Poaching

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Foreign poacher receives 4 years in prison for assault on Russian border guards

A court in Nakhodka, a town in the Primorsky Krai, has passed a four-year prison sentence upon a foreign poacher for assault on Russian boundary officers in the Sea of Japan.

12:04 26.01.2021

Foreign sailor sentenced to 4-year imprisonment for assault on Russian border guards

A court in Nakhodka, a town in the Primorsky Krai, has sentenced a foreign sailor to 4 years in penal colony for assault on the Russian boundary officers in the Sea of Japan.

11:24 03.07.2020

Alleged foreign poachers accused of assault on Russian border guards go on trial

A court in Nakhodka, a town in the Primorsky Krai, will proceed with a case against three alleged foreign poachers charged with assault on the Russian boundary officers in the Sea of Japan.

19:12 26.05.2020

President toughens punishment for illegal catching rare animals in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has toughened punishment for illegal capture and sale of especially valuable wild animals and marine biological resources belonging to species listed in the Red Book.

17:15 16.10.2019

Punishment for illegal catching rare animals to be toughened in Russia

A bill to toughen punishment for illegal capture and sale of especially valuable wild animals and marine biological resources belonging to species listed in the Red Book has passed its third and final reading in the State Duma.

14:06 24.09.2019

Alleged North Korean poachers suspected of attack against Russian security officers

A criminal has been opened over assault on the boundary officers of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Primorsky Krai Directorate allegedly committed by North Korea’s poachers.

11:46 18.09.2019

Russian citizen gets suspended sentence for killing Red-Book lynx

A court in Russia’s Bryansk Region has given a 2-year suspended sentence to a local resident for killing a red-listed lynx.

13:33 03.04.2019

Two gang members receive suspended sentence for gyrfalcon poaching

Two gang members have received a 2.5-year suspended sentence each for poaching and unlawful capture of Red Book species, gyrfalcons.

11:24 20.06.2018

Investigation into gang behind gyrfalcon poaching complete

Investigators in the Kamchatka Region of Russia have completed investigation into a criminal case over poaching and unlawful capture of an endangered species, gyrfalcons.

11:59 15.01.2018

Eleven people sentenced for gyrfalcon poaching in Russia’s Kamchatka

A court in the Kamchatka Region of Russia has sentenced eleven people to punishments varying from suspended terms to 2.5 years in penal colony for unlawful poaching of seventeen gyrfalcons.

09:59 14.06.2017

Russian authorities seize cargo containing $141,000 worth of poached crabs

The Federal Security Service’s (FSB) border officers have seized a cargo of poached crabs valued at around 8 million rubles (about $141,000).

13:52 05.06.2017

Captain of foreign sea vessel suspected of crab poaching in Russia

A criminal case over illegal crab fishing in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has been opened against a foreign sea vessel captain.

13:50 07.02.2017

Eleven people detained in Kamchatka on charges of gyrfalcon poaching

Eleven alleged members of organized criminal group have been detained in Kamchatka Region of Russia for unlawfully poaching of seventeen gyrfalcons.

11:32 25.11.2016

Alleged poachers arrested in Russia’s Buryatia for catching wild falcons

Russia’s Federal Security Agency and police officers stopped activity of an international criminal group suspected of illegally catching wild falcons, which had been put on the IUCN Red List of protected species.

10:58 18.10.2016

Chinese citizen arrested for alleged frog poaching in Russia

A Chinese citizen has been arrested on suspicion of frog poaching in Ussuriysk, a town in the Primorsky Krai bordered by China.

11:40 11.04.2016

Russian citizen suspected of snow leopard poaching arrested in Siberia

Police in the Altai region of southern Siberia have arrested a local resident suspected of snow leopard poaching.

16:46 09.11.2015

Russian police launch investigation into Siberian tiger poaching

Russian police launched an investigation into poaching of a very rare animal – Siberian tiger.

10:31 05.10.2015

Russian court imposes $15,500 fine on Spanish company for crab poaching

A Murmansk court has imposed a fine of one million rubles (about $15,500) on Mariscos Polar SL company, the owner of the Spanish ship Adexe Primero, that was seized for crab poaching.

16:08 02.10.2015

Russian court releases Spanish ship on $21.5K bond

A Murmansk court has ruled that the Spanish ship Adexe Primero, that was seized for crab poaching, be released on a 1.3 mln ruble ($21,500) bond.

13:38 31.07.2015

Russian court imposes $365,000 fine on ship under Cambodian flag for poaching

A court in the Russian Far East slapped a fine of 21 million rubles ($365,000) on the owner of a ship under the Cambodian flag for poaching crabs in the Sea of Okhotsk.

13:38 23.07.2015