Ex-chief of customs in Leningrad Region challenges seizure of assets in graft caseA former chief of the Kingisepp customs in Russia’s Leningrad Region, Sergey Slepukhin, who stands charged with taking bribes, has challenged a court ruling on seizure of assets worth over 30 million rubles (over $400,000).13:44 26.05.2021
Former St. Petersburg vice-governor gets 5.5 years for embezzlement, graftThe Kuybyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Thursday sentenced former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Marat Oganesyan to 5.5 years in high-security penal colony graft and embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the city’s Arena football stadium.10:46 20.05.2021
Detention of ex-Governor of Penza Region in graft case extended for three monthsMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-governor of Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with receiving bribes in the amount of 31 million rubles until August 20.15:10 18.05.2021
Detention of businessman involved in Penza Governor graft case extended till late AugustThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Tuesday extended detention of head of BIOTEC Group of Companies Boris Spiegel involved in a bribery case against ex-Penza Region governor Ivan Belozertsev, until August 20.12:54 18.05.2021
Investigators seek to prolong detention of ex-Governor of Penza Region charged with graftInvestigators seek to extend detention of former Governor of the Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with bribery until August 20.10:53 17.05.2021
Ex-deputy chair of government of Russia’s Mordovia arrested on corruption allegationsLaw enforcement on Friday arrested former vice-governor of Russia’s Republic of Mordovia Alexey Merkushin on suspicion of giving bribes.11:03 14.05.2021
Ex-deputy head of Russian Republic Khakassia gets 9 years in prison for briberyThe Abakan city court has sentenced former acting head of the Republic of Khakassia Sergey Novikov to 9 years in a strict regime colony for accepting a bribe in the amount of 2 million rubles (about $27,000) when organizing work on the construction of a neuropsychiatric residential facility.17:35 13.05.2021
Prosecutor demands 16 years in jail for former St. Petersburg vice-governorA prosecutor has demanded 16 years in penal colony and 60 million-ruble fine ($800,000) for former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Marat Oganesyan charged with bribery and embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the city’s Arena football stadium.10:45 30.04.2021
Sentence of former Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk for bribery upheldThe Seventh Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday dismissed appeals against sentence given to ex-Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Yevgeny Teftelev for bribery.16:18 29.04.2021
Case over $157,000 bribe launched against two Moscow investigatorsThe Main Investigative Department of the Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case over receipt of a bribe in the amount of 12 million rubles (about $157,000 at the current exchange rate) by the head and deputy head of the investigative department of the Interior Ministry in the Solntsevo district of Moscow.10:51 23.04.2021
Former Russian security colonel admitting to graft sentenced to 7 years behind barsThe Moscow Garrison Military Court on Thursday sentenced reserve lieutenant colonel of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Kirill Cherkalin, who had pled guilty to taking bribes, to 7 years in high-security prison14:40 22.04.2021
Russian Investigative Committee registers falsification complaints of forensic study in Cherkalin caseRussia’s Investigative Committee and Prosecutor General’s Office have registered applications concerning falsification of the examination in a case of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin.18:57 21.04.2021
Sentencing of Russian security colonel charged with graft scheduled for April 20The Moscow Garrison Military Court will deliver sentence in a bribery case against lieutenant colonel of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Kirill Cherkalin on April 22.14:37 20.04.2021
Prosecutor General’s Office asked to check correctness of forensic examination in Cherkalin caseThe Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation have received complaints about the unreliability of the forensic examination on the assessment of the market value of 49% participation interest in Yurpromconsulting LLC, and a statement on initiation of a criminal case against the investigators.18:44 16.04.2021
Moscow Economic Policy Department's official charged with $65K bribery - investigatorsDeputy chief of the Moscow Economic Policy Department Leonid Kostroma and two other persons stand charged with taking over 5 million rubles (over $65,000) in bribes.17:01 16.04.2021
Moscow Economic Policy Department's official detained for 2 months in bribery caseThe Presnensky District Court on Friday detained deputy head of the Moscow Economic Policy Department Leonid Kostroma in pre-trial detention as part of a graft case until June 14.13:48 16.04.2021
Investigators seek to put deputy head of Moscow Economic Policy Department in detentionInvestigators have filed a motion seeking to place deputy head of the Moscow Economic Policy Department Leonid Kostroma in pre-trial detention in a bribery case.11:40 16.04.2021
Defense lawyer for ex-police colonel Zakharchenko detained on bribery mediation chargesMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Friday ordered detention of Alexander Gorbatenko, the attorney of convicted ex-police colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko, until June 7 in a bribery case.17:47 09.04.2021
Investigators demand detention for ex-police colonel Zakharchenko’s lawyer in bribery caseInvestigators on Friday filed a motion seeking to place an attorney of convicted ex-police colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko in detention until June 7 on allegations of mediation in bribery.15:15 09.04.2021
Businessman involved in Penza Governor graft case ready to cooperate with investigatorsDetained head of BIOTEC Group of Companies Boris Spiegel is ready to cooperate with investigators in a bribery case of the former Governor of the Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev.14:27 06.04.2021