Former Governor of Penza Region to stay detained in graft case until late AugustThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld extension of detention of ex-governor of Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with receiving bribes in the amount of 31 million rubles(over $430,000) until August 20.16:15 16.06.2021
Mandatory vaccination of service workers introduced in MoscowThe Moscow chief state sanitary officer Elena Andreyeva, issued an ordinance introducing compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 for service workers.14:49 16.06.2021
Navalny’s defamation lawsuit against President’s spokesman adjourned for monthThe Presnensky District Court of Moscow on Tuesday decided to postpone Alexey Navalny’s defamation claim against the President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov for a month.17:52 15.06.2021
Former top managers of VIM Airlines granted release in fraud caseMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Thursday ordered release of ex-CEO of VIM Airlines Alexander Kochnev and ex-chief accountant of the air carrier Yekaterina Panteleyeva due to the actual sentence completion in a fraud case.16:58 10.06.2021
Sentence of opposition activist Sobol for illegal entry into dwelling upheldMoscow’s Perovsky District Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal lodged against sentence given to opposition figure Lyubov Sobol for forcible violation of inviolability of dwelling.13:53 08.06.2021
Son of ex-Prime Minister of Russia’s Dagestan acquitted of student murderMoscow’s Nikulinsky District Court on Tuesday basing on the jurors’ verdict acquitted Murtuzali Medzhidov, the son of ex-head of Dagestan’s government Mukhtar Medzhidov, of murder of a female student of Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs.11:37 08.06.2021
Restraining order against Navalny’s ally Sobol extended in sanitary code violation caseMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Monday extended restraining order against Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Alexey Navalny, until November 26 as part of a case over violation of sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally held in Moscow in winter.18:01 07.06.2021
Moscow City Court extends detention of ex-schema monk Sergius until late summerThe Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention of excommunicated former schema monk Sergius (Nikolay Romanov) until August 29.14:24 07.06.2021
Trial of Navalny’s brother to begin on June 7Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court will begin hearing a case over violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules against Oleg Navalny, the brother of blogger Alexey Navalny, on June 7.17:49 04.06.2021
Detention of ex-Khabarovsk Krai Governor extended for month as part of murder caseMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday extended detention of ex-Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai Sergey Furgal charged with masterminding murders in 2004-2005 until July 7.15:52 03.06.2021
Russian socialist convicted of aiding mass riots challenges sentenceThe leader of the movement For New Socialism Nikolay Platoshkin guilty of aiding and abetting mass riots and distribution of misleading information has filed an appeal against his sentence.13:37 02.06.2021
Sentence of videographer of Navalny’s foundation in extremism case reduced by monthThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday reduced a two-year jail sentence imposed on Pavel Zelensky, a camera-control engineer of a foundation founded by Alexey Navalny and recognized as foreign agent, for calls for extremism by one month.15:00 01.06.2021
Rally order violation case against Russian actress closedMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Friday terminated administrative proceedings against actress Yana Troyanova over violation the order of organization of an unauthorized rally.16:51 28.05.2021
Golunov seeks trial for instignator of crime against himJournalist Ivan Golunov believes an instignator of the crime against him will be brought to liability.15:07 28.05.2021
Navalny’s defamation claim against President’s spokesman set for mid-JuneMoscow’s Presnensky District Court will proceed with Alexey Navalny’s defamation claim against the President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov on June 15.18:48 27.05.2021
Twitter fined $260,000 for refusal to delete banned informationA magistrate judge of a judicial district of Moscow’s Tagansky District Court on Thursday fined Twitter Inc 19 million rubles ($260,000) for refusal to delete information banned by Russian legislation from the social network.15:32 27.05.2021
Ex-journalist Safronov charged with treason to stay detained until JulyThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision to extend detention of ex-newspaper journalist Ivan Safronov charged with treason until July 7.17:49 25.05.2021
Moscow court fines Google $55,000 for refusal to delete banned contentA magistrate judge of the Tagansky District Court’s judicial district in Moscow on Tuesday fined Google LLC 4 million rubles ($55,000) for refusal to delete information prohibited by Russian lawr.16:35 25.05.2021
Detention of two police generals extended until mid-JuneThe Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention two former deputy chiefs of the Interior Ministry’s Investigations Department, generals of justice Alexander Biryukov and Alexander Krakovsky, until June 15.15:53 24.05.2021
Moscow poisoner sentenced to 16 years behind bars - courtMurat Sabanov born in Russia’s Republic of Kabardino Balkariya, on Thursday received 16 years in high-security prison for the poisoning and robbing spree in central Moscow.17:43 20.05.2021