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Long prison term given to Russian historian for student murder upheld

The St. Petersburg City Court on Monday upheld sentence passed on Russian historian Sokolov, who had received 12.5 years in high-security prison for killing his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko and arms trafficking.

14:31 27.09.2021

Widow of killed St. Petersburg ordered to remain in detention until late October

The St. Petersburg City Court on Tuesday extended detention of Marina Kokhal, who stands charged with killing her husband, rapper Alexander Yushko, until October 30.

14:06 31.08.2021

Sentence of ex-St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region penitentiary official for graft upheld

The St. Petersburg City Court has upheld sentence given to ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Directorate Sergey Moiseyenko for receiving bribes amounting to 710 million rubles (about $10 million) during the construction of a detention center.

15:42 11.06.2021

St. Petersburg resident gets suspended sentence for divulgence of official secrets

A resident of St. Petersburg Vladimir Grabovsky was found guilty of divulging state secrets and given a 14-month suspended term.

13:19 22.04.2021

St. Petersburg court quashes two sentences over breach of openness principle during trials

The Board of Appeals for Criminal Cases of the St. Petersburg City Court overturned two sentences due to the fact that the principles of publicity had been breached during the consideration of the cases, and it was established that these breaches were irreparable.

18:02 02.04.2021

Legality of ban on transport of weapons in St. Petersburg subway upheld by court of appeals

A court of appeals has reaffirmed a decision of the St. Petersburg City Court as to the legality of the ban on the transport of weapons in the city’s metro.

17:05 09.03.2021

Former St. Petersburg vice-governor denied release from detention in embezzlement case

The of former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Marat Oganesyan charged with bribery and embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the city’s Arena football stadium was denied release from detention.

17:24 28.01.2021

Russian historian accused of student murder to stay in detention until late September

The St. Petersburg City Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal against extension of detention of history professor Oleg Sokolov charged with killing his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko and arms trafficking until September 23.

12:58 26.05.2020

Ex-Leningrad Region official’s 9-year jail term for bribery mitigated to suspended term

The St. Petersburg City Court replaced a 9-year prison term given to ex-head of a district in the Leningrad Region Petr Levin for bribery with a suspended sentence.

13:22 06.02.2020

Former Russian penitentiary official’s sentence for graft comes into force

The St. Petersburg City Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov against a 3.5-year prison sentence given to him for taking about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during a detention center construction.

18:00 15.01.2020

Arrest warrant upheld for son of late Russian IT businessman in embezzlement case

The St. Petersburg City Court has upheld arrest of Denis Pshenichny, the son of the late owner of NovIT Pro IT company Valery Pshenichny, in absentia as part of an embezzlement case.

16:58 27.12.2019

St. Petersburg court upholds detention of history professor accused of student murder

The St. Petersburg City Court on Monday upheld detention of Oleg Sokolov, the St. Petersburg State University’s history professor, who stands charged with the murder of his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko.

13:49 16.12.2019

Mother of defunct detainee to receive $8k compensation from penitentiary medical unit

The St. Petersburg City Court ordered a penitentiary medical unit to pay 500,000 rubles (about $8,000) in compensation to the mother of a detainee, who had died from failure to provide medical aid in the detention center Kresty.

13:44 17.09.2019

Russian court to reconsider Azeri opposition blogger deportation case

The St. Petersburg City Court overturned a lower court’s ruling on expulsion of Azeri opposition blogger and Azer Freedom TV journalist Elvin Isayev from Russia.

16:54 10.09.2019

Attackers of long-haul truckers sentenced to prison in St. Petersburg

Gang members, who had attacked long-haul truckers, were convicted of robbery and causing damage totaling around 500 million rubles ($7,500) to transporters.

16:17 20.08.2019

Chief accountant of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology released from detention

Sakhib Aliyev, chief accountant of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg charged with extremism and illegal business, has been released from detention and put under house arrest until August 19.

18:14 14.05.2019

Detention of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology leaders extended once more

The St. Petersburg City Court has again extended detention for the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg leader Ivan Matsitsky and the religious group’s chief accountant Sakhib Aliyev charged with extremism and illegal business operations.

13:40 19.04.2019

St. Petersburg court refuses to free ex-lawmaker convicted of bribery on parole

The St. Petersburg City Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s refusal to release ex-member of the city’s Legislative Assembly Vyacheslav Notyag convicted of taking bribes on parole.

13:09 13.02.2019

Sentence reduced for defendant in Kazan Cathedral terror plot case

The St. Petersburg City Court has mitigated a 2.5-year prison sentence of a Dagestan native Shamil Omargadzhiyev involved in a criminal case over attempted terror attack in the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg by 6 months.

12:59 12.09.2018

Ex-Russian senator’s sentence for $3 mln embezzlement upheld

The St. Petersburg City Court has upheld a sentence of ex-Russian senator and owner of Liviz liquor producer Alexander Sabadash in a 190 million-ruble ($3 million) embezzlement case.

15:59 07.08.2018