Plea bargain

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Ex-Russian ecology official Oleg Mitvol pleads guilty to fraud

Oleg Mitvol, a former official of Russia’s environment agency Rosprirodnadzor, charged with especially serious fraud, has made a plea bargain.

11:09 21.06.2022

Two defendants in kids trade case seek making plea deal – lawyer

Two defendants in a case over trafficking of surrogate mothers’ children have agreed to cooperate with investigators.

12:40 09.09.2020

Ex-journalist Safronov scuttles plea deal with investigators in treason case

Ex-journalist Ivan Safronov charged with treason has refused to sign a plea deal with investigators.

17:52 28.07.2020

Alleged mastermind of 1998 murder of Russian lawmaker pleads guilty - report

Mikhail Glushchenko, a former lawmaker in the State Duma, Russian parliament's lower chamber, who stands accused of organizing the murder of fellow parliamentarian Galina Starovoitova in 1998, has signed a plea agreement.

11:45 27.03.2015

High-ranking Defense Ministry official charged with bribery makes plea bargain

Alexander Gorshkolepov, deputy head of the property relations department of the Russian Defense Ministry, who stands charged with taking bribes, accepted a plea deal.

15:38 25.03.2015

Boston Marathon bomber's friend to plead guilty

Khairullozhon Matanov, a legal immigrant from Kyrgyzstan who is accused of lying to investigators of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, is expected to change his plea to guilty.

10:50 13.01.2015

Russian student faces up to 2 years in US jail for making explosives

The United States authorities have sent an opinion to a Pennsylvania federal court on the case of Russian Federation citizen Vladislav Miftakhov, born in 1995, who is accused of building bombs without a federal license, in which they are asking for a prison sentence of two years for him. According to case materials in the possession of RAPSI, the defense has no objection.

18:52 05.12.2014

Russian Brighton Beach restaurateur sentenced to 9 years for fraud

Michael Levitis, the owner of New York's most famous Russian restaurant Rasputin and participant of Russian Dolls reality show, was sentenced to nine years in prison following his guilty plea in debt relief scam, reads the statement of the Southern District of New York DA Office released on Wednesday.

11:36 20.11.2014

Russian student pleads guilty to making bombs in the US

Russian national Vladislav Miftakhov, 18, a Penn State Altoona student from San Carlos, California, has pleaded guilty to the charge of making bombs without a federal license, AP writes.

11:12 11.07.2014

Russian national pleads guilty to thermal imaging sights deal in US

Russian national Roman Kvinikadze pleaded guilty this week to having violated federal US law in connection with the export of thermal imaging weapons sights.

17:46 19.12.2013

Possible Russian plea deal for fugitive tycoon Polonsky – attorney

Russian investigators may enter into a plea deal with fugitive real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky pending his willingness to return to Russia and compensate the damages presently being sought against him in an embezzlement case.

12:34 08.11.2013

Wikileaks source Bradley Manning pleads guilty to 10 counts

After pleading guilty to ten of the 22 counts he has been charged with by the US government, former military intelligence analyst Bradley Manning – who stands accused of having disclosed a great deal of classified information to Wikileaks - read a statement painting his actions as anchored in the interests of whistleblowing and transparency.

12:28 01.03.2013

Russia’s “King of Spam” pleads guilty in US court

“King of Spam” Oleg Nikolaenko has pleaded guilty to having caused significant damage through the transmission of spam as part of a plea deal struck with US federal prosecutors.

14:54 28.02.2013

Plea bargain in Politkovskaya murder trial remains in force

On Wednesday, the Moscow City Court refused to terminate the plea bargain agreed with former police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, accused of murdering Novaya Gazeta observer Anna Politkovskaya.

14:50 12.12.2012

Russians arrested in US export case forced to enter into plea bargain

Russian citizens arrested in the United States on suspicion of illegally exporting microelectronics are being forced to enter into a plea bargain, otherwise they could face inordinate prison terms, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

12:49 22.10.2012

Request by Politkovskaya's children for plea bargain cancellation denied

The Investigative Committee has found no grounds for the annulment of the plea bargain with Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who has been charged with involvement in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya.

14:54 17.10.2012

Politkovskaya murder suspect objects to accomplice plea bargain

Former Interior Ministry officer Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, who is charged with planning the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has filed a motion for the court to withdraw the plea bargain agreement with his accomplice, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov.

18:02 11.10.2012

Politkovskaya's children seek to revoke plea bargain with murder suspect

The children of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya have filed a request to revoke the plea bargain with ex-police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, charged with complicity in her murder.

10:15 09.10.2012

Pleading guilty can save Armstrong his titles

Famous bike racer Lance Armstrong could have kept some the sports titles which the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has stripped him of if he admitted to using and distributing banned substances.

11:59 27.08.2012

Court denies plea bargain to former prosecutor

The Moscow's Tverskoy District Court has turned down the appeal filed by former department head at the Moscow Regional Prosecutor's Office Dmitry Urumov, currently under investigation in a high-profile "gambling case".

13:05 17.05.2012