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Investigators seek to detain defendant in case over threats against judge

The Investigative Committee is petitioning for detention of Yevgeny Yerzunov involved in a case over murder threats against a judge until January 11.

16:03 14.11.2019

Investigation into deadly 2013 Boeing air crash in Tatarstan completed

Probe into a Boeing air crash that occurred in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, in November 2013 and resulted in the death of 50 people including the crew, is completed.

10:58 14.11.2019

Defendant in case on threats against Moscow judge put in detention for 2 months

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court during a hearing behind closed doors on Wednesday ordered Alexey Veresov, a defendant in a case over murder threats against a Moscow City Court’s judge and extremism, to be detained until January 11.

17:13 13.11.2019

Moscow Region’s lawyer attorney faces fraud trial

A Moscow Region’s lawyer will stand trial on attempted fraud charges.

16:49 13.11.2019

Investigators ask Moscow court to detain accused of threats against judge

The Investigative Committee has filed a petition for detention of Alexey Veresov, one of the defendants in a case over murder threats against a judge of the Moscow City Court.

14:05 13.11.2019

Defendant in Moscow judge threat case pleads guilty to extremism

Alexey Veresov, one of the defendants in a case over murder threats against a judge of the Moscow City Court, has pleaded guilty to extremism.

10:56 13.11.2019

Former top managers of VIM Airlines charged with abuse of office go on trial

Ex-CEO of VIM Airlines Alexander Kochnev and ex-chief accountant Yekaterina Panteleyeva will stand trial on allegations of abuse of office.

16:04 12.11.2019

One more person charged with attack on Russian embassy in Ukraine

Ukrainian national Roman Rogozin has been charged in absentia in a case over the attack on Russian embassy in Kiev in March 2016.

12:33 08.11.2019

Inskoy mine case: law enforcement officers tried to save miners

The Central Court of the Russian city of Kemerovo is hearing a criminal case over extortion of the controlling interest in Inskoy mine. Regional authorities attempted to prevent social unrest but were charged with hostile takeover (“corporate raiding”) of the enterprise.

17:22 07.11.2019

Probe into ex-St. Petersburg penitentiary official accused of $11k graft completed

Investigation into a 710,000-ruble ($11,000) bribery case against ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region directorate Sergey Moiseyenko has been completed,.

14:00 07.11.2019

St. Petersburg court puts customs station chief under house arrest in antique bribery case

A court in St. Petersburg has placed a chief of a customs terminal of the Baltic Customs Service under house arrest as part of a case over receiving bribes for providing a free importation channel for undeclared antiques from Europe.

13:18 07.11.2019

Owners of light plane crashed near Moscow get 3-year suspended sentence

A court has given a 3-year suspended sentence to a wedded couple, who owned a light airplane which crashed two years ago.

15:56 06.11.2019

Chief of customs station arrested in St. Petersburg as part of antiques smuggling case

A chief of a customs terminal of the Baltic Customs Service has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes for providing a free importation channel for undeclared antiques from Europe.

10:51 06.11.2019

Man charged with killing of child in Russian kindergarten

Investigators have charged a resident of Naryan-Mar, a city in Russia’s Nenets Autonomous Area, with killing a 6-year boy in a local kindergarten.

12:12 05.11.2019

Two alleged murderers of regional top official arrested – investigators

Two suspects in the murder of a former mayor of the Kemerovo Region’s town of Kiselevsk Sergey Lavrentyev have been arrested.

10:55 05.11.2019

Suspect in murder of child in Russian kindergarten detained

A court in Russia’s Nenets Autonomous Area on Friday placed a suspect in the murder of a 6-year-old boy in a kindergarten in detention upon a motion filed by investigators.

14:12 01.11.2019

Tver Region’s top official gets 4 years for car burning

Moscow’s Chertanovsky District Court has sentenced the Tver Region’s government minister Victor Shaforost to 4 years in prison for the felony arson of a car.

12:56 29.10.2019

Travel firm CEO gets suspended term for failure to return Russian tourists from China

A CEO of the tour operator Purl River has received a 2-year suspended sentence for abuse of office.

15:27 25.10.2019

Alleged gang members accused of more than 20 murders face trial in Moscow Region

The Moscow Regional Court will proceed with a case against alleged gang members charged with over 20 murders on October 29.

13:30 25.10.2019

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