Kostroma region

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Russian lawyer’s prison sentence for attempted embezzlement quashed

The Kostroma Regional Court has overturned sentence given to attorney Vladimir Zubkov for attempted embezzlement and falsification of documents.

14:45 29.06.2020

Investigators launch probe into sale of aged lung ventilators

Investigators of the town of Kostroma have opened a criminal case over sale of 50 lung ventilators the period of storage of which had already expired.

18:04 26.05.2020

Fine on opposition politician lowered - court

The Kostroma Regional Court had ruled to lower a fine imposed on Andrey Pivovarov, a co-chair of the St. Petersburg branch of Russia’s opposition party PARNAS who was found guilty of obtaining illegal access to a closed database, from 1,500,000 million to 1,000,000 rubles (from about $22,500 to $15,000).

17:05 04.08.2016

Yabloko party files defamation suit against Navalny seeking $15,000 in damages

Yabloko party announced on Tuesday that it had filed a defamation suit against opposition politician Alexei Navalny seeking 1 million rubles ($15,000) in damages.

15:42 01.09.2015

Russian opposition politician arrested in Kostroma

The police in Kostroma arrested opposition politician Ilya Yashin, deputy head of the Republican Party of Russia–People’s Freedom Party (RPR-PARNAS), for violating a Kostroma Region noise control act.

16:07 26.08.2015