Moscow court detains two ex-bankers in $14 mln embezzlement caseMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court has placed two former top managers of a commercial bank charged with embezzling over 1 billion rubles (about $14 million) in detention.14:36 25.02.2021
Opposition figure Sobol to stay under house arrest in sanitary rules breaching caseThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld choosing of the house arrest as a restrictive measure against opposition figure Lyubov Sobol charged with violating sanitary rules at the illegal rally held in Moscow on January 23.13:13 25.02.2021
Over 1,200 participants of illegal Moscow rallies put in detention in last monthMoscow courts have ordered administrative detention for 1,251 persons after illegal rallies since January 23.10:50 25.02.2021
Moscow court to consider extension of detention ex-schema monk SergiusThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow will consider a motion for extension of detention of excommunicated former schema monk Sergius (Nikolay Romanov) filed by investigators.14:40 24.02.2021
Appeals against detention of three illegal rally participants set for early MarchThe Moscow City Court will consider appeals against detention of three defendants in a case over attacks against law enforcement officers and other violations during unauthorized rallies in Moscow on March 3.17:43 19.02.2021
Ex-top manager of major Internet provider Rostelecom detained in bribery caseMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday placed former top manager of Russian major digital service provider Rostelecom Andrey Levakov in a bribery case until April 17.17:41 18.02.2021
Pussy Riot member loses appeal against house arrest in sanitary norms breaching caseThe Moscow City Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal against house arrest of Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina in a case over incitement to the breaching of sanitary norms at the illegal rally held in Moscow on January 23.13:58 18.02.2021
No evidence that rights of arrested at rallies were violated – Moscow OmbudsmanMore than one hundred probes into violations of citizens’ rights during unlawful rallies in Moscow are underway; no such reports has not been yet supported by evidence, according to Moscow Rights Commissioner Tatiana Potyayeva.17:44 17.02.2021
Prosecutor seeks to fine Navalny $13K for insulting statements about war veteranProsecution on Tuesday demanded to fine Alexey Navalny 950,000 rubles ($13,000) for his insulting statements about veteran of the Great Patriotic War Ignat Artemenko.11:17 16.02.2021
Ex-Khabarovsk head’s sentencing in Rosneft embezzlement case rescheduled for February 17Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday will announce sentence against ex-governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Region Victor Ishayev accused of embezzling over 7.5 million rubles (over $100,000) from Rosneft oil company on February 17, but not February 16 as was scheduled earlier.18:31 15.02.2021
Detention of illegal rally participant accused of beating National Guard officer upheldThe Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed an appeal against detention of Timur Salikhov, a particiant of the illegal rally held in Moscow on January 23, over an assault on an officer of the National Guard.15:37 15.02.2021
Taxi driver accused of assault on Moscow law enforcement officer to stay in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld detention for Valery Yevsin, a taxi driver who had allegedly committed an assault on a National Guard employee at the illegal rally in Moscow on January 23.11:30 15.02.2021
Probe into illegal rally participant accused of beating National Guard officer completedInvestigation 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
Ruling in Ives Rocher case against Navalny appealedAn appeal has been filed against replacement of a suspended sentence given to Alexey Navalny in the Ives Rocher embezzlement case with a real prison term.12:22 12.02.2021
Moscow court orders arrest of Navalny’s associate Volkov in absentiaThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Wednesday granted an investigator’s motion and issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Leonid Volkov, the head of regional offices of Alexey Navalny, in a case over involvement of children in unlawful events.15:26 10.02.2021
American student convicted of resistance to Moscow police ordered to undergo mental examThe U.S. student Trevor Reed convicted of using violence against Moscow police has been ordered to undergo mental examination.13:57 10.02.2021
Probe opened into operation of banned Jehovah’s Witnesses cell in MoscowA 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
Investigators seek house arrest for municipal lawmaker in rally sanitary violations caseInvestigators 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
Appeal against Navalny associate’s house arrest set for late FebruaryThe Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against house arrest imposed on Lyubov Sobol, the ally of Alexey Navalny who stands accused of violating anti-coronavirus sanitary norms during an illegal rally on January 23, on February 25.17:39 08.02.2021
Footballers Mamayev and Kokorin challenge hooliganism sentence in cassationFootball players Pavel Mamayev and Alexander Kokorin have filed cassation appeals against their sentence in a hooliganism case.16:02 08.02.2021