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New charges brought against ex-head of Komi Republic Gaizer – Investigative Committee

Russia’s Investigative Committee has presented its final version of office abuse charges brought against ex-head of Russia’s Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer, who had been earlier found guilty of fraud, money laundering and corruption.

18:46 28.07.2020

Russian restaurateur Beloivan put on federal wanted list in new tax evasion case

Russia’s Investigative Committee has put the Tavern Taras Bulba restaurant chain owner Yury Beloivan on the federal wanted list in yet another criminal case, where he stands charged with tax evasion amounting to 57 million rubles (about $800,000).

12:38 28.07.2020

Charges brought against defendants in illegal Moscow casino case

Ten people have been charged with illegal organization of a gambling house in Moscow.

12:23 23.07.2020

Navalny charged with slander of Great Patriotic War veteran

Investigators have brought slander charges against Alexey Navalny over the blogger’s statements about veteran of the Great Patriotic War Ignat Artemenko.

10:27 23.07.2020

Suspect in murder of elderly teacher of cinematography institute arrested in Moscow

A woman suspected of killing a honoured 90-year old instructor of the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography has been arrested in Moscow.

09:18 23.07.2020

Russia’s regional judge jailed for 7 years in $11K bribery case

A court in Russia’s Barnaul has sentenced a judge of the regional Commercial Court Vladislav Kolesnikov to 7 years in high-security prison for receiving a 800,000-ruble bribe (over $11,000).

14:28 21.07.2020

Businessman gets 2 years in penal colony settlement for $630,000 fraud

A court in Kemerovo Region has sentenced a businessman to 2 years in penal colony settlement for a 45 million-ruble (over $630,000) fraud.

12:09 21.07.2020

Admin of Telegram channel to be released from detention

Investigators will overturn detention of the Police Ombudsman Telegram channel’s admin Igor Khudyakov in a porno peddling case.

16:22 20.07.2020

Moscow police official put under house arrest on fraud allegations

A chief of the department on the online drug threat fight of the Interior Ministry’s Moscow Main Directorate has been placed under house arrest on fraud allegations.

14:38 17.07.2020

Two officers of Moscow detention center taken into custody in $70,000 bribery case

Two officers of Moscow city detention center Matrosskaya Tishina have been taken into custody on charges of taking bribes from detainees totaling to 5 million rubles (about $70,000) for supplying them with prohibited articles.

12:06 17.07.2020

Security firm’s guard jailed for 2.5 years over boy’s murder in Russian kindergarten

A court in the Nenets Autonomous Area sentenced a guard of the private security firm Svyatogor, who had let a kid murder enter a kindergarten in the town of Naryan-Mar, to 2.5 years in penal colony.

10:40 17.07.2020

Investigators charge Krasnoyarsk businessman accused of murders with gang leading

Investigators have additionally charged Krasnoyarsk businessman Anatoly Bykov accused of murders with building and leading a criminal organization.

11:36 13.07.2020

Lawyer urges prosecution against Khabarovsk Krai governor over 2019 camp fire

Attorney Igor Trunov has asked the Investigative Committee’s Chairman Alexander Bastrykin to prosecute Khabarovsk Region governor Sergey Furgal accused of businessmen murders over the 2019 deadly fire in the children's camp Holdomi.

11:23 10.07.2020

Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Region suspected on businessmen murder

Governor of the Khabarovsk Region Sergey Furgal was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of killing and attempted murders of businessmen and transported to Moscow.

10:05 09.07.2020

Investigators complete probe into Moscow lawyer accused of $15 mln embezzlement

Investigators have completed probe into Sergey Yuryev, the president of Moscow's bar association Mezhregion charged with embezzling 1 billion rubles ( about $15 million) from the State Air Traffic Management Corporation (ATM).

18:05 07.07.2020

Muscovite gets 2-year suspended sentence for beating paramedic

The Lyublinsky District Court in Moscow has given a 2-year suspended sentence to a local citizen for beating an ambulance attendant, who had come to her daughter.

17:27 06.07.2020

Ex-head of Moscow Region’s district additionally charged with criminal community creation

Additional charges of creation of a criminal community have been brought against ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Klin District Alexander Postrigan accused of embezzlement, forgery and abuse of office.

13:59 02.07.2020

St. Petersburg lawyer to stand trial on fraud attempt allegations

Investigation has been completed into a St. Petersburg attorney charged with attempted fraud. The case is sent to court for hearing. .

11:26 30.06.2020

Ex-head of Cosmos construction corporation goes on $2.6 mln overdue salary trial

A case over 182 million-ruble ($2.6 million) overdue salary against ex-owner of the Cosmos construction corporation Andrey Chernyakov has been forwarded to court for hearing with an approved indictment.

18:08 29.06.2020

Ex-top official of Krasnoyarsk Krai police gets 5-year suspended term for abuse of office

A former deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s Krasnoyarsk Region Main Directorate Alexander Kuznetsov has been given a 5-year suspended sentence in a case over abuse of power.

15:35 22.06.2020