Ex-Russian top investigator’s long prison sentence in $1 mln bribery case upheldThe First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday upheld a 12-year prison sentence given to ex-director of the Investigative Committee's Main Investigations Directorate Alexander Drymanov for $1 million bribery.12:03 17.09.2020
Bribery probe into co-owner of ill-fated Kemerovo mall completedInvestigation into a co-owner of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that became a site of deadly fire killing 60 people in Russia's Kemerovo in March 2018 was completed.17:52 15.09.2020
Russian lawyer gets 1.5-year suspended term for bribing bailiffMoscow’s Izmailovsky District Court passed a 1.5-year suspended sentence on lawyer Alexander Maslov for giving a 50,000-ruble (about $700 at the current exchange rate) bribe to a court bailiff.14:09 07.09.2020
Russia’s State Duma lawmaker faces trial on bribery chargesIndictment has been approved against State Duma lawmaker Vadim Belousov and his alleged accomplice Margarita Butakova as part of a 3.2-billion-ruble (about $45 million at the current exchange rate) bribery case.10:50 28.08.2020
Moscow attorney fined $4,000 for giving bribe to police officerA court in Russia’s town of Vladimir has fined Moscow attorney Sergey Zhugan 300,000 rubles ($4,000) for giving a bribe to a police officer.17:54 27.08.2020
Former Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk faces bribery trialEx-Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Yevgeny Teftelev will stand trial in a local court on bribe taking charges.11:49 27.08.2020
Detention of four persons accused of bribery over ill-fated Kemerovo mall rebuild extendedThe Central District Court of Russia’s Kemerovo has extended for three months detention of four defendants charged with bribery related to a case over the tragic fire in a local mall that has left 60 people dead in 2018.15:25 25.08.2020
Detention of Togliattikhimbank head Popov extended for three monthsThe Moscow City Court has extended the period of detention of the former chairperson of the board of Togliattikhimbank Alexander Popov until November 12.15:48 19.08.2020
Ex-chief of Tyumen penal colony ordered to 8-year jail for bribetakingA court in Russia’s Tyumen has sentenced a fomer chief of a local penal colony to 8 years behind bars for receiving bribes worth over 11.8 million rubles ($161,000) from inmates and their acquaintances.13:26 19.08.2020
Former penitentiary employee jailed for 7.5 years for briberyA court in Russia’s Republic of Mordovia has sentenced a former penitentiary employee for taking a bribe.16:40 17.08.2020
Supplier gets 5.5-year suspended term for unworkable warship equipment deliveryEx-CEO of a Moscow pumping plant Igor Rodkin has received a 5.5-year suspended sentence for delivering electric pumps with unserviceable motors worth 40 million rubles (about $550,000) to the Severnaya Verf Shipyard.15:25 17.08.2020
Former Kamchatka official charged with $12,000 bribery faces trialA prosecutor of the Kamchatka Region has approved indictment against a former mayor of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky charged with receiving bribes totaling to 900,000 rubles (over $12,000).11:56 17.08.2020
Ex-employee of Zabaikalye penal colony jailed for 4.5 years in bribery caseA court in Russia’s Zabaikalsky Krai has sentenced a former employee of one of the regional penal colonies to 4.5 years in jail for taking bribes from a convict.14:32 13.08.2020
Ex-mayor of Russia’s Orenburg sentenced to 4.5 years in jail for corruptionA court of Russia’s Orenburg has passed a 4.5-year high-security penal colony sentence on the former city mayor Yevgeny Arapov for corruption crimes.12:26 13.08.2020
Two Vladikavkaz investigators detained in bribery caseTwo Vladikavkaz investigative officials have been put in detention on suspicion of receiving a bribe from an attorney.15:08 05.08.2020
Ex-penitentiary officer gets 5.5 years in penal colony for briberyA court in the Tula Region has sentenced a former officer of the Federal Penitentiary Service to 5.5 years in penal colony for bribery and abuse of power.16:22 04.08.2020
Russia’s regional judge jailed for 7 years in $11K bribery caseA court in Russia’s Barnaul has sentenced a judge of the regional Commercial Court Vladislav Kolesnikov to 7 years in high-security prison for receiving a 800,000-ruble bribe (over $11,000).14:28 21.07.2020
House arrest of Russian phytosanitary watchdog’s ex-official overturnedThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday reversed house arrest of Dmitry Natarov, ex-assistant to a chief of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), in a case over bribe taking and child molestation.11:55 21.07.2020
Two officers of Moscow detention center taken into custody in $70,000 bribery caseTwo officers of Moscow city detention center Matrosskaya Tishina have been taken into custody on charges of taking bribes from detainees totaling to 5 million rubles (about $70,000) for supplying them with prohibited articles.12:06 17.07.2020
Former regional penitentiary official sentenced to 8.5 years for briberyA court in Russia’s town of Tambov has sentenced a former deputy chief of the regional directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service to 8.5 years in a high-security prison for receiving a 400,000-ruble bribe ($5,500).17:42 06.07.2020