Ex-school principal fined $750 for extortions in educational institution
A court in Elista, a city in the southern part of Russia and the capital of the Kalmykia Republic, on Thursday fined ex-school principal Marina Gederim 50,000 rubles ($750) as part of a case over abuse of office by extortion.
Prosecutor demands suspended sentence for ex-school principal accused of extortion
A prosecutor has asked a court in Elista, a city in the southern part of Russia and the capital of the Kalmykia Republic, to pass a 2-year suspended sentence and a 1-year probation on ex-school principal Marina Gederim charged with abuse of authority by extortion.
Russian blogger gets 6 years for money extortion
A court in Sochi on Wednesday sentenced editor-in-chief of blogsochi.ru website Alexander Valov to 6 years in prison for extortion of 300,000 rubles ($4,300) from the State Duma lawmaker Yury Napso.
Sentence of alleged crime boss in extortion case takes effect
The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld prison sentence given to the alleged criminal lord Zachary Kalashov, also known as Shakro Molodoy, as part of a criminal case over extortion of 8 million rubles (about $120,000).
Ulyukayev’s appeal against return of $2 mln to FSB general dismissed
The Moscow City Court has upheld a ruling to return $2 million, that former Economy minister Alexey Ulyukayev received as a bribe to Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, to the Federal Security Service (FSB) general Oleg Feoktistov.
Acquittal of ex-school principal in extortion case appealed
Prosecutors and victims have appealed acquittal of ex-school principal Marina Gederim in a case on extortions in an educational institution.
Alleged Russian gang leader sentenced to nearly 10 years for extortion
The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow on Thursday sentenced an alleged gang leader Zachary Kalashov, also known as Shakro Molodoy, to 9 years and 10 months in a high security penal colony as part of a criminal case over extortion of 8 million rubles ($138,600).
Alleged gang leader denies connection to investigators charged with corruption
An alleged gang member Zakhary Kalashov, also known as Shakro Molodoy, who is charged with extortion, has denied his connection to high-ranking investigators Denis Nikandrov and Mikhail Maksimenko, charged with corruption.
Ex-official of Russia’s Drug Control Service gets 7 years in prison
Ex-chief of a regional office of the defunct Federal Drug Control Service Kirill Kalinin has been sentenced to 7 years in a high-security prison for extortion of a 10-million-ruble bribe (about $170,000).
Russian Economy ex-minister Ulyukayev finishes reading case papers
Russian Economy ex-minister Alexey Ulyukayev, who stands charged with extorting a $2 million bribe, has finished reading the case materials.
Sheremetyevo Airport Ex-Customs investigator gets 15 years in prison for extorting bribes
Former Sheremetyevo Airport Customs investigator Dmitry Alekseyev has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and a 500-million-ruble fine ($8.8 million) for extortion of bribes and theft.
Supreme Court upholds sentence for detention center ex-officer in state disclosure case
The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the sentence for ex-employee of the notorious Matrosskaya Tishina pretrial detention center, Pavel Petran, who was found guilty of disclosure of state secrets.
Ex-employee of notorious Russian detention center sentenced for state secret disclosure
The Moscow City Court has sentenced former employee of the notorious Matrosskaya Tishina pretrial detention center, Pavel Petran, to 1.5 years in penal colony for disclosure of state secrets.
Ex-Economy Minister Ulyukayev to stay under house arrest until mid-April
The Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling to extend the house arrest of ex-Russian Economy Minister Alexey Ulyukayev, who stands charged with extorting a $2 million bribe, until April 15.
Russian ex-Economy Minister Ulyukayev appeals his house arrest
Russian Economy ex-Minister Alexey Ulyukayev who stands charged with extorting an especially large bribe has appealed his house arrest.
Vice-governor of Kuzbass Danilchenko placed under house arrest
The Central District Court of Novosibirsk granted a motion filed by investigators and placed Alexander Danilchenko, vice-governor of the Kemerovo Region.
Russian Economy Minister Ulyukayev pleads not guilty to taking bribe
Russian Economy Minister Alexey Ulyukayev on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to receiving an especially large bribe.
Russian Economy Minister Ulyukayev charged with bribery
Russian Economy Minister Alexey Ulyukayev was officially charged with bribery conducted in especially large amount and with the use of extortion.
Russian regional top officials suspected of $15.3 mln extortion
Several top officials of the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbass), located in the south of western Siberia, are suspected of stock extortion amounted to 1 billion rubles ($15.3 million).
NYC authorities demand $100 mln bail for Russian woman charged with extortion
New York City Department of Correction has demanded an extraordinary large bail of $100,000,000 for release of Svetlana Travis (Zakharova), a Russian citizen who is charged with attempted extortion from New York’s ex-governor Eliot Spitzer.