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Prosecution seeks life terms in case over shooting at officers of Russian police

Prosecutors petition for life sentences for defendants in a case over firing at officers of a transport special-purpose police squad illegally acting as cash-in-transit guards.

17:38 11.09.2020

Russian Interior Ministry to ask Germany for permit to Navalny investigative actions

Investigators of Russia’s Interior Ministry will ask their German colleagues for the admission to investigative activities related to an incident with Alexey Navalny.

16:33 11.09.2020

Moscow court to decide on detention of Trade Ministry official accused of fraud

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court will hear an investigators’ motion to place deputy head of the Electronic Industries Department of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade Anton Isayev in detention on Friday.

15:46 11.09.2020

Chair of Moscow City Court asks to terminate her powers

The Higher Judges' Qualifications Board will consider an application filed by the Moscow City Court’s Chairperson Olga Yegorova seeking termination of her powers on September 22.

14:48 11.09.2020

Russian ex-footballer again seeks Interior Ministry pay $650K citing investigators’ inaction

Former national football team halfback Yevgeny Aldonin seeks to recover 47.4 million rubles (about $650,000) from Russia’s Interior Ministry alleging the police failed to properly investigate an embezzlement at Zamoskovretsky bank, where he had his deposits.

13:59 11.09.2020

Ex-banker jailed for 7.5 years in $1.6 million embezzlement case

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court has sentenced a former deputy chairman of board of the bank Legion Victor Brusentsev to 7.5 years in penal coliny for 122 million-ruble ($1.6 million) embezzlement.

12:22 11.09.2020

Trial of businessman Ponomarev charged with tax evasion to start on September 16

A court in Solnechnogorsk, a town near Moscow, will begin hearing on the merits of a case over tax evasion and attempted fraud against businessman Konstantin Ponomarev already convicted of false denunciation on September 16.

11:13 11.09.2020

Russia’s Justice Ministry to seek disbarment of actor Efremov’s defense lawyer

The Justice Ministry of Russia will seek disbarment of Elman Pashayev, defense lawyer for actor Mikhail Efremov.

10:40 11.09.2020

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