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Man ordered to community service for publishing Hitler photo on Immortal Regiment site

Andrey Akimov residing in Russia’s Orenburg Region has received 1-year community service for publishing the image of Adolf Hitler on the Immortal Regiment website.

15:47 30.07.2021

Ex-mayor of Russia’s Orenburg sentenced to 4.5 years in jail for corruption

A court of Russia’s Orenburg has passed a 4.5-year high-security penal colony sentence on the former city mayor Yevgeny Arapov for corruption crimes.

12:26 13.08.2020

Russian woman fined $400 for fake coronavirus news

A court in Russia’s Chelyabinsk fined a local woman, who had published false information about the number of coronavirus positive people on her VKontakte page, 30,000 rubles ($400).

17:32 03.04.2020

Four Jehovah's Witnesses followers face trial in Russia on extremism charges

Four residents of Russia’s Orenburg Region will go on trial on charges of creating, financing and participating in an extremist organization.

17:39 11.12.2019

Russian penal colony for life convicts inspected by human rights council member

A member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Andrey Babushkin has visited with inspection a penal colony for life convicts in the Orenburg Region known as Black Dolphin Prison.

15:34 24.09.2019

Bankruptcy proceedings against Orenburg Airlines completed

The Orenburg Region Commercial Court has completed bankruptcy proceedings against the subsidiary of Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot, Orenburg Airlines.

12:38 07.06.2019

Sberbank seeks to collect $112 mln from bankrupt businessman

Russia’s major bank Sberbank has filed a 7.2-billion-ruble claim (over $112 million) against bankrupt Moscow businessman Sergey Chernov.

09:59 26.03.2019

Russian businessman having $115 mln debt declared bankrupt

The Commercial Court of Orenburg Region has declared businessman Sergey Chernov residing in Moscow bankrupt for his 7.6-billion-ruble debt (about $115 million) to creditors.

10:59 12.02.2019

Orenburg court puts high-ranking official under house arrest

The Leninsky District Court of Orenburg has transferred deputy head of the construction department for the city of Orenburg in Southern Russia Gennady Borisov, charged with receiving a 2-million-ruble bribe ($30,200), under house arrest.

12:59 29.08.2018

Russian court upholds detention of Orenburg mayor charged with corruption

The Orenburg Regional Court has upheld detention of Yevgeny Arapov, mayor of Orenburg, who is charged with receiving a large-scale bribe.

11:47 24.08.2018

Orenburg mayor Arapov detained as part of corruption case

Mayor of Orenburg, a city in Southern Russia, Yevgeny Arapov has been detained on charges of receiving a large-scale bribe.

17:45 16.08.2018

Investigators charge Russian city construction official with corruption

Deputy head of the construction department for the city of Orenburg in Southern Russia Gennady Borisov has been charged with receiving a 2-million-ruble bribe ($30,200).

11:37 09.08.2018

Aeroflot files bankruptcy petition against Orenburg Airlines

The Orenburg Region Commercial Court has registered a bankruptcy claim filed by Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot against its subsidiary Orenburg Airlines.

10:43 13.01.2017