
The number of cases related to violations of the environmental legislation has increased in Russia by almost 3 times over the past 10 years, the Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said during the presidium meeting on Friday.