Confiscation

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Lawsuit over confiscation of former FSB officer’s property reaches Moscow court

A lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office seeking to confiscate property of ex-officer of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Dmitry Stenin, a defendant in the high-profile corruption case of colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko, has reached the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow.

15:33 08.11.2018

Moscow court dismisses appeals against confiscation of $145.3 million from Zakharchenko

The Moscow City Court has dismissed four appeals filed against a ruling of a lower court confiscating 9 billion rubles ($145.3 million) from the former Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with corruption crimes, as well as his relatives.

14:26 13.07.2018

Former Sakhalin governor's $17 mln assets confiscated

A court has confiscated the property belonging to former Sakhalin Governor Alexander Khoroshavin valued at 1.1 billion rubles (about $17 million).

11:41 20.05.2016

Russian MPs propose to re-implement practice of property forfeiture

Lawmakers from the Communist party have submitted a bill to the State Duma that reintroduces the confiscation of property as a secondary punishment for grave crimes.

17:47 27.01.2016

Russia does not plan to nationalize foreign assets - official

Russia does not plan to nationalize European or US assets in response to the sanctions, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev told journalists Wednesday following a meeting with German business leaders that was organized by the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

10:31 26.11.2014

Maybach confiscated from unemployed Siberian debtor

Court bailiffs confiscated a Maybach 62 from an unemployed resident of a suburban development in the Novosibirsk Region. The premium class German car was pledged by the bank, the regional branch of the Federal Court Bailiff Service reports on Thursday.

13:00 16.10.2014

Russian authorities seize assets of fugitive ex-finance minister of Moscow Region

Investigators in St. Petersburg have seized assets worth millions of rubles owned by former finance minister of the Moscow Region Alexei Kuznetsov and his wife Zhanna Bullock.

16:09 15.10.2014

Russian MP calls dibs on foreign assets in response to sanctions - report

Yevgeny Fyodorov, a lawmaker for the United Russia party, has proposed a bill setting rules for the seizure of assets in Russia owned by foreign businesses as a response to Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

10:46 15.10.2014

Russian lawmakers call for probe into Kolomoisky’s alleged Moscow property

Communist Party deputies of the State Duma have requested that Prosecutor General Yury Chaika review media reports about the alleged Moscow property of Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and confiscate it.

15:38 01.08.2014

Ukrainian government confiscates titanium assets from Firtash

The Ukrainian government has terminated the lease contract of Crimea Titan, a company of billionaire Dmytro Firtash, for two titanium mining and enrichment plants, said Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, as quoted by RIA Novosti.

15:40 06.06.2014

Tajik court confiscates plant owned by Ukrainian gas mogul Firtash

The Economic Court of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, decided on Wednesday to nullify the privatization of Guliston, a company whose main shareholder is Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash, attorney Ishoq Tabarov said.

12:15 03.04.2014

Property forfeiture bill gains support in Russian State Duma

The Russian State Duma Committee on Property recommended during a meeting Tuesday that a bill on property-forfeiture procedure should be adopted in its first reading.

16:33 11.03.2014

Drug lords' assets should be confiscated, says government drug czar

Viktor Ivanov, head of the Federal Drug Control Service, said at a conference at the Moscow Region Court that it is imperative to confiscate all assets which belong to organizers of drug businesses if they cannot prove they acquired them legally.

14:45 26.11.2012

Hearing on socialite turned activist's confiscated millions set for Sep. 10

On September 10, the Moscow Regional Court will consider a complaint filed by TV host, socialite, and opposition activist Ksenia Sobchak regarding 1,392,000 Euros confiscated by police from her home during a raid connected with the May 6 Bolotnaya Square riots.

13:54 30.08.2012

Russia to confiscate unlawfully acquired property - Justice Ministry

Russia will adopt the global practice of confiscating unlawfully acquired property with time, Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov said in his address to the State Duma on Wednesday.

17:02 21.09.2011