Criminal justice

Tag: Criminal justice

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

Moscow City Court overturns sentences of two ex-top investigators in graft case

The Moscow City Court has overturned the sentences given to two former investigators of the central office of the Russian Investigative Committee, Andrey Trinev and Sergey Dubinsky, who had got 6 and 8 years in prison in a bribery case.

13:50 02.09.2021

Moscow court sets date in criminal case against Doctors’ Alliance head

A Moscow court has set September 8 as the date for hearing a criminal case against Anastasia Vasilyeva, the leader of medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance, an organization recognized by the Russian Justice Ministry as a foreign agent).

10:35 02.09.2021

Number of street crimes decreases in Russia – police

The street crime rate decreased in Russia in the first six months of 2021.

15:03 20.08.2021

Russia’s Prosecutor General orders tougher supervision over cases filed with ECHR

Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has ordered to strengthen supervision over the legality of actions and procedural decisions in criminal cases, in which citizens filed complaints with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

16:17 26.07.2021

Arashukovs’ trial set for jury

A jury trial has been set for Raul Arashukov, a former adviser to the head of a Gazprom subsidiary, and his son Rauf Arashukov, a senator representing the Karachayevo-Cherkessia region of Russia's Northern Caucasus, along with four other defendants.

11:06 16.07.2021

State Duma to discuss bill giving investigators right to conduct interviews by videolink

Draft amendments to the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure granting investigators the right to interview victims, specialists, experts and witnesses in criminal cases via videoconferencing means has been submitted to the lower house of the Russian parliament.

10:58 02.06.2021

Russia’s Ombudsman proposes amnesty for minor and medium crimes convicts

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova during the Council of Ombudsmen held in Krasnoyarsk on Thursday proposed to proclaim amnesty for people convicted of minor and medium-gravity crimes.

11:32 20.05.2021

Russian government approves amendments as to launch of cases over embezzlement

The Government Law-Making Commission has approved amendments to the Russian Criminal Procedure Code envisaging certain changes in the procedure governing the initiation of criminal cases over funds allocated for state defense, national projects and state procurement.

17:57 21.04.2021