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Eleven penitentiary employees ordered to jail for prisoner torture in Yaroslavl Region

A court in Yaroslavl has sentenced eleven former officers of a regional penal colony to prison terms ranging from 3 years to 4 years and 3 months for torturing an inmate.

15:12 19.11.2020

Murderer of Russia’s monastery abbot gets 15 years in prison

The Yaroslavl Regional Court has sentenced Alexander Avdeyev, the murderer of an abbot of the local Holy Trinity Danilov monastery, to 15 years in high-security prison.

13:07 17.11.2020

Twelve suspects in illegal cigarette trade put under house arrest in Yaroslavl Region

A court has placed 12 alleged members of an organized criminal group suspected of selling tobacco products without excise labels under house arrest.

11:56 21.10.2020

Alleged murderer of Russia’s monastery abbot goes on trial

Prosecutors have approved indictment against Alexander Avdeyev charged with killing an abbot of the Holy Trinity Danilov monastery in Russia’s Yaroslavl Region in 2016 and robbery.

15:58 31.07.2020

Russian lawyer imprisoned for 4 years for attempted embezzlement

A court in Russia’s Yaroslavl has sentenced attorney Vladimir Zubkov to 4 years behind bars for attempted embezzlement and falsification of documents.

15:56 20.09.2019

Victim of notorious prison torture incident in Russia gets released – lawyer

Prisoner Yevgeny Makarov, who had suffered torture from employees of the Yaroslavl Penal Colony One in Russia, was released.

10:59 02.10.2018

Two more penitentiary officials arrested as part of notorious prison torture case

Two more employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) have been arrested on suspicion of using violence against the inmates of the Yaroslavl Penal Colony One.

11:59 29.08.2018

Charges brought against defendants in notorious prison torture case

The Investigative Committee of Russia has brought charges against 12 employees of the Yaroslavl Penal Colony One as part of the criminal case over notorious beating and torture of an inmate.

15:30 02.08.2018

Yaroslavl court detains ninth defendant in notorious prison torture case

The Zavolshzky District Court of Yaroslavl has detained junior supervision inspector Aleksey Andreyev as part of a criminal case over notorious beating and torture of an inmate.

13:59 02.08.2018

Seventh defendant in Yaroslavl prison torture case put under house arrest

The Zavolzhsky District Court of the city of Yaroslavl has put under house arrest deputy head of the correctional department of the Yaroslavl Penal Colony One, Ivan Kalashnikov, seventh defendant in the criminal case over beating and torture of an inmate.

17:11 27.07.2018

Russian court detains sixth defendants in prison torture case

The Zavolzhsky District Court of the city of Yaroslavl detained Dmitry Solovyov, a junior inspector of the Yaroslavl Penal Colony One, suspected of involvement in torture of an inmate, over which a criminal case had been opened.

12:59 26.07.2018

Russian ombudsman calls for inspection of penal colonies after recent torture scandal

Russian Human Rights ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has called for a complex inspection of national penal colonies following the public outrage sparked by a video showing torture of an inmate.

10:59 25.07.2018

Ex-mayor Koshurnikov found guilty of negligence, freed from punishment

A court in Yaroslavl on Thursday found the former city’s mayor Denis Koshurnikov guilty of negligence as part of the Rusnano state corporation embezzlement case but released him from punishment because of the expiry of the statute of limitations.

15:55 12.07.2018

Pardon commission recommends mitigation of ex-mayor Urlashov’s sentence by 3.5 years

The Yaroslavl Region’s pardon commission on Thursday recommended that a 12.5-year prison term given to ousted ex-Yaroslavl mayor Yevgeny Urlashov for corruption be reduced to 9 years.

16:30 26.04.2018

Petition for pardoning convicted ex-mayor Urlashov to be considered on April 26

A special commission will consider a petition for pardon of ousted ex-Yaroslavl mayor Yevgeny Urlashov sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for corruption on April 26.

17:29 20.04.2018

Opposition-minded ex-mayor sentenced for corruption applies for pardon

Ousted Yaroslavl ex-mayor Yevgeny Urlashov sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for corruption has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon him.

17:43 30.03.2018

Former mayor Koshurnikov moved from detention center under house arrest

The Zavolzhsky Court of Yaroslavl has changed a measure of restraint for ex-mayor of Yaroslavl Denis Koshurnikov charged with embezzling funds of Rusnano state corporation from detention to house arrest.

14:50 28.03.2018

Russian court reduces sentence for defendant in opposition-minded ex-mayor’s case

The Yaroslavl Regional Court has reduced the sentence for one of defendants in the corruption case against ousted Yaroslavl ex-mayor Yevgeny Urlashov to three years and nine months in a penal colony.

17:50 05.04.2017

Russian court upholds sentence for opposition-minded mayor

The Yaroslavl Regional Court has upheld a 12.5-year prison sentence handed down to ousted Yaroslavl Mayor Yevgeny Urlashov for corruption.

11:54 20.01.2017

Opposition-minded Russian mayor files request for acquittal in bribery case

Ousted Yaroslavl Mayor Yevgeny Urlashov, sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for corruption, has filed a request for acquittal.

16:51 13.01.2017