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Spain extradites Russian national charged with $5.3 mln embezzlement

The competent authorities of the Kingdom of Spain extradite to Russia the head of a contractor accused of embezzling 384 million rubles ($5.3 million) in the course of the construction of an Olympic facility in Sochi.

16:33 05.10.2021

Spain extradites Russian businessman accused of $16 mln embezzlement

Spain has granted extradition of businessman Vladimir Kovalenko to Russia as part of a case over embezzlement over 1.2 billion rubles ($16 million) from the Moscow United Power Grid Company (MOESK)

16:06 08.07.2021

Extradited from Spain defendant in fraud case pleads guilty

The defendant in a 7.5 million-ruble ($100,000) fraud case Russian national Alexey German, extradited to Russia from Spain, has pleaded guilty.

12:07 13.05.2021

Russia seeks extradition of doctor Blum accused of athlete defrauding

Russian prosecutors have forwarded a request for extradition of doctor Evgeny Blum charged with embezzling over 29 million rubles (about $400,000) from snowborder Maria Komissarova (Chaadayeva) to the Spanish Justice Ministry.

12:14 01.03.2021

Ex-deputy chair of Dynamo sports society extradited from Spain

A former First Deputy Chairman of a regional department of Dynamo sports club Vladimir Mikhalevsky has been extradited from Spain.

16:43 10.12.2020

Foreign Ministry informs rights advocates of Russian inmates jailed abroad

The Foreign Ministry on Thursday submitted information on the number of Russian convicts serving sentences in foreign prisons to the Presidential Council for Human Rights.

16:53 09.04.2020

Families with minors still seek children ombudsman’s help to return to Russia

Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova is still being called for assistance by families with minors, who by various reasons have not been able to leave foreign countries yet.

12:06 01.04.2020

Spanish police release Browder after intervention of Interpol

The National Police of Spain released Hermitage Capital CEO William Browder, who was arrested earlier this morning on the request of Russian authorities, after intervention of Interpol.

13:02 30.05.2018

Hermitage Capital CEO Browder arrested in Spain

Hermitage Capital CEO William Browder was arrested in Spain on Wednesday on the request of Russian authorities.

11:19 30.05.2018

Spanish authorities hand over Russian businessman Lyagin to FSB

Spanish authorities have handed over Russian businessman Mikhail Lyagin, charged with fraud and money laundering in Russia, to officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB).

18:59 21.02.2018

Spanish court rules to extradite Russian programmer Lisov to U.S.

Spain’s National High Court ruled on Tuesday to extradite Russian programmer Stanislav Lisov, suspected of developing NeverQuest malware.

17:04 01.08.2017

Russian programmer suspected of creating “Banking Trojan” – Spanish police

Russian programmer Stanislav Lisov arrested in Spain is suspected of developing NeverQuest malware, the so-called “Banking Trojan” which steals bank account logins and gives attackers access to accounts through computers of victims.

13:36 20.01.2017

Russian programmer arrested in Spain on suspicion of cyberattacks – report

Russian programmer Stanislav Lisov has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of implication in cyberattacks.

10:51 19.01.2017

Russian court releases Spanish ship on $21.5K bond

A Murmansk court has ruled that the Spanish ship Adexe Primero, that was seized for crab poaching, be released on a 1.3 mln ruble ($21,500) bond.

13:38 31.07.2015

Spain set to extradite alleged leader of Russian gang killing over 20

Spain plans to extradite Russian national Dmitry Zavyalov, the alleged leader of a criminal gang whose members are accused of killing over 20 people.

14:37 30.04.2015

Spain extradites suspect in $33,000 theft to Russia

17:55 17.04.2015

Russian national detained in Spain to be extradited to US

Vadim Polyakov, a Russian national detained in Spain, at the request of Washington, will be extradited to the US, as decided by the Spanish Council of Ministers.

15:51 19.03.2015

Spanish court bans auctioning of Columbus’s letter to his son

The Madrid High Court has prohibited the sale of Christopher Columbus’s letter to his son at a London auction.

14:41 11.03.2015

Catalan independence vote declared illegal

Spain’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the independence vote held in the province of Catalonia in November 2014 is illegal.

16:26 25.02.2015

Spanish prosecutors charge Catalonian officials for holding prohibited referendum

The Spanish Prosecutor General’s Office has taken legal action against Catalan president Artur Mas for holding a symbolic independence survey on November 9 in defiance of a court injunction, RIA Novosti reported on Friday.

16:52 21.11.2014