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Four alleged members of terrorist cell arrested in Russia’s Astrakhan region

Four alleged members of a terrorist group have been arrested in Russia’s Astrakhan region.

11:50 22.07.2022

Regional developer gets 10 years in jail for apartment construction fraud

A court in Russia’s Astrakhan has sentenced a local developer to 10 years in penal colony for the sale of apartments in buildings constructed without permission.

12:47 27.04.2021

Russian woman ordered to 3-year jail for $4.5 mln cigarette smuggling

A court in Russia’s Astrakhan has sentenced a woman from the Republic of Dagestan to 3 years in penal colony for tobacco products smuggling in the amount of more than 320 million rubles (about $4.5 million).

13:09 17.03.2021

Investigators seek to detain regional customs official on abuse of office allegations

Investigators seek to place Ildar Saidov, the chief of the Customs in Astrakhan, a southern Russian city situated in the delta of the Volga River, in detention until May 12 as part of a case over abuse of office.

15:06 16.03.2021

Ex-director of Russian shipbuilding yard gets 7 years in jail for non-payment of salaries

A court in Russia’s Astrakhan Region has sentenced the former director of a shipbuilding yard Alexander Ilyichev to 7 years in a penal colony for non-payment of salaries.

15:36 25.02.2020

Former regional official gets suspended sentence for abuse of office

A court in Russia’s Astrakhan has given a 3-year suspended sentence to a former regional housing and utility sector minister for abuse of office.

15:56 15.11.2019

Terrorism funding case opened in Russia’s Astrakhan Region

A criminal case over organization of terrorism financing has been opened in Russia’s Astrakhan Region.

15:04 02.10.2019

Two regional officials investigated over alleged abuse of office

A former deputy chairman of the government of Russia’s Astrakhan Region Rasul Sultanov and the region’s finance minister Vitaly Shvedov have fallen under investigation on suspicion of abuse of office.

12:59 26.07.2019

Russian Guard Service General appeals sentence in corruption case

The Federal Guard Service (FSO) General Gennady Lopyrev, who had earlier been found guilty of taking 6.3 million rubles ($105,000) in bribes, appealed his prison sentence.

13:14 27.11.2017

Russian Guard Service General gets 10 years in prison for corruption

The Federal Guard Service (FSO) General Gennady Lopyrev has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for taking 6.3 million rubles ($105,000) in bribes.

10:40 17.11.2017

Military court opens trial of Federal Guard Service General

A court in Russia’s Astrakhan Region has begun trial of the Federal Guard Service (FSO) General Gennady Lopyrev, who stands charged with taking a grand bribe.

17:50 26.09.2017

Russian citizen gets 7 years in prison for attempt to join ISIS

A court in the Astrakhan Region sentenced Russian citizen Sultanbek Azamatov to 7 years in prison for attempt to join the Islamic State terrorist organization prohibited in Russia.

15:00 30.06.2017

16-year-old Russian teenager suspected of 'glorification of Nazism'

A criminal case has been opened against a 16-year-old from the Astrakhan Region in southern Russia who allegedly placed comments on the social media expressing approval of the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939.

14:37 12.05.2015

IRISL affiliates appeal against order stripping them of the Astrakhan port

Companies affiliated with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) have appealed against the court order stripping them of their control over the port of Astrakhan.

18:40 23.07.2014

Russian debtor undergoes sexual reassignment surgery to evade bailiffs

A female resident of Astrakhan, a city in southern Russia, who owed a total of 130,000 rubles ($3,795) under seven claims, underwent a sexual reassignment surgery, reported the press service of the local bailiff service’s department.

13:58 27.01.2014

Saudi prince retrieves most of his rare birds from Russian environmentalists

Saudi Arabian Prince Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al Kabeer has succeeded in reclaiming most of his rare hunting birds after Russian environmentalists demanded their seizure.

17:51 12.12.2012

Hunger striking politician's appeal to annul mayoral elections dismissed

The Astrakhan Regional Court dismissed Wednesday an appeal of a lower court's ruling not to annul the city's mayoral elections which had been brought by Oleg Shein, leader of Astrakhan's A Just Russia branch who made international headlines last Spring for a 40-day hunger strike.

13:24 30.08.2012

Lawsuits to cancel mayoral election results in Astrakhan dismissed

All four of Astrakhan's district courts have refused to recognize the March mayoral elections as unlawful in lawsuits filed by A Just Russia candidate Oleg Shein.

15:22 19.07.2012

Ex-mayoral candidate action to cancel election results dismissed

On Monday, the Kirovsky District Court in Astrakhan dismissed an action to quash the district results at the city mayor elections held on March 4, says former mayoral candidate Oleg Shein.

11:09 17.07.2012

Mayoral candidate challenges controversial election results

Astrakhan's Kirovsky District Court accepted on Monday a petition filed by former Astrakhan mayoral candidate Oleg Shein to invalidate the elections.

11:45 16.04.2012