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Russian Supreme Court to set venue in ex-Culture official case over Hermitage embezzlement

Russia’s Supreme Court is to rule on the proper venue in the case of fraudulent embezzlement of more than 900 million rubles (about $14.8 million) allocated for the reconstruction of the Hermitage Museum against ex-official of the Culture Ministry Boris Mazo.

12:25 03.08.2022

Prosecutors seek harsher sentence for man convicted of theatre construction embezzlement

Prosecutors seek to impose a stricter punishment on Maxim Korneyev, who has received suspended sentence for the embezzlement of funds allocated as part of the Federal Target Program “Culture of Russia” for a new building design of the Maly Drama Theatre.

16:59 18.10.2021

Expert examination ordered in case over establishment of memorial estate at Cape Okhta

A St. Petersburg court has ordered a historical, cultural, and archaeological evaluation by a commission of experts to be carried out in a case opened in relation to a group claim against inaction of the Russian Culture Ministry as to creation of a stand-alone museum reserve at Cape Okhta.

16:39 26.05.2021

New case against former culture top official to be heard in St. Petersburg

A new case against ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov over the 800 million-ruble embezzlement from the restoration of the Hermitage Museum has reached a St. Petersburg court.

12:55 16.04.2020

Culture official freed from detention, put under house arrest in embezzlement case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday ordered Deputy Director of the Culture Ministry’s department on the state protection of cultural heritage Pavel Mosolov accused of embezzlement to be released from detention and put under house arrest.

14:22 04.02.2020

Prosecutors demand 4 years behind bars for alleged thief of Kuindzhi painting

Prosecutors on Tuesday asked the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow to sentence Denis Chuprikov charged with stealing a painting by prominent Russian artist of Greek origin Arkhip Kuindzhi from the Tretyakov Gallery to 4 years in custody.

17:33 24.09.2019

Russia’s culture official charged with fraud

Deputy Director of the Culture Ministry’s department on the state protection of cultural heritage Pavel Mosolov has been charged with large-scale fraud.

15:06 19.09.2019

Russian Supreme Court orders retrial for ex-Deputy Culture Minister Pirumov

The Supreme Court of Russia on Friday ordered reconsideration of a case against ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov, who had been earlier sentenced to 1.5 years in prison and a 1-million-ruble fine ($15,000) for embezzlement.

12:59 07.12.2018

Former Russian Deputy Culture Minister to stay in detention until January 17

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has extended detention of the previously convicted former Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov on new charges, until January 17.

16:53 15.10.2018

Russian prosecutors reveal numerous violations of archaeological monument protection law

Prosecutors have made submissions to the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Archaeology and Culture Ministry concerning numerous breaches of legislation on protection of archaeological monuments revealed during an inspection.

15:59 24.09.2018

Moscow court upholds house arrest for Culture Ministry’s ex-official

The Moscow City Court has upheld extension of house arrest for ex-official of Russia’s Culture Ministry and current director of the Russian Academic Youth Theater Sophia Apfelbaum charged with embezzlement until October 19.

16:50 19.09.2018

Ex- security director of State Russian Museum gets suspended sentence for embezzlement

Ex- security director of the State Russian Museum Irina Kuznetsova has received a 4-year suspended sentence for embezzlement of 4.7 million rubles (about $70,000) from the Culture Ministry’s subsidy allocated for purchase of security equipment.

17:25 31.08.2018

Moscow court refuses to toughen sentence for ex-Deputy Culture Minister

The Moscow City Court’s Presidium on Thursday refused to toughen sentence for ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov, who had been earlier sentenced to 1.5 years in prison and a 1-million-ruble fine ($17,000) for embezzlement.

11:28 05.07.2018

Russian Culture Ministry’s ex-official arrested in absentia

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has ruled to arrest in absentia the former director of the Culture Ministry’s department of property management and investment policy Boris Mazo charged with embezzlement of funds allocated for construction of the Hermitage Museum’s facilities.

14:44 08.06.2018

Moscow City Court to review sentence of Culture Ministry ex-official on June 21

The Presidium of the Moscow City Court has postponed the review of a request filed by prosecutors seeking to toughen sentence of former deputy Minister of Culture Grigory Pirumov, who is to spend 1.5 years in prison over an embezzlement case.

11:23 25.05.2018

Russia’s Culture Ministry, Federal Tourism Agency oppose Booking.com blocking

Russia’s Culture Ministry and Federal Tourism Agency (Rosturizm) do not support a proposal to block Booking.com service across the country.

13:59 23.05.2018

Ex-Russian Deputy Culture Minister detained in $7.3 mln embezzlement case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Friday ruled to put ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov, who had been earlier convicted of embezzling public funds allocated for restoration of cultural heritage objects, in detention until July 16 as part of a new embezzlement case opened against him.

15:59 18.05.2018

Ex-Russian Deputy Culture Minister Pirumov suspected of $7.3 mln embezzlement

Ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov, who had been earlier found guilty of embezzling public funds allocated for restoration of cultural heritage objects, was arrested on suspicion of a 450-million-ruble ($7.3 million) embezzlement.

16:05 17.05.2018

Russian Culture Ministry may receive power to fine for distributing dangerous information

Russian government has submitted a bill to the State Duma granting officials of the Culture Ministry a power to write down notes on administrative violations related to protection of children from information dangerous to their health and development.

16:50 26.03.2018

Russian Culture Ministry proposes to clarify procedure of blocking websites out of court

Russia’s Culture Ministry has prepared a bill clarifying a procedure of blocking websites out of court on the request of rights holders.

14:57 20.02.2018