Smolensk Region

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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

Russian prosecutors ask Poland to provide records of Kaczynski phone call before 2010 air crash

Russian prosecutors have requested the Polish Justice Ministry to provide audio and verbatim records of a telephone conversation of the former President of Poland Lech Kaczynski and his brother before an air crash in Smolensk in 2010.

14:44 25.11.2020

Two gang members get life sentence for prosecutor’s murder

The Smolensk Regional Court has sentenced two gang members to life in prison for the murder of a prosecutor of Roslavl town in 2005.

11:08 13.08.2020

Russian court freezes about $145 mln of IKEA funds

A court in Russia’s Smolensk region granted a motion filed by businessman Konstantin Ponomarev and froze 9.3 billion rubles (about $145 million) of funds for IKEA Mos, IKEA's Russian division.

11:40 02.12.2016

Appeal court upholds recovery of $8 mln from IKEA in favor of Russian businessman

The Smolensk Regional Court has dismissed an appeal filed by IKEA's Russian division IKEA Mos against a lower court’s ruling ordering the company to pay businessman Konstantin Ponomarev more than 507 million rubles ($8 million) over rented diesel generators.

12:55 17.10.2016

IKEA ordered to pay Russian businessman $7.8 million amid fraud allegations

A court in the Smolensk region ordered IKEA's Russian division IKEA Mos to pay over 507 million rubles (approximately $7.8 million) to businessman Konstantin Ponomarev over rented diesel generators.

12:32 30.08.2016

Seizure of $7.8 million assets belonging to IKEA upheld

The Smolensk Regional Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering the seizure of 508 million rubles ($7.8 million) owned by Russian IKEA subsidiary "IKEA Mos" as a part of its dispute with businessman Konstantin Ponomarev, who delivered electrical generators to the company.

14:49 24.08.2016

Russian citizen convicted of divulging state secrets pardoned

The Russian Supreme Court has pardoned Oleg Shcherbakov, a resident of the Smolensk Region who was convicted of divulging state secrets.

14:35 07.07.2015