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Urals photographer convicted of killing model wife granted parole

The Chkalovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg granted a petition for parole filed by Urals photographer Dmitry Loshagin, who had been convicted of killing his wife, model Yulia Prokopyeva.

18:16 15.06.2022

Parole ruling in favor of Urals photographer convicted of killing model wife overturned

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court on Monday overturned a lower instance’s ruling granting parole to Urals photographer Dmitry Loshagin, sentenced to 10 years in high-security colony for killing his wife, model Yulia Prokopyeva.

17:40 20.09.2021

Investigators seek detention of unchurched ex-schema monk Sergius

The Moscow Basmanny District Court is to examine a petition of investigative authorities seeking to detain excommunicated former schema monk Sergius (Nikolay Romanov), the court’s press service informs RAPSI on Tuesday.

17:03 29.12.2020

Refusal to release activist convicted of assault on officer on parole upheld

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s refusal to release activist Kirill Zhukov, who had committed an assault on a National Guard officer during an unauthorized rally in Moscow on July 27, 2019, on parole.

14:04 22.10.2020

Russian man sentenced to life for killing two young women

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has sentenced a local resident Alexey Aleksandrov to life for murder of two young women in an urban forest.

17:40 29.09.2020

Children’s Ombudsman to turn to law enforcers over alleged child abuse in Urals monastery

Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova is to ask the Prosecutor General’s Office and the federal Investigative Committee to launch a probe into allegations of child abuse in a nunnery situated near town of Sredneuralsk in the Sverdlovsk Region.

16:00 27.07.2020

Ex-commercial court judge sentenced to 8 years for bribetaking

Judge emeritus of the Sverdlovsk Regional Commercial Court OIeg Gavryushin has received 8 years in a high-security prison for receiving a bribe.

11:52 10.12.2019

Ex-chief physician of regional hospital charged with $360k embezzlement faces trial

A court in Russia’s Sverdlovsk Region will consider a criminal case against a former chief physician of a local hospital, who stands charged with embezzling over 23 million rubles ($360,000) from the medical organization.

14:06 18.10.2019

Former judge to be tried for attempted $212,000 bribery

Russia’s Investigative Committee has completed a probe into an attempted bribery in the amount of 14 million rubles ($212,000), which ex-judge of the Sverdlovsk Region Commercial Court Oleg Gavryushin intended to obtain for a decision in favor of a lawsuit party.

10:43 28.08.2019

Attorney gets 3.5 years for attempt to steal over $75k from client’s relatives

A court in Russia’s city of Sverdlovsk has sentenced an attorney, who had attempted to fraudulently receive 5 million rubles (over $75,000) from relatives of his client for the termination of a nonexistent criminal case.

13:37 12.08.2019

Russian Supreme Court refuses to review sentence of Pokemon Go player

The Supreme Court of Russia has refused to review the sentence of videoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who had received a suspended term for playing Pokemon Go in a church.

16:26 14.02.2018

Asset managing firm files $136 million lawsuit against shareholder of Enel Russia

Structures of Prosperity Capital asset managing firm have filed a lawsuit with the Sverdlovsk Regional Commercial Court seeking to recover 8 billion rubles (about $136 million) from Enel Investment Holding B.V., a shareholder of Russian energy company Enel Russia.

17:51 04.12.2017

Initiation of corruption case against Chelyabinsk ex-governor upheld

A court in the Sverdlovsk Region has upheld a decision to open a bribery case against Mikhail Yurevich, former governor of the Chelyabinsk Region.

16:50 02.08.2017

Ex-regional governor arrested in absentia on corruption charges

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court issued an arrest warrant for ex-governor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region Mikhail Yurevich, who stands charged with taking 26 million rubles ($460,300 at the current exchange rate) in bribes, in absentia.

16:37 24.05.2017

Russian court to issue judgment on police officers charged with abuse against detainees

The Verkh-Isetsky District Court of the city of Yekaterinburg is to announce its sentence in a criminal case against police officers, who are charged with beating detainees, on March 27.

10:57 23.03.2017

Ex-judge charged with corruption flees Russia with his family

Former judge in the Sverdlovsk Region, Maxim Vinogradov, who is suspected of taking 6 million rubles ($101,000) for acquittal in a criminal case, has fled the country with his family.

10:37 26.01.2017

Bryansk plant files for bankruptcy of battle-tank maker Uralvagonzavod

Bryansk plant for absorbing apparats has filed a bankruptcy claim with a commercial court in Sverdlovsk Region against battle-tank maker Uralvagonzavod.

10:20 16.11.2016

ECHR proceeds with appeal filed by defense of deceased Russian prisoner

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has communicated an application over refusal to provide Sergei Kuznetsov, 54, who has died in a Sverdlovsk Region prison, with medical help.

14:54 21.09.2016

Bankruptcy petition against large Russian industrial company dismissed

The Sverdlovsk Region Commercial Court has dismissed a bankruptcy petition filed by Alfa Bank against large industrial corporation “Uralvagonzavod” without prejudice.

13:58 07.09.2016

Jehovah’s Witnesses booklets declared “extremist” in Russian Ural

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Russian Ural has declared booklets of the Jehovah’s Witnesses extremist.

18:01 22.08.2016