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Punishment for defense witness in actor Efremov’s case upheld

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday upheld a 50,000-ruble fine (over $850 at the current exchange rate) given as a punishment Andrey Gayev, a defense witness in a case against actor Mikhail Efremov who had stated that the defendant had not driven his Jeep.

16:18 09.06.2022

Second defense witness in fatal crash case of actor Efremov convicted of false testimony

Alexander Kobets, one more witness for the defense of actor Mikhail Efremov, on Friday was sentenced to 1.5 years of community service.

17:29 30.04.2021

Defense witness in actor Efremov case Badasyan gets 12-month community service for false testimony

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court on Friday sentenced Tevan Badasyan, a defense witness in the deadly road traffic accident case against actor Mikhail Efremov, to 12 months of community service for intended making of false statements concerning the car crash.

16:07 30.04.2021

Defense witness in actor Efremov case pleads not guilty to willful false testimony

Tevan Badasyan, a defense witness in the deadly road traffic accident case against actor Mikhail Efremov, on Monday pled not guilty to intended making of false statements concerning the car crash.

11:44 19.04.2021

Three defense witnesses of actor Efremov to go on trial

A court will hear a case against three persons witnessing in defense of actor Mikhail Efremov, who had been earlier sentenced for a fatal crash incident.

10:52 06.04.2021

Russia’s Interior Ministry opens case against three defense witnesses of actor Efremov

Criminal cases were launched against three persons witnessing in defense of actor Mikhail Efremov, who had been earlier sentenced for a fatal crash incident.

17:47 20.11.2020

Key defense witness in actor Efremov case to testify in court on August 31 – lawyer

Andrey Gayev, the key defense witness in a case against actor Mikhail Efremov who believes that the defendant has not driven his Jeep, will testify in Moscow’s Presnensky District Court on August 31.

18:02 26.08.2020

Russian President grants witness immunity to ombudsmen

President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill granting the privilege of witness in civil and criminal proceedings to Russia’s and regional human rights commissioners into law.

12:21 24.04.2020

Russian parliament’s lower house adopts ombudsmen witness immunity bill

The lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma, adopted a bill granting the privilege of witness to Russia’s and regional human rights commissioners in a final third reading on Friday.

11:00 17.04.2020

Bill on seizure of witnesses’ assets reaches lower house of Russian parliament

Russia’s government has introduced a bill regulating the issue of seizure of assets belonging to witnesses in criminal cases into the State Duma.

14:42 17.10.2019

State Duma adopts penalties for evidence forgery in administrative cases

The State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, passed in the third reading on Wednesday a bill introducing criminal punishment for falsification of evidence in administrative cases.

12:19 05.04.2017

Court refused to call Chechen leader Kadyrov as witness in Nemtsov murder case

The Moscow District Military Court has dismissed a motion to question Ramzan Kadyrov, the President of the Chechen Republic, as a witness in the criminal case over the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, Vadim Prokhorov, a lawyer representing the Nemtsov estate, told RAPSI.

12:36 07.12.2016

Bills on witness protection submitted to State Duma

Bills on improvement of witness protection program have been introduced into the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament.

11:21 06.10.2016

Secret witness questioned in Savchenko’s trial

The Donetsk Court of the Rostov Region on Wednesday started questioning of a secret witness in the case of Ukrainian military ex-pilot Nadezhda Savchenko charged with involvement in the killing Russian journalists and civilians in Donbas.

13:40 21.10.2015

Witness provides alibi for Nemtsov murder suspect - lawyer

A girlfriend of Khamzat Bakhayev, who is suspected of involvement in the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov in late February, said during an examination that she was with him in a Moscow flat at the time of the killing.

13:38 20.04.2015

Ukrainian billionaire Akhmetov questioned over financing terrorism - report

Ukrainian prosecutors questioned billionaire Rinat Akhmetov as part of a terrorist financing investigation.

12:50 23.01.2015

Navalny refuses to testify in case over alleged campaign finance fraud

Opposition activist Alexei Navalny refused to testify as a witness in a case regarding the embezzlement of his Moscow mayor election campaign funds.

16:52 25.12.2014

Moscow court to question witnesses in Yves Rocher embezzlement case

Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court on November 14 will continue questioning witnesses in the Yves Rocher embezzlement case, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Thursday.

14:42 13.11.2014

Three witnesses claim Ukrainian pilot Savchenko is innocent

Investigators have added three witness testimonies to the case of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, RAPSI reports on Friday from the Basmanny District Court in Moscow.

13:18 07.11.2014

Witness identified Politkovskaya murder suspect as the killer

One of witnesses in the Politkovskaya murder trial identified the accused Rustam Makhmudov as the killer during his testimony, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

17:04 05.03.2014