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Ex-mayor of Vladivostok ordered to 5–year imprisonment for abuse of power

The Leninsky District Court of Russia’s Vladivostok has sentenced the former city’s mayor Igor Pushkarev to 5 years of imprisonment for abuse of office.

10:42 12.07.2022

Ex-Mayor of Russia’s Vladivostok put in detention in bribery case

A court in Russia’s Vladivostok on Tuesday put ex-city Mayor Oleg Gumenyuk in detention for two months as part of a bribery case.

11:47 05.10.2021

Ex-Mayor of Russia’s Vladivostok arrested on graft allegations

A former Mayor of Russia’s Vladivostok Oleg Gumenyuk has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes.

11:11 04.10.2021

Defense of convicted ex-Mayor of Vladivostok acquitted of obstruction of justice

The Central District Court of Khabarovsk on Thursday acquitted two defense lawyers for ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev in a case over perverting the course of justice.

10:42 25.03.2021

Persons accused of Amur sturgeon caviar resale face trial in Russia’s Vladivostok

A court in Vladivostok will hear a criminal case over illegal resale of roe of the Amur sturgeons listed in Russia’s Red Book.

10:59 24.03.2021

Convicted ex-mayor of Vladivostok faces abuse of office trial

Investigation into an abuse of office case against ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev convicted of corruption has been completed.

15:28 01.02.2021

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

About $20 mln recovered from convicted ex-Vladivostok mayor hit treasury’s account

A former Mayor of Russia’s Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev, his brother Andrey, businessman Andrey Lushnikov and 6 firms have transferred over 1.4 billion rubles (about $20 million) to the accounts of the Primorsky Krai’s Federal treasury department.

10:59 21.10.2020

Attorneys of convicted ex-Vladivostok mayor charged with obstruction of justice

Charges of perverting the course of justice have been brought against defense lawyers for ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev in a bribery case.

10:49 19.06.2020

Over $20.5 mln recovered from convicted ex-Vladivostok mayor - prosecutors

A court in Vladivostok, Russia’s Far East, has granted a prosecutors’ claim and recovered over 1.4 billion rubles (over $20.5 million) from ex-city mayor Igor Pushkarev sentenced to 15 years in prison for commercial bribery, abuse of office and taking bribes and his inner circle.

14:11 06.03.2020

Russian pensioner’s detention in treason case extended until April 10

Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Thursday extended detention of Victor Korolev from the Primorsky Krai, who stands charged with treason, until April 10.

16:34 06.02.2020

Far East military doctor fined over $6,000 for death of patient

The Vladivostok Garrison Military Court has sentenced the chief of a navy clinical hospital’s department of surgery, medical service lieutenant colonel Alexander Shcheglovsky, to a 400,000-ruble fine (over $6,000) for the death of a patient.

16:49 21.11.2019

Former Russian attorney given 4 years behind bars for fraud

A court in Vladivostok, a city in Russia’s Far East, has sentenced a former lawyer, who had promised a citizen to influence investigators’ decisions and court rulings, to 4 years in penal colony.

14:50 20.11.2019

Far East resident charged with illegal caviar sale goes on trial

A court in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, will consider a case against a 33-year-old resident of Vladivostok, Far East, who stands charged with illegal online sale of 9 kilos of black caviar worth over 2.6 million rubles (over $40,000).

17:26 19.11.2019

Chinese hotelier ordered to 9-year jail in Russia for bribery

A court in Russia’s Primorsky Krai sentenced a Chinese hotelier to 9 years in prison for attempting to give a bribe in order to obtain an operation permit for a hotel he had built in Vladivostok.

11:44 07.11.2019

Moscow court adjourns hearing of appeal of ex-Vladivostok mayor until early October

The Moscow City Court has adjourned the hearing of an appeal submitted by Igor Pushkarev, an ex-mayor of the city of Vladivostok, sentenced to 15 years in prison for commercial bribery, abuse of office and taking bribes on a large scale, until October 3.

13:49 29.08.2019

Defense of ex-Vladivostok mayor moves for non-guilty verdict

The defense of Igor Pushkarev, an ex-mayor of the city of Vladivostok, charged with commercial bribery, abuse of office and taking bribes on a large scale, had asked the Moscow City court for a judgement of acquittal.

12:08 27.08.2019

Appeal against ex-Vladivostok mayor’s sentence for corruption set for late August

An appeal against prison sentence of ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev for commercial bribery, abuse of office and taking bribes on a large scale will be considered on August 29.

16:53 16.08.2019

Prosecutors’ $50 mln claim against convicted ex-regional mayor to be heard in Vladivostok

The Supreme Court of Russia on Monday dismissed a statement of venue lodged by the Prosecutor General’s Office in relation to its claim to recover over 3.2 billion rubles (about $50 million) from convicted ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev. The case will be heard in a court in Vladivostok.

17:42 15.07.2019

Russian prosecutors to seek seizure of $50 mln from convicted ex-Vladivostok mayor

Prosecutors will file a lawsuit with court to forfeit over 3.2 billion rubles (about $50 million) from ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev sentenced to 15 years for commercial bribery, abuse of office and taking bribes, to the state.

12:28 27.05.2019