Abuse of power

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Russian Telecom Equipment Company ex-CEO detained on abuse of power charges

Moscow's Lefortovsky District Court confirmed the detention of Yevgeny Melnik, former CEO of the Russian Telecom Equipment Company that specializes in production and development of telecommunication equipment and that was engaged in defence procurement contracts.

14:34 10.08.2022

State Duma adopts bill toughening punishment for torture

The lower house of Russian parliament passed a bill on tough sentence of up to 15 years in prison for tortures in a final third reading on Wednesday.

13:05 22.06.2022

Convicted of bribery ex-governor Belykh becomes defendant in new case

The investigating authorities have opened a criminal case over abuse of power against ex-governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh.

13:03 06.07.2021

Prosecutors demand 14-year imprisonment for ex-policeman in slave labour case

Prosecutors have demanded 14 years in high-security penal colony for ex-police officer Dinar Gafiyatov accused of slave labour on a farm belonging to his father in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan.

17:22 26.11.2020

Start of drug planting trial against former Moscow policemen scheduled for November

The Moscow City Court will begin the trial of former police officers, who have allegedly planted drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov, on November 11.

12:40 29.10.2020

Preliminary hearing in case of ex-policemen accused of drug planting set for October 28

The Moscow City Court will conduct a preliminary hearing with regard to a case against former police officers, who have allegedly planted drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov, on October 28.

18:09 22.10.2020

Former regional penitentiary official convicted of divulging state secrets

The Rostov Regional Court has sentenced a former chief of the regional Penitentiary Service’s Main Directorate to 2 years in penal colony settlement for divulgence of official secrets.

13:50 05.10.2020

Siberian police officers suspected of abuse of power

A criminal case has been opened against polic officers from Novosibirsk, a city in Russia’s West Siberia, on suspicion of abuse of power.

17:34 22.09.2020

Ex-police officer heading up arrest of journalist Golunov to stay detained until winter

The Basmanny District Court on Friday extended detention of a former drug control police department chief for Moscow's Western Administrative District Igor Lyakhovets charged with abuse of power during arrest of journalist Ivan Golunov until December 7.

18:40 04.09.2020

Detention of three ex-policemen accused in Golunov drug planting case extended

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Friday extended detention of three former police officers until December 7 as part of a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov.

16:26 04.09.2020

Ex-employee of Zabaikalye penal colony jailed for 4.5 years in bribery case

A court in Russia’s Zabaikalsky Krai has sentenced a former employee of one of the regional penal colonies to 4.5 years in jail for taking bribes from a convict.

14:32 13.08.2020

Ex-anticorruption police officer gets 4 years for abuse of power

The Moscow City Court has sentenced a former official of the Interior Ministry’s Anticorruption Directorate Sergey Uryadov to 4 years in jail for abuse of power.

16:47 24.07.2020

Ex-penitentiary officer gets 5 years for selling mobile phones to inmates

A court in the Kaluga Region has sentenced a former chief of a penal colony to 5 years in jail for selling 10 mobile phones to prisoners.

16:56 04.06.2020

Searches conducted at police office over journalist Golunov case

Investigators have conducted searches at police department of the West administrative district of Moscow in connection with a case over drugs planted to journalist Ivan Golunov.

15:57 06.03.2020

Appeal against detention of ex-policeman controlling arrest of Golunov set for March 11

The Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against detention of ex-chief of a Moscow drug police district department Igor Lyakhovets charged in a case over abuse of power during apprehension of journalist Ivan Golunov, on March 11.

12:10 03.03.2020

Former regional police official sentenced to 5 years for waste of nearly $3 mln

Ex-chief of the Interior Ministry’s Directorate for the Kamchatka Krai Alexander Sidorenko has received 5 years behind bars for wastage of budget funds worth over 200 million rubles (about $3 million).

13:18 28.02.2020

Detention of one of Golunov case defendants changed to house arrest

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Wednesday released ex-policeman Denis Konovalov, a defendant in a criminal case over abuse of power against journalist Ivan Golunov, from detention and put him under house arrest.

18:01 26.02.2020

Investigators seek to detain ex-policemen accused of abuse of power against Golunov

Investigators filed a motion with the Basmanny District Court of Moscow seeking to put five ex-police officers, who had been earlier arrested in a case over abuse of power against journalist Ivan Golunov, in detention.

10:51 30.01.2020

Five suspects in abuse of power against journalist Golunov arrested in Moscow

Five suspects in a case over abuse of authority during the arrest of journalist Ivan Golunov have been apprehended in Moscow.

11:23 29.01.2020

Journalist Golunov recognized as victim in police abuse of power case

Journalist Ivan Golunov has been recognized as a victim in a case over abuse of power against him by police officers.

16:16 14.01.2020