Two former investigators get prison terms for graftMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Monday sentenced two former investigators of the Investigative Committee’s Headquarters Andrey Trinev and Sergey Dubinsky to 6 and 8 years behind bars for graft.17:21 15.03.2021
Prosecution demands 8-year prison terms for ex-investigators accused of briberyA prosecutor has demaded 8-year prison terms for two ex-investigators of the Investigative Committee’s Headquarters Sergey Dubinsky and Andrey Trinev charged with graft each.12:58 15.03.2021
MPs back bill to free officials from liability for anti-corruption breaches in some casesThe State Duma has passed a bill releasing officials from responsibility for breaching anti-corruption bans if such violations have been committed for reasons beyond their control in the first reading.16:53 10.03.2021
One more bribery case opened against convicted ex-Mayor of Petropavlovsk-KamchatskyA new criminal case over bribery was launched against ex-Mayor of Russia’s Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Vitaly Ivanenko, who had been earlier sentenced to 5.5 years in penal colony for graft.10:57 03.03.2021
Ex-Mari El head ordered to 13-year imprisonment in $3 mln corruption caseA court in Nizhny Novgorod has sentenced ex-Governor of Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov to 13 years in high-security prison in a 235 million-ruble (over $3 million) bribery case.12:20 24.02.2021
Ex-top manager of major Internet provider Rostelecom detained in bribery caseMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday placed former top manager of Russian major digital service provider Rostelecom Andrey Levakov in a bribery case until April 17.17:41 18.02.2021
Probe into $19 mln bribery case against convicted ex-police colonel Zakharchenko completedInvestigators have completed probe into a 1.4 billion-ruble (over $19 million) bribery case against convicted ex-police colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko.12:49 15.01.2021
President Putin urges prosecutors to step up fight against extremism and crimeRussian President Vladimir Putin has called prosecutors to strengthen the fight against extremism and crime and clamp down on corruption and misappropriation of state funds.11:06 12.01.2021
Former Interior Minister of Russia’s Komi Republic faces bribery trialEx-Interior Minister of Russia’s Komi Republic Victor Polovnikov will stand trial in a case over bribetaking on a large scale.11:24 18.12.2020
Prosecutors seek for urgent seizure of assets belonging to corruptorsThe Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia has proposed to authorize investigators to immediately attach the property of corruptionists.14:24 09.12.2020
Russian Prosecutor General proposes not to apply court fines to corrupt officialsRussian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov proposed legislative amendments limiting the use of judicial fines against corrupt officials during the anti-corruption coordinative meeting of law enforcement on Wednesday.13:49 09.12.2020
Cassation instance upholds ex-Vladivostok mayor’s sentence for corruptionThe Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Wednesday dismissed an appeal lodged by ex-Mayor of Russia’s Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev against his 15-year sentence for corruption.18:00 18.11.2020
Prosecutors’ $1.4 mln suit against ex-Mari El governor accused of bribery grantedA court on Wednesday granted a prosecutor’s claim and ordered collection of the 111 million-ruble assets from ex-governor of Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov charged with corruption in favor of the state.17:59 18.11.2020
Ex-regional Governor Belykh convicted of bribery seeks for lesser punishmentEx-Governor of the Kirov Region Nikita Belykh convicted of bribery has filed a petition seeking to replace an unserved part of his prison term with a lesser sentence.17:15 12.11.2020
Former Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk appeals sentence for briberyEx-Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Yevgeny Teftelev has challenged sentence passed on him for taking bribes.17:35 10.11.2020
Ex-Сolonel of Russian police detained on $125K fraud chargesMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Tuesday placed ex-Сolonel of the Interior Ministry's Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department Boris Gumenyuk until December 30 as part of a 10 million-ruble (over $125,000) fraud case.12:37 03.11.2020
Moscow Customs official charged with corruptionInvestigators have brought bribery charges against a deputy director of the Moscow Customs Sergey Tsukanov.10:59 26.10.2020
Investigation into criminal case against Togliattikhimbank ex-head completedThe Main Directorate for Investigation of Major Cases of the Investigative Committee of Russia has completed investigation into a criminal case against the former chairperson of the board of Togliattikhimbank Alexander Popov.11:02 08.10.2020
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
Legal analysis of interview of TOAZ beneficiary Sergey MakhlaiIn the end of August, the former chairman of the board of directors of PJSC Togliattiazot Sergey Makhlai gave an extended commentary to the media regarding the details of the proceedings, in which he is a participant. In his statements, he accused Uralchem JSC of a number of offenses, and tried to present himself as a victim of a hostile takeover. RAPSI has studied the legal basis for the statements made by the convicted in absentia owner of TOAZ.10:25 10.09.2020