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Moscow court fines Twitch $50,000 for not complying with request to remove banned content

A magistrate court in Moscow has fined video streaming service Twitch Interactive 3 million rubles (about $50k at the current exchange rate) for failure to remove information prohibited by Russian law.

13:28 30.08.2022

Australia-based company fined 500,000 rubles for violating personal data law

A magistrate court in Moscow has fined Australia-based company that operates a freelance marketplace website Freelancer.com 500,000 rubles (about $8,000) for violating personal data legislation.

11:23 17.08.2022

Moscow court sentences MP Belousov to 10 years in prison on bribery charges

The Moscow Tverskoy District Court has sentenced State Duma deputy Vadim Belousov to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony in a criminal case over taking a bribe in the amount of more than 3 billion rubles (about $50 million at the current exchange rate).

17:05 03.08.2022

Moscow court upholds jail term for opposition activist Sobol

The Moscow City Court upheld the change of the sentence for opposition figure Lyubov Sobol from community service to imprisonment.

11:06 02.08.2022

Russian court fines WhatsApp $300k for repeated data storage breach

A magistrate judge in Moscow on Thursday fined WhatsApp LLC 18 million rubles (about $300,000) for repeated refusal to localize Russian users’ personal data in the Russian Federation.

12:39 28.07.2022

Moscow court detains man accused of treason

Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court has detained Valery Timofeyev, a defendant in a treason case, until September 12.

12:09 14.07.2022

Ex-deputy head of Russian Emergency Ministry put in detention on abuse of office charges

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has ordered the detention of ex-deputy head of the Ministry of Emergency of Russia Andrey Gurovich on charges of abuse of power.

11:59 14.07.2022

Municipal lawmaker detained in Russian army fake case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has placed municipal lawmaker Ilya Yashin in a case over fakes about Russian army in detention until September 12.

10:45 14.07.2022

Ex-judge and attorney get suspended terms in $70k fraud case

Ex-judge of the Moscow Commercial Court Igor Korogodov and attorney Alexander Mosin have received 3- and 2-years’ suspended sentence, respectively, for $70,000 fraud attempt.

13:22 13.07.2022

Opposition figure Yashin suspected of distributing fakes about Russian army - lawyer

Investigators opened a criminal case over distribution of fake information on the use of Russia’s armed forces against opposition figure Ilya Yashin, his attorney Vadim Prokhorov told RAPSI on Wednesday.

11:55 13.07.2022

Navalny’s ally fined for breach of operation order for foreign agent media

Moscow’s Simonovsky District Court on Tuesday fined Lyubov Sobol, an ally of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny, 10,000 rubles ($163) for violating the order of operation set for mass media labeled as foreign agent.

13:16 12.07.2022

Moscow court toughens ex-investigator’s sentence for corruption

The Moscow City Court on Monday increased prison sentence given to ex-investigator of the Main Investigations Directorate of the Investigative Committee Grey Efendiyev in a corruption case from 4 to 7 years.

15:20 11.07.2022

Top manager of Aeroflot gets 7 years in jail for embezzlement

Moscow’s Gagarinsky District Court on Friday sentenced deputy CEO of Aeroflot air carrier Vladimir Aleksandrov to 7 years in penal colony for embezzling money during the conclusion of legal service agreements.

13:48 08.07.2022

Three Russian police generals detained in abuse of authority case

Three Russian police generals, including an assistant to the Interior Minister, have been detained until September 5 on abuse of authority charges related to misappropriating a fund based in Saint Petersburg.

10:34 07.07.2022

Moscow court to deliver sentence against MP indicted for corruption

The Moscow City Court has scheduled the sentencing of lawmaker Vadim Belousov, who stands charged with receiving over 3 billion rubles (over $50 million at the current exchange rate) in bribes, for July 20.

14:59 06.07.2022

Moscow court sentences Major General Melnikov to 7 years in prison for bribery

The Moscow Khamovnichesky District Court has sentenced Major General Alexander Melnikov, a senior officer of the Central Chief Directorate of the Interior Ministry, to 7 years in a strict regime colony in a case over attempted bribery on an especially large scale.

17:35 30.06.2022

Moscow court fines image sharing platform Pinterest $38k over data storage

A magistrate judge in Moscow on Tuesday fined image sharing and social media service Pinterest 2 million rubles (about $38,000) over failure to localize Russian users’ personal data in the Russian Federation.

14:45 28.06.2022

Moscow court to proceed with blogger Dud’s suit against foreign agent label

Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court will proceed with an administrative lawsuit lodged by journalist and blogger Yury Dud challenging his mass media-foreign agent status.

12:31 16.06.2022

Aeroflot top manager detained in large-scale fraud case

Moscow’s Khoroshevsky District Court on Wednesday ordered the detention of Mikhail Minayev, the head of the Aeroflot fleet planning and development department, on large-scale fraud charges.

12:49 15.06.2022

Moscow court detains Russian woman on treason allegations

Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Tuesday placed Russian citizen Yekaterina Zavalishina in detention until August 13 as part of a treason case.

18:45 14.06.2022