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Russian hematologist granted $60k comensation for unfounded prosecution

Moscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Friday ordered Russia’s Finance Ministry to pay well-known hematologist Elena Misyurina 4.3 million rubles ($60,000) in compensation for damage caused by unfounded criminal prosecution against her.

13:46 15.10.2021

Lawyer sentenced to 4 years for €819,000 from Dutch Finance Ministry’s account

International lawyer Yakov Melnikov has been convicted and sentenced to 4 years in penal colony for embezzling for €819,000 (over $33 million) entitled to the Russian Federation from the account of the Finance Ministry of the Netherlands.

13:39 18.12.2020

Businessman recovers $40K from Russia’s Finance Ministry for unlawful prosecution

Entrepreneur Yury Chub could recover three million rubles (about $40,000) from Russia’s Finance Ministry for unlawful prosecution continuing over almost 14 years.

18:06 15.09.2020

Ex-defendant in Moscow summer riots case denied compensation for moral harm

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Tuesday dismissed a 500,000-ruble moral damage claim ($7,500) filed by a former defendant in a Moscow summer riots case Sergey Abanichev against the Finance Ministry of Russia.

17:16 03.03.2020

Russian Finance Ministry ordered to pay $1.5k to unauthorized Moscow rally participant

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Monday ordered the Russian Finance Ministry to pay a participant of the unauthorized July 27 Moscow rally Daniil Konon 100,000 rubles ($1,500) in compensation for moral harm caused by illegal prosecution.

14:04 02.03.2020

St. Petersburg court returns $31k compensation claim against state to plaintiff

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Thursday returned a 2-million-ruble ($31,000) compensation claim against the state was returned to a plaintiff Mikhail Tsakunov, who had been acquitted of assault on a police officer during a protest action.

17:52 24.10.2019

Russian man acquitted of assault on policeman seeks $31k compensation from state

Russian citizen Mikhail Tsakunov, who had been acquitted of assault on a police officer during a protest action, demanded from the state a 2-million-ruble ($31,000) compensation for moral harm caused by illegal prosecution.

14:59 24.10.2019

Parents of prison torture victim demand $225k compensation from Finance Ministry

Parents of Sultan Israilov, who had died from tortures in a penal colony where he had been serving sentence, filed a lawsuit seeking to collect 15 million rubles (nearly $225,000) in compensation for moral injury from the Russian Finance Ministry.

10:34 03.09.2019

Russia’s Finance Ministry seeks broader criminal investigation powers for Customs

Russia’s Finance Ministry has developed a bill aimed to empower the customs authorities to carry out investigations of a range of criminal cases related to smuggling of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products.

15:58 20.08.2019

Russian Finance Ministry ordered to pay activist $3k for illegal extremism prosecution

A court in Russia’s Ulyanovsk on Friday ordered the Finance Ministry to pay 200,000 rubles ($3,000) in compensation to activist Danil Alferyev for illegal prosecution of extremism.

11:45 16.08.2019

Russian woman adjudged compensation for illegal prosecution for extremism

A court in Russia’s city of Barnaul has ordered the Finance Ministry to pay 100,000 rubles ($1,600) in compensation to Maria Motuznaya for illegal prosecution over a publication on VKontakte social networks.

15:13 22.07.2019

Russian Finance Ministry to pay detention torture victim $5,000

A court in Chita, a city in Russia’s Trans-Baikal Territory, has ordered the Finance Ministry to pay 300,000 rubles (about $5,000) to ex-inmate Denis Katrin for tortures in detention.

12:13 17.07.2019

One more Russian awarded compensation for illegal prosecution for extremism

A court in St. Petersburg has ordered the Finance Ministry to pay activist Dina Garina 30,000 rubles (nearly $500) in compensation for moral harm caused by unjustified prosecution for extremism.

14:14 03.07.2019

Finance Ministry ordered to pay Russian citizen $800 for unjustified prosecution

A court in Abakan, the capital city of the Russian Republic of Khakassia, has ordered the Finance Ministry to pay the local citizen Artem Yurchenko 50,000 rubles (about $800) in compensation for unjustified prosecution in the extremism case.

16:27 26.06.2019

Over 14 mln counterfeit goods seized in 2018 – Russian Finance Ministry

Over 14 million counterfeit production units were found out in Russia in 2018, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at the VI Anti-Counterfeiting Forum on Monday.

11:31 19.11.2018

Russian Finance Ministry prepares bill on restrictions for Central Bank’s employees

Russia’s Finance Ministry has prepared a bill introducing restrictions for employees of the national Central Bank.

17:07 21.09.2018

First lawsuit over Telegram blocking put on hold until June

The Moscow Commercial Court has set aside until June 7 a lawsuit filed by Investory company against the communications agency Roskomnadzor and Russia’s Finance Ministry over blocking of Telegram.

11:26 08.05.2018

Russian Finance Ministry ordered to pay acquitted art expert Basner $36,000

The St. Petersburg City Court has collected 2.25 million rubles (about $36,000) from the Russian Finance Ministry in favor of prominent art expert Yelena Basner acquitted of fraud.

14:59 26.04.2018

Titov claims Russia lacks systemic approach to regulation of crypto-currencies

Russian government’s work on legal regulation of cryptocurrencies is non-systemic and uncoordinated, Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov said on Friday.

19:05 12.01.2018

Ukraine reimburses part of expenses in sovereign debt dispute with Russia

Ukraine has carried out a ruling of the London High Court by reimbursing part of court expenses in relation to a dispute with Russia over a $3 billion sovereign debt.

12:55 21.09.2017