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Probe into ex-head of Amur penal colony charged with abuse of office completed

Investigators in the Amur Region have completed probe into the former chief of the local penal colony N3 Alexey Zabluda charged with abuse of power.

13:28 27.07.2021

Case over infection of 157 children in Amur Region with hepatitis reaches court

A court in the Amur Region is to hear a criminal case against three doctors of the regional children’s hospital charged with negligence resulting in infection of 157 minors with hepatitis C.

15:10 09.10.2020

Woman to stand trial in Amur Region on coronavirus fake news charges

A court in the Amur Region will proceed with a case against a woman who has allegedly disseminated in one of messengers a fake about mass infecting local citizens with coronavirus.

17:53 22.05.2020

Russian citizen faces trial in Amur Region on charges of illegal keeping of gold

A court in the Amur Region will hear a criminal case against a resident of Russia’s Republic of Ingushetia charged with illegal possession and transportation of nearly 1 kilos of solid gold.

12:58 29.04.2020

Amur Region resident gets 2 years in jail for possession of 100 kg of hemp plant

A court in the Amur Region has sentenced a local resident to 2 ywars in penal colony for keeping over 100 kg of cannabis with no sale intent.

12:35 22.04.2020

Two ex-officials of Far East prison keeping notorious convict go on abuse of office trial

Indictment has been approved against two ex-officials of an Amur Region’s penal colony where a notorious gang member Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz is serving his sentence for involvement in mass murder; a local court is to hear the case.

11:42 26.02.2020

Probe into former officials of Amur Region prison keeping notorious convict completed

Investigation into ex-officials of an Amur Region’s penal colony where a notorious gang member Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz is serving sentence for involvement in mass murder has been completed.

11:46 09.01.2020

Animal shelter owner sentenced to 3 years for leaving dogs without food

The Blagoveshchensk District Court in Russia’s Amur Region has sentenced an owner of a dog shelter, who left animals without pet food and water, to 3 years in penal colony settlement.

12:53 24.12.2019

Businessman gets 11 years for $15 mln Vostochny Cosmodrome embezzlement

The Blagoveshchensk City Court in Russia’s Amur Region has sentenced the head manager of Krasnoyarsk’s company USIO Dmitry Vishnevsky, to 11 years in prison for embezzlement of more than 980 million rubles (over $15 million) from budget funds allocated for the construction of Vostochny Cosmodrome.

16:01 03.12.2019

Charges brought against guard in Amur college shooting case

An employee of the private security firm Sirius-A has been charged in a case over deadly shooting in a college in the Amur Region college.

10:45 19.11.2019

Security firm CEO charged in Amur college shooting case

Charges were brought against a CEO of Sirius-A, a private firm responsible for security arrangements in the Amur Region’s college, where a student had shot at his groupmates.

12:59 15.11.2019

Vostochny bank banned from issuing additional shares – court

The Commercial Court of Amur Region has upheld ban on additional share issue for Vostochny bank.

13:09 17.06.2019

Baring Vostok ordered to sell 9.99% of Vostochny bank shares to minority stockholder

The Commercial Court of Amur Region has obliged the Cypriot Evison Holdings Limited, through which Baring Vostok and Russia Partners investment funds control over 50% of the Vostochny bank’s stock, to execute a call option agreement signed with Finvision Holdings company.

12:10 17.05.2019

Lawsuit over bank shares belonging to Baring Vostok set for May 16

The Commercial Court of Amur Region will consider a suit filed by a minority Vostochny bank’s shareholder Finvision Holdings seeking to oblige the Cypriot firm Evison Holdings Limited, through which Baring Vostok and Russia Partners investment funds control over 50% of the financial organization’s stock, to execute a call option agreement.

17:24 18.04.2019

Nearly 10% of Vostochny bank shares owned by Baring Vostok seized

The Commercial Court of Amur Region has seized 9.99% of Vostochny bank shares belonging to the Cypriot firm Evison Holdings Limited through which Baring Vostok and Russia Partners investment funds control over 50% of the financial organization’s stock.

10:59 01.04.2019

Probe opened into prison officials after publication of notorious inmate’s photos

Probe has been opened into penal colony officials following the emergence of scandal photos picturing violation of prison rules by a notorious gang member Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz, who is serving sentence for involvement in mass murder.

14:39 04.12.2018

Prosecutors seek to launch case against prison employees over photos of inmate

Prosecutors have asked investigators to launch a criminal case against officials and employees of a penal colony after emergence of photos picturing a high-profile criminal violating Russian prison rules.

12:59 08.11.2018

Investigators launch examination of prison over controversial photos

The Investigative Committee’s department for Amur region has organized examination of a penal colony after media published photos of an inmate, convicted in the infamous criminal case over mass murder in Kushchevskaya village, violating prison rules.

13:59 07.11.2018

Russian court detains Far Eastern ex-mayor until December 12

The Blagoveshchensk City Court in the Russian Far East has ruled to detain the former mayor of Svobodny town Yury Romanov charged with abuse of office until December 12.

14:59 12.10.2018

Vostochny Cosmodrome’s $15.1 million embezzlement case to be heard by Russian court

The Blagoveshchensk City Court in Russia’s Amur Region will consider a criminal case over embezzlement of over 1.2 billion rubles (about $20.2 million) mostly allocated to the construction of notorious Vostochny Cosmodrome.

10:59 05.07.2017