Criminal justice

Tag: Criminal justice

Second Ukrainian suspect in killing of journalist Daria Dugina identified

Bohdan Tsyganenko, a member of a Ukrainian sabotage and terrorist group, was part of a team that assassinated journalist and political expert Darya Dugina.

12:35 29.08.2022

Ex-TV journalist placed under house arrest for alleged spreading fake news

Moscow's Basmanny District Court placed former Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova under house arrest in a criminal case where she is charged with spreading fake information about the country's armed forces.

17:46 11.08.2022

Ex-St. Petersburg lawmaker sentenced to 9 years in prison on bribery charges

Roman Koval, a former lawmaker of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, was sentenced to 9 years in prison for large-scale corruption.

15:18 11.08.2022

Ex-Russian TV journalist charged with discrediting Russian army faces 10 years in jail

Former Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova who was fined on several occasions for discrediting the country's armed forces in social media posts faces criminal charges and up to 10 years in prison.

19:18 10.08.2022

Russian member of far-right Ukrainian battalion gets 9 years in absentia

The Moscow Basmanny District Court on Tuesday sentenced Russian citizen Anton Korolev in absentia to 9 years in jail for taking part in the armed conflict in Ukraine as a member of the ultra-nationalist Ukrainian battalion Azov.

17:14 02.08.2022

DPR Supreme Court to hear case against five alleged foreign mercenaries

A criminal case against citizens of Sweden, Croatia and Great Britain, charged with mercenary activities, has been submitted to the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

14:52 01.08.2022

Over 100 criminal cases opened against Azov nationalist battalion members in DPR

Law enforcement bodies of the Donetsk People’s Republic are investigative more than 100 criminal cases related to the actions of the Azov nationalist battalion, according to the DPR Justice Minister Yury Sirovatko.

13:02 12.07.2022

Penal Code of Donetsk People's Republic enters into force

The Penal Code of the Donetsk People's Republic, adopted by the DPR parliament in June 2021 and synchronized with Russian legislation, has entered into force.

14:04 01.07.2022

Supreme Court stands for limited scope of detention orders

The Supreme Court is to discuss the possibility of expanding the list of criminal cases in which an exceptional procedure for choosing a measure of restraint in the form of detention is applied, as well as reducing the amounts of bails used as a measure of restraint, the Court’s head Vyacheslav Lebedev said addressing a meeting of delegates of the 10th All-Russian Congress of Judges.

13:02 16.06.2022

Prosecutors seek 14 years in prison for lawmaker indicted for corruption

Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence lawmaker Vadim Belousov to 14 years in jail for allegedly receiving over 3 billion rubles (about $45 million) in bribes.

15:42 08.06.2022

State Duma to hear bill on criminal liability for battery in second reading

The State Duma Committee on state building and legislation on Monday recommended the lower house of parliament to pass a bill specifying criminal responsibility for battery for people having conviction for other crimes committed with the use of force.

16:57 06.06.2022

Ombudsman Moskalkova plumps for digital technology use extension in criminal process

Russia’s Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has backed an expert proposal to create a new state digital platform for interdepartmental interaction in the criminal process.

14:58 06.06.2022

New investigator appointed to take over criminal case against ToAZ beneficiaries

Investigation into a criminal case over organization of a criminal gang or participation thereof (Article 210.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) against beneficiaries of Togliattiazot OJSC Vladimir and Sergey Makhlai, Ameropa AG owner Andreas Zivy and TOaZ ex-CEO Yevgeny Korolev is in progress. On December 30, 2021, it was taken over by a new investigator of the Russian Investigative Committee General Roman Nesterov, according to sources close to the lawyers of the defendants.

16:54 18.01.2022

Investigation into new criminal case over fraud of Togliattiazot owners almost completed

10:00 27.09.2021

Moscow court upholds sentence for ‘trash streamer’ guilty of beating model

Moscow's Presnensky District Court on Monday upheld the conviction and sentence of ‘trash streamer’ Andrey Burim (a.k.a Mellstroy) who mocked and violently abused a model during a live broadcast.

10:44 13.09.2021

Businessman to go on trial for siphoning $76 mln from self-regulating construction organizations

Businessman Alexey Eliseyev will face trial for alleged siphoning 5.6 billion rubles (about $76 million) from self-regulating construction organizations.

17:56 10.09.2021

Corruption case against assistant to former Deputy PM Arkady Dvorkovich reaches court

A corruption case against Anastasia Alekseyeva, assistant to former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, has been forwarded to Moscow's Meshchansky District Court.

10:46 08.09.2021

Official of Russian aviation agency to go on trial for faulty registration of aircraft

An official of civil aviation agency Rosaviatsia will go on trial for alleged negligence while registering an aircraft.

17:43 07.09.2021

Prosecutors demand 15 years in jail for infamous Krasnoyarsk businessman Bykov

State prosecutors called on Monday for businessman Anatoly Bykov be jailed for 14 years and 11 months for masterminding double homicide in 1994.

15:56 06.09.2021

Moscow City Court confirms jail terms for kidnappers of pop singer Avraam Russo

The Moscow City Court upheld the convictions of three men who had been found guilty of of kidnapping famous pop singer Avraam Russo in 2004.

17:57 03.09.2021