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Actor Efremov fails to change sentence in fatal car crash case

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Wednesday upheld sentence passed on actor Mikhail Efremov guilty of committing fatal road traffic accident under the influence of alcohol.

13:49 15.09.2021

Drunk carsharing drivers responsible for every eighth road accident involving injures

Since the beginning of 2021, a carsharing vehicle driven by a drunk driver has been involved in every eighth accident resulting in injured victims in Moscow.

16:49 27.08.2021

Sanctions for repeated drunk driving toughened in Russian Federation

16:00 01.07.2021

American student’s 9-year sentence for resistance to Moscow police upheld

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld sentence given to a student from the United States Trevor Reed jailed for 9 years for using violence against Moscow police officers.

17:52 28.06.2021

Convicted actor Efremov seeks to reduce sentence in fatal car crash case

Mikhail Efremov and his defense in their appeal seek to mitigate the actor’s sentence.

17:54 24.06.2021

Russian lawmakers back tougher sanctions for drunk driving

The State Duma MPs passed a bill envisaging increase from 2 to 3 years of the maximum prison sentence for repeated driving while intoxicated in the third and final reading on Wednesday.

13:13 09.06.2021

Sentence of Russian actor Efremov appealed in cassation

Defense for Mikhail Efremov filed a cassation appeal demanding to overturn an appeals instance’s ruling imposing a 7.5-year prison sentence on the actor, the press service of Moscow’s Presnensky District Court told RAPSI on Wednesday.

10:59 26.05.2021

Russian MPs propose tougher fines for advertising online sale of alcohol

State Duma lawmakers Vitaly Milonov and Vladimir Afonsky have submitted a bill increasing fines for advertising online retail sale of alcohol to 500,000 rubles ($6,500) to the lower house of parliament.

10:40 15.04.2021

Russia’s Cabinet urges tougher responsibility for drunk driving

The Russian government has submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging an increase from 2 to 3 years of the maximum prison sentence for repeated driving while intoxicated.

14:49 05.04.2021

Bill on seizure of cars for drunk driving submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Members of the State Assembly of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan have submitted a bill on the transport vehicle confiscation for repeated driving under the influence of alcohol to the lower house of parliament.

11:02 18.03.2021

Relatives of car crash victim waive compensation claims against actor Efremov

Family of Sergey Zakharov, who had died in a road traffic accident committed by Mikhail Efremov, withdrew their compensation claims against the actor.

15:26 23.11.2020

Sentence of actor Efremov in fatal car crash case reduced by 6 months

The Moscow City Court on Thursday reduced jail sentence of actor Mikhail Efremov in a fatal car crash case by 6 months, from 8 to 7.5 years.

17:20 22.10.2020

Actor Efremov paid $40,000 to three relatives of car crash victim - defense

Russian actor Efremov convicted of committing a fatal road traffic accident under the influence of alcohol has paid 3 million rubles (about $40,000) to three relatives of the car crash victim Sergey Zakharov.

14:02 21.10.2020

Appeals against sentence of actor Efremov postponed until October 22

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of appeals against sentence of actor Mikhail Efremov convicted of committing a fatal road traffic accident under the influence of alcohol until October 22.

15:02 20.10.2020

Actor Efremov files notice of Pashayev defense service cancellation

Russian actor Mikhail Efremov has filed an application for cancellation of services of his former defense lawyers Elman Pashayev and Elizaveta Shargorodskaya.

18:11 01.10.2020

New Efremov's defense seeks to change actor’s sentence to 4-year suspended term

Vladimir Vasilyev, a new defense lawyer for Mikhail Efremov filed an appeal against sentence given to the actor seeking to overturn it or change for a 4-year suspended term.

13:44 18.09.2020

Nearly 4,000 alcohol sale violation cases considered by Moscow courts in 18 months

Moscow courts considered about 4,000 cases over violation of rights of alcohol trade in 2019 and the first half of 2020.

11:16 17.09.2020

Russian actor Efremov changes defense lawyer at appeal stage

Lawyer Roman Filippov will act as a defense lawyer for actor Mikhail Efremov sentenced to 8 years behind bars for a drunken fatal road traffic accident in an appeals instance.

18:45 15.09.2020

Sentence of Russian actor Efremov appealed - defense

Actor Mikhail Efremov has challenged an 8-year jail sentence given to him for a deadly road traffic accident committed under alcohol intoxication.

10:58 09.09.2020

Actor Efremov ordered to pay $10,500 in compensation to car crash victim’s son

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court recovered 800,000 rubles ($10,500) from actor Mikhail Efremov convicted of committing a deadly road traffic accident under the influence of alcohol in favor of a victim’s elder son in compensation for moral damages.

14:10 08.09.2020