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Lawyer Tretyakov gets 7 years in jail for legal assistance to Roscosmos subsidiary

The Khimki City Court has sentenced lawyer Igor Tretyakov to seven years in a penal colony in the case of embezzlement of Roscosmos funds.

12:40 05.10.2022

American basketball player gets 9 years in Russian jail for drug smuggling

A court in Khimki, a town in the Moscow Region, on Thursday sentenced Brittney Yevette Griner, an American professional basketball player, to 9 years in penal colony for drug trafficking.

19:49 04.08.2022

Defendant in Moscow region convent blast case sentenced to 13 years in jail

A court in Serpukhov, a town in the Moscow region, on Monday sentenced Vladislav Struzhenko, who was found guilty of carrying out the blast on the territory of a local convent, to 13 years in a high-security penal colony.

14:55 25.07.2022

Ex-deputy chief of Russia’s penitentiary service to go on graft trial

A case against a former deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Valery Maksimenko, who stands charged with taking bribes and abusive practice during the realization of state contracts, has been forwarded to court with an approved indictment.

10:51 13.07.2022

Businessman gets 20 years in president’s residence construction embezzlement case

The Second Western District Military Court has sentenced Forum Holding CEO Dmitry Mikhalchenko to 20 years in high-security penal colony for embezzling nearly 1.2 billion rubles during the construction of a presidential residence near Moscow.

17:13 29.06.2022

Germany extradites ex-Moscow Region official charged with fraud

A former official of the administration of the Moscow Region’s Chekhov District Igor Gryzhanov, who stands charged with large-scale fraud, on Thursday was extradited from Germany.

17:57 05.08.2021

Owner of Moscow Region hospice gets over 6 years in penal colony in fatal fire case

An owner of a private hospice in the Moscow Region’s town of Krasnogorsk on Monday received 6 years and 5 months in penal colony in a case over the fire that had led to the death of 12 patients.

14:01 02.08.2021

Prosecutors challenge review of recovery of $4 mln from lawyer Tretyakov

The Moscow Region’s Prosecutor Office has lodged a cassation appeal against an order to review a ruling on the recovery of 308.5 million rubles ($4 million) from lawyer Igor Tretyakov.

13:15 12.05.2021

Ex-police officer, former attorney sentenced to jail for fraud

A court in the Moscow Region has sentenced a former drug control department chief of the Mytishchi Directorate of the Interior Ministry and a former attorney to 2.5 years in penal colony each for fraud.

10:56 28.04.2021

Embezzlement case against lawyer Tretyakov again returned to prosecution

A court in Khimki, a town in the Moscow Region, on Tuesday again returned a case of lawyer Igor Tretyakov charged with embezzling 330 million rubles ($4.3million at the current exchange rate) from Roscosmos corporation to prosecutors.

11:41 13.04.2021

Investigators demand detention for ex-police colonel Zakharchenko’s lawyer in bribery case

Investigators on Friday filed a motion seeking to place an attorney of convicted ex-police colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko in detention until June 7 on allegations of mediation in bribery.

15:15 09.04.2021

Russian citizen gets 12 years behind bars for treason

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday sentenced Russian citizen Sergey Petushkov to 12 years in high-security penal colony for treason.

14:19 31.03.2021

Sheremetyevo airport challenges ruling in environment harm case

AO International Airport Sherermetyevo has lodged an appeal against a ruling of the Commercial Court of the Moscow Region ordering it to pay 74.3 million rubles ($1 million) to the regional Ministry of Environment in an environment harm case.

10:59 16.03.2021

Former Moscow judge receives 4.5 years behind bars for $7,000 graft

A court in Mytishchi, a town in the Moscow Region, has sentenced a former judge of Moscow’s Kuzminsky District Court Ruslan Yakubayev to 4.6 years in high-security penal colony for receiving a bribe worth 500,000 rubles ($7,000) from a criminal case defendant.

13:49 15.03.2021

Accessory to police investigator’s murder sentenced to 9.5 years behind bars

A court in the Moscow Region has sentenced an accomplice in the murder of the Interior Ministry Transport Department’s major case investigator, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeniya Shishkina, to 9.5 years in penal colony.

15:09 10.03.2021

Over $1 million recovered from Sheremetyevo airport for harm to environment

The Commercial Court of the Moscow Region after examining a claim of the regional Ministry of Environment has ruled to recover 74.3 million rubles (over $1 million) from AO International Airport Sherermetyevo; the amount is to be transferred to the budget of the Khimki Urban District as a compensation of harm to the environment.

12:09 19.02.2021

Alleged sponsor of Navalny’s foundation arrested in absentia in $400K embezzlement case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant in absentia for businessman Alexander Khomenko, an alleged sponsor of Alexey Navalny’s foundation labeled as foreign agent, as part of a case over 30 million-ruble (over $400,000) embezzlement from the Moscow Region’s budget.

11:16 08.02.2021

Moscow Region district ex-head Shestun challenges 15-year prison sentence

Ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun has filed an appeal against his 15-year prison sentence for fraud, bribery, money laundering and illegal business running.

15:41 04.02.2021

Navalny to stay in detention upon court order

The Moscow Regional Court on Thursday dismissed Alexey Navalny’s appeal against his 30-day detention.

16:00 28.01.2021

Navalny to be detained for 30 days - judge

A judge of the Khimki Town Court near Moscow on Monday ordered Alexey Navalny to be detained until February 15.

17:07 18.01.2021