Detention of widow of killed St. Petersburg extended once moreDetention of Marina Kokhal, who stands charged with killing her husband, rapper Alexander Yushko, has been extended once more, until July 30.10:43 30.06.2021
Russian man arrested in Crimea on treason allegations to stay detained until September 20Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Monday extended detention of Russian citizen Eugeny Petrushin, who had been arrested on treason allegations in Crimea in spring, for three months.14:55 21.06.2021
Former top manager of Russia’s Central Bank put in detention on embezzlement allegationsMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Friday put ex-deputy chairman of the Central Bank Konstantin Korishchenko as part of an embezzlement case until August 16.17:25 18.06.2021
Former Governor of Penza Region to stay detained in graft case until late AugustThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld extension of detention of ex-governor of Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with receiving bribes in the amount of 31 million rubles(over $430,000) until August 20.16:15 16.06.2021
No grounds found for release of ex-director of undesirable NGO from detention - courtThe Krasnodar Krai Court on Tuesday upheld detention of Andrey Pivovarov, a former director of Otkrytaya Rossia (OR), an organization registered in Great Britain and recognized in Russia as undesirable.15:33 15.06.2021
Sentence of ex-St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region penitentiary official for graft upheldThe St. Petersburg City Court has upheld sentence given to ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Directorate Sergey Moiseyenko for receiving bribes amounting to 710 million rubles (about $10 million) during the construction of a detention center.15:42 11.06.2021
Alleged murderer of Sochi bailiffs put in detentionThe Central District Court of Sochi on Thursday placed a local resident charged accused of killing two court bailiffs in detention.13:42 10.06.2021
Moscow Business Ombudsman to follow up cases of detained entrepreneursMoscow Business Rights Commissioner Tatiana Mineyeva and Deputy Moscow Prosecutor Sergey Savenkov are planning to visit businessmen awaiting trial in pretrial detention during the year.16:25 08.06.2021
Russian attorney placed in detention in $55,000 bribery caseA court in Russia’s Novorossiysk has detained attorney Dmitry Novikov as part of a 4 milllion-ruble ($55,000) graft case until August 3.10:59 08.06.2021
Moscow City Court extends detention of ex-schema monk Sergius until late summerThe Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention of excommunicated former schema monk Sergius (Nikolay Romanov) until August 29.14:24 07.06.2021
Supreme Court vacates four detention orders against ex-Deputy Culture Minister PirumovThe Supreme Court’s Presidium on Friday overturned four detention extension orders issued against ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov in a case over embezzlement during construction of the Hermitage Museum’s facility in 2018 and 2019.12:16 04.06.2021
Detention of ex-Khabarovsk Krai Governor extended for month as part of murder caseMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday extended detention of ex-Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai Sergey Furgal charged with masterminding murders in 2004-2005 until July 7.15:52 03.06.2021
Ex-director of undesirable NGO put in detention for two monthsThe Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar on Wednesday ordered detention of Andrey Pivovarov, a former director of Otkrytaya Rossia (OR), an organization registered in Great Britain and recognized in Russia as undesirable, until July 31.16:18 02.06.2021
Ex-journalist Safronov charged with treason to stay detained until JulyThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision to extend detention of ex-newspaper journalist Ivan Safronov charged with treason until July 7.17:49 25.05.2021
Detention of two police generals extended until mid-JuneThe Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention two former deputy chiefs of the Interior Ministry’s Investigations Department, generals of justice Alexander Biryukov and Alexander Krakovsky, until June 15.15:53 24.05.2021
Russian Justice Ministry to complete Prison of the Future project by 2024It is planned that the Prison of the Future project envisaging development of a complex facility combining a pretrial detention center, correctional institutions of different types, a prison, courtrooms, offices of prosecutors and lawyers, sports grounds and a production base is to be implemented in Russia by 2024, Deputy Justice Minister Yevgeniy Zabarchuk said at The Modernization of National Prison Estates discussion session at the St.15:00 21.05.2021
Detention of ex-Governor of Penza Region in graft case extended for three monthsMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-governor of Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with receiving bribes in the amount of 31 million rubles until August 20.15:10 18.05.2021
Detention of businessman involved in Penza Governor graft case extended till late AugustThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Tuesday extended detention of head of BIOTEC Group of Companies Boris Spiegel involved in a bribery case against ex-Penza Region governor Ivan Belozertsev, until August 20.12:54 18.05.2021
Investigators seek to prolong detention of ex-Governor of Penza Region charged with graftInvestigators seek to extend detention of former Governor of the Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with bribery until August 20.10:53 17.05.2021
Detention of ex-journalist Safronov extended in treason case until JulyMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Friday extended detention of ex-newspaper journalist Ivan Safronov charged with treason until July 7.13:03 30.04.2021