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Punishment for defense witness in actor Efremov’s case upheld

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday upheld a 50,000-ruble fine (over $850 at the current exchange rate) given as a punishment Andrey Gayev, a defense witness in a case against actor Mikhail Efremov who had stated that the defendant had not driven his Jeep.

16:18 09.06.2022

Lawyer Khasavov loses cassation appeal against jail sentence for compulsion of evidence

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday rejected an appeal filed by attorney Dagir Khasavov against his 6-year prison sentence for compulsion of evidence.

14:59 26.10.2021

Actor Efremov fails to change sentence in fatal car crash case

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Wednesday upheld sentence passed on actor Mikhail Efremov guilty of committing fatal road traffic accident under the influence of alcohol.

13:49 15.09.2021

Actor Efremov’s appeal against sentence in fatal car crash case set for mid-September

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction will consider an appeal filed by actor Mikhail Efremov against his sentence in the case over fatal road traffic accident on September 15.

10:53 04.08.2021

Sentence passed on former banker for $725,000 embezzlement upheld

A judicial panel of the Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has upheld sentence passed on the former chair of board of the bank Universaltrust Igor Petrov for embezzling over 53 million rubles ($725,000).

17:51 29.07.2021

Russian court upholds refusal to rehabilitate man charged with helping Nazi invaders

The Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has examined an opinion of the Deputy Prosecutor of the Smolensk Region on the refusal to rehabilitate a person convicted for treason.

11:01 12.04.2021

Participant of illegal Moscow rally Surovtsev to serve sentence in penal colony settlement

The Second Cassation Court of Appeals on Friday changed the place of sentence serving for a participant of the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27 Sergey Surovtsev from penal colony to penal colony settlement.

11:59 09.04.2021

Woman convicted of Syrian terrorists joining attempt denied relief of supervision

The Judicial Chamber on Administrative Cases has upheld lower courts’ rulings concerning imposition of administrative supervision against Varvara Karaulova convicted of an attempt to join terrorists in Syria.

10:43 02.03.2021

Activist Buchenkov loses appeal against sentence in 2012 Bolotnaya riots case

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has dismissed an appeal against the 2.5-year prison sentence given in absentia to Dmitry Buchenkov, a defendant in the 2012 Bolotnaya riots case.

10:52 03.02.2021

Cassation court upholds sentence in case over murder threats to Moscow judge

A fine imposed on a resident of town of Voronezh Mikhail Kvasov as sentence for murder threats to Moscow judge Stanislav Minin was upheld on Tuesday.

17:23 22.12.2020

Injured party in 2016 Sochi air crash case denied $28M idemnity all over again

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has upheld refusal in payment of the 2.1 billion-ruble ($28 million) insurance indemnity to the relatives of victims of the TU-154 military plane crash near Sochi in December 2016.

10:59 22.12.2020

Cassation court upholds 10-year sentence for embezzlement given to ex-lawyer of Yukos

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has dismissed a defense appeal against a 10-year prison sentence of Yukos oil company’s former lawyer Pavel Ivlev convicted of embezzlement and money laundering in absentia.

11:07 16.12.2020

Sentence of former Russian penitentiary official for embezzlement upheld

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday dismissed an appeal against sentence given to ex-deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov in a 263-million-ruble (about $3.5 million) embezzlement case.

16:24 26.11.2020

Cassation instance upholds ex-Vladivostok mayor’s sentence for corruption

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Wednesday dismissed an appeal lodged by ex-Mayor of Russia’s Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev against his 15-year sentence for corruption.

18:00 18.11.2020

Ex-penitentiary official’s embezzlement sentence appeal to be heard in late November

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction will hear an appeal against sentence given to ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov convicted of the 263-million-ruble (about $3.5 million at the current exchange rate) embezzlement on November 25.

11:35 30.10.2020

Russian man’s 3-year jail sentence for Kuindzhi painting theft upheld

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Friday upheld a 3-year prison sentence given to Denis Chuprikov for stealing a painting by prominent Russian artist of Greek origin Arkhip Kuindzhi from Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery.

12:10 16.10.2020

Activist’s sentence for assault on officer at illegal Moscow rally reduced by 6 months

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday reduced sentence given to activist Kirill Zhukov, who had committed an assault on a National Guard officer during an unauthorized rally in Moscow on July 27, from 3 years in penal colony to 2.5 years in penal colony settlement.

11:48 22.09.2020

Activist Malyshevsky’s appeal against 2019 summer riots sentence dismissed

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by activist Eduard Malyshevsky against his sentence for assault on a police officer at the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27, 2019.

12:45 05.08.2020

Relatives of victims of 2016 Sochi plane crash denied $28M compensation, again

The Moscow City Court had again dismissed a claim for a 2.1 billion rubles (about $28 million) compensation filed by relatives of victims of the TU-154 military plane crash near Sochi in December 2016, which resulted in death of over 90 people.

17:01 31.07.2020

Appeal against 11-year sentence of Komi Republic ex-head adjourned until June 10

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has postponed an appeal against an 11-year sentence of ex-head of Russia’s Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer, who had been found guilty of fraud, money laundering and corruption, until June 10.

13:59 20.05.2020