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Russian man fined $4k for fake about non-provision of air travellers with protective gears

A court in the town of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk has fined a local citizen 300,000 rubles (over $4,000) for distributing fake news about late providing passengers of the flight between Bangkok, Shanghai and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk with individual protective gears.

10:55 20.05.2020

Sakhalin official ordered to 10-year jail for bribery, drug possession

A court in Russia’s Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk has sentenced mayor of Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsk town district Sergey Geychenko to 10 years in prison as part of a case over drug possession and bribery.

11:45 13.05.2020

Ex-Sakhalin governor Khoroshavin to stand trial on bribery charges

The Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Court will consider a new bribery case against ex-governor of the Sakhalin Region Alexander Khoroshavin, who had been earlier convicted of corruption.

15:34 21.04.2020

Commercial court quashes $1.4 bln proceedings concerning Sakhalin-I project

The Sakhalin Commercial Court has quashed proceedings on a lawsuit filed by Russia’s oil corporation Rosneft demanding to collect about 89 billion rubles ($1.4 billion) from five companies involved in the international project Sakhalin-I.

11:29 02.11.2018

Rosneft files lawsuit against companies involved in Sakhalin-I project

Russia’s largest oil corporation Rosneft has filed a 89-billion-ruble ($1.4 billion) claim against five companies involved in international project Sakhalin-I.

14:30 23.07.2018

New corruption case opened against ex-Sakhalin governor Khoroshavin

A new bribery case has been opened against ex-governor of the Sakhalin Region Alexander Khoroshavin, who had been earlier convicted of corruption.

14:59 21.06.2018

Convicted ex-governor of Sakhalin appeals prison sentence for corruption

Former governor of the Sakhalin Region, Alexander Khoroshavin, who had been found guilty of corruption, has appealed his 13-year prison sentence.

10:59 19.02.2018

Former governor of Sakhalin charged with graft sentenced to 13 years behind bars

The Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Court has sentenced former governor of Sakhalin Region, Alexander Khoroshavin, to 13 years in a high-security penal colony and fined him 500 million rubles (about $8.6 million) for corruption.

11:59 09.02.2018

Russian court upholds sentence for Sakhalin investment ex-minister

The Sakhalin Regional Court has upheld a 3.5-year prison sentence given to Sakhalin’s former minister of investment and foreign ties Yekaterina Kotova for embezzlement of 3.2 million rubles (about $57,100).

10:47 16.05.2017

Two ISIS supporters arrested in Russia on suspicion of preparing terror attack

The Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested two supporters of the Islamic State terrorist organization, prohibited in Russia, who were allegedly preparing a terror attack.

10:56 26.04.2017

Ruling on recovery of $5 mln from ship owner for oil spill near Sakhalin coast repealed

The Fifth Commercial Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court’s ruling to collect 329.1 million rubles (about $5 million) from Rostorg company, an owner of the ship Nadezhda, for damage to environment resulting from an oil spill near the island of Sakhalin.

17:46 06.03.2017

Trial of Sakhalin ex-governor Khoroshavin begins on Monday

The Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Court has held preliminary hearings in a criminal case against former Sakhalin governor Alexander Khoroshavin, who stands charged with corruption, and his alleged accomplices.

13:30 20.02.2017

Russian court recovers $5 mln from ship owner for oil spill near Sakhalin coast

The Sakhalin Regional Commercial Court has ruled in favor of the Russian environmental watchdog agency Rosprirodnadzor, which lodged a lawsuit against a ship owner seeking to recover damage to environment resulting from an oil spill near the island of Sakhalin in the amount of 329.1 million rubles (about $5 million).

16:46 30.11.2016

Sakhalin ex-governor Khoroshavin to stay in detention until February 27

The Moscow City Court has extended detention of former Sakhalin governor Alexander Khoroshavin who stands charged with corruption.

15:00 18.10.2016

Ruling on forfeiture of Sakhalin ex-governor’s assets upheld

The Sakhalin Regional Court has upheld a lower court's ruling to on forfeiture of assets owned by Sakhalin’s former governor Alexander Khoroshavin and his family members at a cost of 1.1 billion rubles ($17 million).

16:47 02.09.2016

Appeal against forfeiture of Sakhalin ex-governor’s assets to be reviewed in September

The Sakhalin Regional Court has postponed review of an appeal against a lower court’s decision on forfeiture of assets belonging to Sakhalin’s ex-governor Alexander Khoroshavin and his family members, valued at 1.1 billion rubles (about $17 million).

10:43 19.08.2016

Investigation into criminal case against Sakhalin’s ex-governor Khoroshavin complete

The Investigative Committee of Russia has completed the probe into the criminal case against former Sakhalin Governor Alexander Khoroshavin, who stands charged with large-scale embezzlement.

10:56 25.07.2016

Russian ex-official charged with $922k embezzlement to go on trial

Prosecutors in Russia’s Sakhalin Region have forwarded a case against former Deputy Chief of the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) Sergei Gorelik, who stands charged with embezzling 60 million rubles ($922,200), to court.

13:33 28.06.2016

Former Sakhalin governor's ex-wife appeals against asset forfeiture

Irina Khoroshavina, ex-spouse of former Sakhalin Governor who stands charged with large-scale embezzlement, has filed an appeal against forfeiture of his assets valued at 1.1 billion rubles (about $17 million).

12:43 22.06.2016

Russian court opens hearings in dispute over Sakhalin ex-governor’s property

The South-Sakhalin City Court has begun hearing of a dispute over property of former Skhalin’s governor, Alexander Khoroshavin, who stands charged with large-scale embezzlement.

10:53 16.05.2016