Former Russian executive agrees to plead guilty to money laundering in U.S. – reportFormer Russian executive who was in charge of nuclear enterprise Tenex has agreed to plead guilty in the U.S. to money laundering and bribery charges.11:01 20.08.2015
Russian lawmakers suggest seizing property of corrupt officials - reportMembers of the Orenburg Legislative Council propose amending the Criminal Code to allow seizure of a public official’s property for taking a bribe.10:36 19.08.2015
Ousted opposition-minded Russian mayor to remain detained until AugustThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by ousted Yaroslavl mayor Yevgeny Urlashov who stands accused of bribery against the extension of his detention until August 3.17:05 14.07.2015
Crimean tax official charged with briberyNikolai Kochanov, the head of the Crimean department of the Federal Tax Service, has been charged with bribing a federal security official.12:15 02.07.2015
Ex-Pension Fund official gets 10 years in jail for taking bribe from banker GitelsonThe former head of the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Pension Fund office, Natalya Grishkevich, has been sentenced to ten years in prison and fined 950,000 rubles ($17,500) for taking a bribe from East-European Finance Corporation (EEFC bank) ex-director Alexander Gitelson.16:58 16.06.2015
Moscow investigator detained on suspicion of taking $1 mln bribeThe Presnensky District Court of Moscow on Wednesday ordered the detention until July 25 of Moscow investigator Sergei Sergeyev who stands charged with taking a $1 million bribe.17:21 27.05.2015
High-ranking Defense Ministry official charged with bribery makes plea bargainAlexander Gorshkolepov, deputy head of the property relations department of the Russian Defense Ministry, who stands charged with taking bribes, accepted a plea deal.15:38 25.03.2015
Moscow court seizes assets of Sakhalin’s governor charged with corruptionMoscow’s Basmanny District Court has seized bank accounts belonging to Sakhalin Governor Alexander Khoroshavin charged with taking a $5.6-million bribe.16:12 18.03.2015
High-ranking defense official charged with taking bribesAlexander Gorshkolepov, deputy head of the property department at the Russian Defense Ministry, has been charged with taking large bribes.12:55 18.03.2015
High-ranking Defense Ministry official detained on suspicion of bribery - reportThe Deputy Head of the Defense Ministry’s Department of Property Relations, Alexander Gordhkolepov, has been detained on suspicion of bribe taking.10:47 17.03.2015
Russian loses challenge to 60-fold bribery fineA Russian sentenced for offering a 150,000 rubles ($2,400) bribe to a police officer lost his challenge on Wednesday to a 50-fold fine after Russia’s Constitutional Court said prosecutors had come up with the correct sanction.16:34 18.02.2015
Politkovskaya case lawyer accused of jury tampering faces courtMoscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court began hearing a case brought against lawyer Murad Musayev who represented suspected killers of prominent journalist Anna Politkovskaya over accusations that he bribed witnesses in an unrelated trial.11:37 18.02.2015
Russian national accused of bribery to stand trial in US in MarchDual citizen of Russia and Germany, Dmitry Harder, accused of bribery in the U.S. is set to face trial in Philadelphia on March 5, according to the records of Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania obtained by RAPSI on Friday.16:41 23.01.2015
Ousted opposition-minded Russian mayor to remain in detentionThe Moscow City Court has extended until April 3, 2015, the detention of ousted Yaroslavl mayor Yevgeny Urlashov, who stands accused of bribery.14:15 26.12.2014
Gazprom managers face corruption charges in Switzerland - reportSwitzerland is suing former Gazprom board member, Bogdan Budzulyak, and current top manager, Alexander Shaikhutdinov, Tages Anzeiger reported on Wednesday.13:27 10.12.2014
Putin proposes loosening penalties for small bribesPresident Vladimir Putin has proposed lowering fines for minor corruption-related violations, Interfax reports on Monday. A bill to this effect has been forwarded to the State Duma.12:54 01.12.2014
Russian lawmakers propose life behind bars for corruption - reportLower house lawmakers Anton Ishchenko and Ivan Sukharev have proposed adding two Criminal Code articles on sentences for the embezzlement from budget and from state extra-budgetary funds.10:39 12.11.2014
Victims of alleged police gang seek over $4,7 mln in damages - reportFive out of more than twenty victims of the criminal gang, allegedly organised by former officers of the Interior Ministry’s Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department, filed claims seeking up to 200 mln rubles ($4,7 mln) in damages.11:24 28.10.2014
Poroshenko signs bill on anti-corruption bureau into lawPresident Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine has signed a number of anti-corruption laws, including one for an anti-corruption bureau designed to root out high-ranking extortionists, says a statement posted on the president’s website on Thursday.10:26 23.10.2014
Putin does not oppose tougher penalties for corruptionPresident Vladimir Putin announced that he supports tougher punishment for corruption crimes, RIA Novosti reports Tuesday.17:24 14.10.2014