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Ex-Inter RAO board member to serve sentence for espionage in Altai

A former board member of Inter RAO energy holding Karina Tsurkan convicted of espionage has been transferred to a penal colony in the Altai Krai, her attorney Anna Stavitskaya has told RAPSI.

17:07 18.10.2021

Ex-Transport Minister of Russia’s Altai Krai faces bribery trial – Investigative Committee

A court in Russia’s Altai Krai is to hear a criminal case over the receipt of a bribe by the region’s ex-Minister of Transport Alexander Dementyev in return for patronage in the state procurement transactions.

15:28 22.09.2021

Altai Healthcare Minister put in detention in case over bribetaking

A court has placed Healthcare Minister of Russia’s Altai Republic Sergey Kovalenko in detention as part of a case over taking bribes totaling nearly 4.6 million rubles (over $60,000).

13:28 11.03.2021

Altai Healthcare Minister suspected of taking bribes

Investigators have opened a criminal case against Healthcare Minister of Russia’s Altai Republic Sergey Kovalenko and his assistant Rustam Tuyunchekov suspected of taking a bribe totaling about 4.6 million rubles (over $60,000).

10:57 10.03.2021

Altai court sentences three individuals for wild falcon smuggling

A court in Russia’s Altai Krai has convicted three defendants in a case over an attempt to transfer 6 rare wild peregrine falcons abroad.

12:26 27.10.2020

Defendants in falcon smuggling case go on trial in Russia’s Altai

A court in Russia’s Altai Krai will consider a criminal case against four citizens accused of attempt to transfer rare peregrine falcons abroad.

16:17 22.04.2020

Two residents of Russia’s Altai Krai fined for breaching quaranting after trip abroad

A court in Russia’s Barnaul has fined two local men 15,000 rubles ($200) each for violating the 14-day quarantine after their return from abroad.

10:57 20.04.2020

Ex-Altai judge imprisoned for 7 yeas for mediation in bribery

A former judge of the Commercial Court of Altai Krai has been found guilty of receiving 700,000 rubles for mediation in bribery and sentenced to 7 years in prison.

15:40 24.01.2020

Former Altai anti-corruption official gets 4 years for taking over $200k in bribes

Ex-chief of the anti-corruption department of the Interior Ministry’s Altai Krai Main Directorate Vadim Nadvotsky has been sentenced to 4 years in penal colony for receiving a 12.9 million-ruble bribe (over $200,000).

13:44 09.12.2019

Germany extradites Russian citizen charged with drug trafficking

Russian national Anatoly Vidman charged with drug trafficking was extradited from Germany on Friday.

16:37 22.03.2019

Russian court lifts fine imposed on teen for homosexual relations propaganda

A court in the Altai Region has overturned a 50,000-ruble (about $800) fine imposed on a teenager by a juvenile affairs commission for propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations.

12:05 29.10.2018

Former Altai vice-governor, his wife sentenced for corruption

A court in the Altai Territory has passed a sentence upon former regional vice-governor Yury Denisov and his wife for taking 2.5 million rubles ($42,300) in bribes.

12:57 18.07.2017

Altai court sentences two Russian citizens for stealing herd of 44 horses

A court in Russia’s Altai Republic gave two residents of neighboring Tyva Republic a 6-year prison term and a 4-year suspended sentence for stealing a herd of horses.

12:50 10.07.2017

Bill on compulsory treatment for HIV-positive persons submitted to State Duma

Lawmakers from Altai, the south-east of West Siberia, have submitted a bill to the State Duma obliging HIV-positive individuals to undergo compulsory treatment.

16:15 27.12.2016

Former mayor of Barnaul charged with abuse office denies his guilt in court

Former mayor of Barnaul Igor Savintsev, who is charged with abuse of office, has denied his guilt in court.

10:57 16.08.2016

Detention of former vice-governor of Altai and his wife upheld

The Altai Krai Court has upheld the lower court’s ruling to place the former vice-governor of the region Yuriy Denisov and his wife Tatyana Denisova in detention till September 11 in a bribery criminal case.

11:12 26.05.2016

Russian citizen suspected of snow leopard poaching arrested in Siberia

Police in the Altai region of southern Siberia have arrested a local resident suspected of snow leopard poaching.

16:46 09.11.2015

Former Siberian imam found guilty of extremism

A magistrate court in the Altai Republic in southwest Siberia has found Serzhan Svatov, former imam of the Kosh-Agach Region, guilty of creating a cell of the Tablighi Jamaat extremist movement, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti.

14:40 06.03.2014

Russian customs uncover $12 mln leak to Hong Kong

The customs agency of the Altai Territory, Siberia, claims that a local company embezzled nearly $12 million.

14:08 14.06.2013

Newspaper editor to stand trial for promoting religious superiority

A newspaper editor and Altai religious community member will be brought up on charges of propagating Altai religious promotional materials in the media and inciting enmity and hatred towards those who follow Buddhism.

12:17 03.09.2012