Fire team commander involved in Kemerovo fire case to stay detained until JuneThe Kemerovo Regional Court on Thursday upheld detention of fire team commander Sergey Genin involved in a case over the fire in the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that left 60 people dead.09:59 26.04.2018
Fire team commander detained in Kemerovo mall blaze caseThe Central Court of Kemerovo on Friday ordered detention of fire team commander Sergey Genin charged with negligence as part of a case on the fire in the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that left 64 people dead.10:59 13.04.2018
Ukrainian Prosecutor General seeks arrest of Nadezhda SavchenkoUkraine’s Prosecutor General Yury Lutsenko signed a recommendation for arrest and detention of lawmaker Nadezhda Savchenko and submitted it to the Verkhovna Rada for approval.15:30 15.03.2018
Alleged Norwegian spy to remain in detention until MayThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld detention of Norwegian citizen Frode Berg charged with espionage.12:27 13.03.2018
Businessman released from detention after ombudsman’s interventionBusinessman Yevgeny Petrachenko, 72, who stands charged with not paying salaries to his employees, has been released from a detention center in St. Petersburg and put under house arrest after intervention of Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov.15:59 05.03.2018
Former high-ranking investigator charged with bribery to stay in detention until late MayMoscow’s Lefortosky District Court has extended detention of Rosneft oil company’s lawyer, former head of a Moscow directorate of the Investigative Committee, Alexey Kramarenko charged with taking a bribe, until May 26.16:55 13.02.2018
Ombudsman asks Russian President to assist in businessmen’s release from detentionRussia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov asked President Vladimir Putin and Prosecutor General Yury Chaika to render assistance in release of elder and diseased entrepreneurs, who had been put in detention on charges of economic crimes.13:54 25.01.2018
Alleged Norwegian spy to stay in Russian detentionThe Moscow City Court has upheld detention of a citizen of Norway Frode Berg suspected by Russian authorities of espionage.13:42 23.01.2018
Alleged leader of women’s terrorist cell to stay in detention until mid-MarchDetention of Alla Bespalova, an alleged leader of a women’s cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist group banned in Russia, has been extended until March 16.16:45 19.01.2018
Detention of ex-mayor Koshurnikov extended until mid-FebruaryThe Moscow City Court has extended detention of Denis Koshurnikov, ex-mayor of Pereslavl-Zalessky, charged with abuse of office as part of Rusnano embezzlement case, until February 15.15:30 15.01.2018
Russian Ombudsman supports Justice Ministry effort to improve conditions of detaineesRussia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has supported a Justice Ministry’s order aimed to improve the internal regulations in pre-trial detention centers.18:00 21.11.2017
Ex-Russian penitentiary deputy chief to stay in jail until FebruaryThe Moscow City Court upheld the extension of detention for ex-Deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov charged with large scale embezzlement until February 13.14:51 21.11.2017
Moscow court upholds arrest in absentia for activist MaltsevThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling on arrest in absentia for activist Vyacheslav Maltsev in a criminal case over extremism.17:57 31.10.2017
Teenager to stay detained until February in Moscow region school shooting caseThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Tuesday extended the detention of a 15-year old student, who had allegedly opened fire in his school in the Moscow region, until February 5.13:34 31.10.2017
Number of suicides in Moscow detention facilities drops – ombudsmanA considerable drop in the number of suicides committed in Moscow detention facilities was recorded in 2017, the capital city’s human rights commissioner Tatiana Potyayeva said during a press conference on Tuesday.16:21 26.09.2017
Man charged with killing Russian athlete put in detentionMoscow’s Kuzminsky District Court ordered detention of Sulumbek Dzhabayev, who stands charged with murder of Russian hiker Nikolay Ivanov.17:38 19.09.2017
Russian penitentiary deputy chief pleads not guilty to embezzlementDeputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov charged with large scale embezzlement has pleaded not guilty.18:06 14.09.2017
Defendants in Mission Control Center embezzlement case to stay in detentionThe Moscow City Court has upheld a ruling to extend detention of two defendants in the case over embezzling 200 million rubles ($3.5 million) during the construction of the Mission Control Center’s facilities.15:57 08.09.2017
Alleged Moscow region school shooter not to appeal his detentionA teenager, who had allegedly opened fire in a school in the Moscow region, will not file an appeal against his detention.12:56 08.09.2017
Teen suspected of Moscow region school shooting put in detentionMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday ordered the detention of a teenager, who had allegedly opened fire in a school in the Moscow region, until November 5.14:59 07.09.2017