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Russian investigators ask Italian authorities to seize two villas of ex-minister Abyzov

Russia’s Investigative Committee has turned to Italian authrorities with a request to seize two villas belonging to the former Minister of the Open Government of Russia Mikhail Abyzov.

17:08 17.03.2021

Investigators seek to detain regional customs official on abuse of office allegations

Investigators seek to place Ildar Saidov, the chief of the Customs in Astrakhan, a southern Russian city situated in the delta of the Volga River, in detention until May 12 as part of a case over abuse of office.

15:06 16.03.2021

Two former investigators get prison terms for graft

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Monday sentenced two former investigators of the Investigative Committee’s Headquarters Andrey Trinev and Sergey Dubinsky to 6 and 8 years behind bars for graft.

17:21 15.03.2021

Prosecution demands 8-year prison terms for ex-investigators accused of bribery

A prosecutor has demaded 8-year prison terms for two ex-investigators of the Investigative Committee’s Headquarters Sergey Dubinsky and Andrey Trinev charged with graft each.

12:58 15.03.2021

Altai Healthcare Minister put in detention in case over bribetaking

A court has placed Healthcare Minister of Russia’s Altai Republic Sergey Kovalenko in detention as part of a case over taking bribes totaling nearly 4.6 million rubles (over $60,000).

13:28 11.03.2021

Altai Healthcare Minister suspected of taking bribes

Investigators have opened a criminal case against Healthcare Minister of Russia’s Altai Republic Sergey Kovalenko and his assistant Rustam Tuyunchekov suspected of taking a bribe totaling about 4.6 million rubles (over $60,000).

10:57 10.03.2021

Ex-CEO of distillery to spend 5.5 years behind bars for failure to pay $13.5 mln in taxes

A court in the city of Omsk has sentenced Andrey Averchenko, a former CEO of OSHA Distillery, to 5.5 years in prison for tax evasion.

13:45 04.03.2021

Investigation launched into operation of regional cell of banned Jehovah’s Witnesses

A criminal case has been launched against five alleged members of a regional cell of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia.

12:54 04.03.2021

One more bribery case opened against convicted ex-Mayor of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

A new criminal case over bribery was launched against ex-Mayor of Russia’s Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Vitaly Ivanenko, who had been earlier sentenced to 5.5 years in penal colony for graft.

10:57 03.03.2021

Russian investigators open case over war memorial damage in Latvian Jekabpils

Russian investigators have launched a case after the alleged theft of a main gun estabelished above the mass grave at the Latvian Jekabpils manumitters’ memorial.

18:07 26.02.2021

Probe into case over illegal entry into dwelling against Navalny’s ally completed

Investigation into criminal case over forcible violation of inviolability of dwelling against Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Alexey Navalny, has been completed.

14:30 20.02.2021

Appeal over investigators’ actions as to incident with Navalny to be reviewed

The Novosibirsk Regional Court has ordered reconsideration of an appeal filed by lawyer Vyacheslav Gimadi over alleged inaction of investigator as to the summer incident with Alexey Navalny.

13:55 15.02.2021

Probe into illegal rally participant accused of beating National Guard officer completed

Investigation into Timur Salikhov, a particiant of the illegal rally held in Moscow on January 23, over an assault on an officer of the National Guard has been completed.

16:15 12.02.2021

Probe opened into operation of banned Jehovah’s Witnesses cell in Moscow

A criminal case has been opened over operation in north Moscow of a cell of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization banned in Russia.

11:29 10.02.2021

Navalny’s ally accused of involvement of minors in illegal events faces arrest in absentia

Investigators have filed a motion to arrest Leonid Volkov, an associate of opposition blogger Alexey Navalny, in absentia on charges of inducement of children to participate in unlawful events.

10:57 10.02.2021

Investigators seek house arrest for municipal lawmaker in rally sanitary violations case

Investigators have filed a motion seeking to place Moscow’s municipal lawmaker Konstantin Yankauskas charged with incitement to violation of anti-coronavirus sanitary requirements during unauthorized rallies under house arrest.

12:00 09.02.2021

Ex-construction official gets 13.5 years in prison in Vostochny Cosmodrome graft case

Moscow’s Babushkinsky District Court found ex-deputy chief of the Federal Agency for Special Construction (Spetsstroy) Alexander Mordovets guilty of bribery and abuse of office during the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome and sentenced him to 13.5 year in high-security prison.

11:15 09.02.2021

Resident of Russia’s Komi ordered to prison for murder of judge

A court in Russia’s Republic of Komi has sentenced a 34-year local resident to 8 years in prison for killing a magistrate judge.

16:25 05.02.2021

Navalny’s associate Sobol charged in rally sanitary standards case

The Investigative Committee of Russia has brought charges against Alexey Navalny’s ally Lyubov Sobol as part of a case over violation of sanitary and epidemiological requirements during an unauthorized rally on January 23.

11:06 04.02.2021

Probe into 2000s murder case against ex-Khabarovsk Krai Governor completed

Investigation into ex-Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai Sergey Furgal charged with masterminding murders in 2004-2005 has been completed.

14:25 03.02.2021