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Ex-deputy head of Russian Emergency Ministry put in detention on abuse of office charges

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has ordered the detention of ex-deputy head of the Ministry of Emergency of Russia Andrey Gurovich on charges of abuse of power.

11:59 14.07.2022

Ex-Deputy Emergencies Minister sentenced to 5 years behind bars for fraud

The former First Deputy Emergencies Minister, Lieutenant General Sergey Shlyakov received 5 years in jail for fraud on Tuesday.

17:19 20.04.2021

Prosecutor seeks 6-year imprisonment for ex-Deputy Emergencies Minister in fraud case

A prosecutor has demanded six years in penal colony for the former First Deputy Emergencies Minister, Lieutenant General Sergey Shlyakov charged with fraud.

10:58 14.04.2021

Russia’s Government Law-Making Commission backs bill on rescuers’ justified risk

The Government Law-Making Commission has approved adjusting of the law on accident rescue service and status of rescuers as to the concept definition of justified risk.

12:54 10.12.2020

St. Petersburg emergencies official suspected of receiving $32k bribe

Investigators have opened a criminal case against a chief of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry’s St. Petersburg Main Department suspected of extorting a 2-million-ruble bribe ($32,000).

18:23 26.07.2019

Three suspects put in detention as part of Far Eastern camp fire case

Three suspects in a criminal case over a deadly fire in the children's camp Holdomi in the Khabarovsk Krai in Russia’s Far East, on Thursday were placed in detention.

16:26 25.07.2019

Investigators seek to extend ex-Kemerovo official’s detention in mall fire case

Investigators have filed a motion seeking to extend detention for ex-director of the Emergency Ministry’s department for Kemerovo Region Alexander Mamontov involved in a case over tragic fire in Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) mall that left 60 people dead.

10:59 19.09.2018

Emergency Ministry official to stay detained in Kemerovo mall fire case

The Kemerovo Regional Court has upheld extension of detention for the head of the Ministry of Emergencies’ regional directorate Grigory Terentyev as part of a case over tragic fire in Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that left 60 people dead.

13:59 03.08.2018

Examination confirms emergency officials’ guilt in Kemerovo fire case – investigators

Legal examination has confirmed the guilt of the Emergency Ministry’s officials detained in a case over tragic fire in Kemerovo’s Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) mall that left 60 people dead.

13:59 06.06.2018

Kemerovo Region’s top official arrested as part of mall blaze case

Head of the Ministry of Emergencies’ department for Kemerovo Region Alexander Mamontov has been arrested by law enforcement officers as part of the investigation into a criminal case over tragic fire in the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that left 64 people dead.

12:39 25.05.2018

Deputy head of Buryatia’s Emergencies Ministry arrested for alleged corruption

Law enforcement officers have arrested deputy head of Russia’s Ministry of Emergencies Directorate for the Buryatia Republic Dmitry Unagayev suspected of taking bribes for cover-up during examination of fire safety.

10:30 29.03.2018

Russian investigators launch criminal case over death at frozen highway

The Investigative Committee of Russia launched a negligence case after a man’s death at the highway near Orenburg, city in the southern Ural region, that was closed because of a blizzard.

10:49 12.01.2016

Criminal case opened after toxic cloud erupts in Moscow

The police has opened a crimininal case following a massive hydrogen sulfide emission in Moscow, according to the Prosecutor’s Office statement released on Wednesday.

14:56 12.11.2014

Russian Emergencies Ministry submits strategic facilities bill

Russian Emergencies Ministry reported Friday that it has submitted to the State Duma the bill on strategic facilities which introduces their classification and specifications.

13:34 29.08.2014

Attorney representing Russians in ECHR suspected of more fraud

Six new cases have been opened against Taisiya Baskayeva, an attorney at the Moscow Regional Law Chamber who was arrested on 42 counts of fraud in late March, announced the North Ossetian department of the Russian Investigative Committee.

16:10 02.04.2014

Aeroflot sues Russian Civil Defense Ministry for $4 mln

The Moscow Commercial Court on March 11 will hold preliminary hearings in the lawsuit filed by Russian largest air carrier, Aeroflot, against The Ministry for Civil Defense and Emergencies (EMERCOM), demanding 168 million rubles ($4 mln), the court told RAPSI on Monday.

17:44 17.02.2014

Russia and USA plan to jointly improve protection from meteorites

Russia and the United States will work jointly to improve their meteorite protection systems, Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov told journalists following a meeting of the US-Russian Bilateral Presidential Commission's working group on emergency situations.

10:28 26.06.2013