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Investigators launch case over road accident involving Russians in Turkey

The Investigative Committee for the Russian Samara Region has opened a criminal case over the deaths of three Russian tourists in a road accident that occurred in Turkish Antalya.

16:38 06.08.2021

Former judge gets 7 years in jail for graft in Samara Region

Ex-judge of the Volzhsky District Court of the Samara Region Mikhail Burtsev has been sentenced to 7 years in high-security penal colony for taking a bribe.

17:39 25.06.2021

Bankruptcy proceedings introduced at Tomet

The Commercial Court of the Samara Region has declared “Tomet LLC” bankrupt. The bankruptcy procedure is to be underway at the enterprise for a period of six months.

10:05 17.03.2021

Lender of “Tomet LLC” opposes idea of company’s owner to write off 69 BLN rubles debt

The owners of “Tomet LLC”, which is in the process of bankruptcy, have offered creditors to conclude a settlement agreement by writing off 69.2 billion rubles ($933 million at the current exchange rate) of claims against the debtor. Uralchem's representatives explained why accepting these conditions was impossible.

12:36 02.03.2021

Bankruptcy commissioner of Tomet LLC sums up results of first meeting of creditors

The first meeting of creditors of Tomet LLC, which is a joint defendant in a criminal case over large-scale fraud and damages caused to PJSC Togliattiazot and JSC Uralchem, took place. Anatoly Selishchev, who was elected as the bankruptcy commissioner at the meeting, and is currently acting as the temporary manager of the company, told RAPSI about the most important results of this event, as well as about its future prospects.

12:37 26.02.2021

TOAZ owners’ move to bankrupt Tomet dismissed on appeal

The Eleventh Commercial Court of Appeals in the city of Samara has dismissed an appeal filed by PJSC Togliattiazot (TOAZ) against determination of the regional commercial court dismissing its claim to bankrupt OOO Tomet.

10:24 01.02.2021

Appeal of TOAZ beneficiary to Prosecutor General as admittance of exhaustion of arguments

Sergey Makhlai, a beneficiary of PJSC Togliattiazot (TOAZ), has published an open letter addressed to Russia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, in which he expressed his discontent as to the quality of prosecutorial supervision and work of law enforcement agencies. RAPSI has analyzed the legal aspects of this address and asked experts to comment those.

10:04 16.11.2020

Moscow State University vice-rector freed from detention, put under house arrest

A court in Saransk, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Mordovia, on Friday released ex-Construction Minister of the Samara Region and vice-rector of the Moscow State University Alexey Grishin from detention and put him under house arrest.

11:32 16.10.2020

Presidential Council member urges civic activists to help migrants return to their homelands

Regional authorities, civic chambers and ombudsmen need to pay attention to the fact that numerous migrants concentrate in certain Russian regions and help them to return to their homes, a member of the Presidential Human Rights Council Alexander Brod believes.

16:27 28.09.2020

Ex-judge from Samara Region suspected of bribery

Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has opened a criminal case on bribery allegations against a former judge of the Volzhsky court in the Samara Region.

15:57 17.06.2020

Russian woman fined $400 for fake coronavirus news

A court in Russia’s Chelyabinsk fined a local woman, who had published false information about the number of coronavirus positive people on her VKontakte page, 30,000 rubles ($400).

17:32 03.04.2020

Samara Regional Court confirms conviction of former Togliattiazot executives

The Samara Regional Court has upheld the conviction of Togliattiazot co-owners Vladimir and Sergey Makhlai, former plant general director Yevgeny Korolev, as well as their Swiss partners Andreas Zivy and Beat Ruprecht.

17:41 03.12.2019

Convicted "Crossbow Coup" plotter gets 1.5 years in prison for calls for terrorism

A court in the city of Samara has sentenced retired Russian military intelligence colonel Vladimir Kvachkov, who is currently serving a term for attempted instigation of an armed riot, to 1.5 years in prison for public calls for terrorism.

12:00 18.08.2017

Alleged Ukrainian spy arrested in Russia

A Ukrainian citizen has been arrested in the Samara region on suspicion of espionage.

11:34 13.04.2017

Alleged Ponzi scheme organizer to stand trial on embezzlement charges

A criminal case against alleged Ponzi scheme organizer Vladimir Romanov charged with embezzling money of more than 1,800 Russian citizens has been sent to court for hearing.

16:58 06.04.2017

Russia’s antimonopoly watchdog launches case against Gazprom and Samara Region’s governor

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has launched a case over potential violation of competition legislation against Gazprom and authorities of the Samara Region, including the region’s governor.

10:36 18.01.2017

Director of Rosneft subsidiary arrested for alleged soliciting $325,000 in kickbacks

Alexander Nilsky, director of a Samara-based Rosneft subsidiary, was arrested for allegedly siliciting over 18 million rubles ($325,000) in kickbacks from contractors.

15:39 08.04.2015

Another Russian national arrested for joining Hizb ut-Tahrir cell

On January 14, a court in Russian city of Samara issued a warrant to arrest a resident of the region on charges of being a member of the international organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is designated as a terrorist organization and prohibited in Russia.

12:39 15.01.2015

Russian court dismissed suit over legalization of prostitution

The Samara Region Commercial Court has dismissed an application filed by Russian businessman Dmitry Tretyakov seeking legalization of prostitution.

13:31 04.09.2014

Russian businessman turns to court seeking legalisation of prostitution

Russian businessman Dmitry Tretyakov has filed an application with the Samara Region Commercial Court seeking legalisation of prostitution.

14:00 13.08.2014