Sentence of ex-St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region penitentiary official for graft upheld
The St. Petersburg City Court has upheld sentence given to ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Directorate Sergey Moiseyenko for receiving bribes amounting to 710 million rubles (about $10 million) during the construction of a detention center.
Cassation upholds ban on weapons transport in St. Petersburg subway
The Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has dismissed an administrative suit filed by several citizens challenging the Rules of the St. Petersburg Metro Use prohibiting the transport of weapons and explisuves in the city’s metro.
Expert examination ordered in case over establishment of memorial estate at Cape Okhta
A St. Petersburg court has ordered a historical, cultural, and archaeological evaluation by a commission of experts to be carried out in a case opened in relation to a group claim against inaction of the Russian Culture Ministry as to creation of a stand-alone museum reserve at Cape Okhta.
No more scheduled inspections of nonprofits in Russia – Justice Ministry
No future scheduled inspections of non-profit organizations (NPOs) are planned in Russia, Deputy Minister of Justice of Russia Maxim Bezkhmelnitzin said at the Digitalization of National Jurisdiction discussion session held within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) 9 ¾, which completed its work in St. Petersburg on Saturday.
Russian Justice Ministry to complete Prison of the Future project by 2024
It is planned that the Prison of the Future project envisaging development of a complex facility combining a pretrial detention center, correctional institutions of different types, a prison, courtrooms, offices of prosecutors and lawyers, sports grounds and a production base is to be implemented in Russia by 2024, Deputy Justice Minister Yevgeniy Zabarchuk said at The Modernization of National Prison Estates discussion session at the St.
E-justice used in over 400,000 cases examined in Russia
In 2020, electronic justice systems were used when considering more than 400,000 cases in Russian courts, Alexey Solokhin, Counselor to the Department of Systematization of Legislation and Analysis of Judicial Practice of the Russian Supreme Court said at the Digitalization and Cybersecurity in Courts track of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) 9 ¾.
Superservice Digital Enforcement Proceedings to be put in operation in 2022
Superservice Digital Enforcement Proceedings, the model of which the executive authorities are currently working on, should start working in 2022, according to Deputy Minister of the Russian Justice Ministry Yevgeniy Zabarchuk at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) 9¾.
Former St. Petersburg vice-governor gets 5.5 years for embezzlement, graft
The Kuybyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Thursday sentenced former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Marat Oganesyan to 5.5 years in high-security penal colony graft and embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the city’s Arena football stadium.
Case of ex-CEO of St. Petersburg water utility returned to prosecution
A case against former general manager of St. Petersburg water utility Vodokanal Yevgeny Tselikov, who stands charged with embezzlement of over 1 billion rubles (about $14 million at the current exchange rate), has been returned to prosecutors.
Expert committee of Russian Justice Ministry to evaluate problems in nonprofits activities
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation will create a special expert commission in the near future, which will evaluate problems arising in the activities of non-profit organizations (NPOs), Deputy Minister of Justice Oleg Sviridenko has said at the masterclass on the implementation of NPO legislation organized by the body at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) 9¾.
St.Petersburg International Legal Forum 9 ¾: Vaccination by Law to start work on May 18
The St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) begins its work on Tuesday, May 18. Like last year, this year it will be held online and will last five days, until May 22.
Prosecutor demands 16 years in jail for former St. Petersburg vice-governor
A prosecutor has demanded 16 years in penal colony and 60 million-ruble fine ($800,000) for former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Marat Oganesyan charged with bribery and embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the city’s Arena football stadium.
Widow of killed St. Petersburg rapper to stay detained until late June
The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Wednesday prolonged detention of Marina Kokhal, who stands charged with killing her husband, rapper Alexander Yushko, for another two months.
St. Petersburg resident gets suspended sentence for divulgence of official secrets
A resident of St. Petersburg Vladimir Grabovsky was found guilty of divulging state secrets and given a 14-month suspended term.
St. Petersburg court quashes two sentences over breach of openness principle during trials
The Board of Appeals for Criminal Cases of the St. Petersburg City Court overturned two sentences due to the fact that the principles of publicity had been breached during the consideration of the cases, and it was established that these breaches were irreparable.
Daughter of 2015 Egyptian plane crash victim to be compensated under amicable agreement
A settlement agreement between the daughter of a woman who died in October 2015 as a result of the crash of an Airbus-321 airliner on the Sinai Peninsula caused by an explosion on board, Kogalymavia Airlines and Ingosstrakh Insurance Company has been approved by a St. Petersburg court.
Ex-customs officer sentenced to 7 years in prison for tobacco exports machinations
Former St. Petersburg Baltic customs inspector Alexander Zharin was found guilty of taking 51 bribes in the amount of $178,500 for falsifying documents related to the export of tobacco products; the man was sentenced to 7 years in a strict regime colony.
Nazism rehabilitarion case launched against ex-professor of Russian academy
A criminal case over the Nazism rehabilitation has been opened against a former professor of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Vladimir Matveyev.
St. Petersburg Church of Scientology leader returned to detention
The Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg leader Ivan Matsitsky charged with extremism and illegal business operations has been returned in detention.
St. Petersburg ex-customs officer detained on bribery charges
A former chief of a department of the St. Petersburg Customs Oleg Gusev was ordered to be put in detention on Monday as part of a bribery case.