Corruption & Bribery

Army accountants get prison terms for embezzlement

A military garrison court passed a 6.5-year and four-year sentence for a military unit's former and present accountants for stealing $212,400.

16:48 23.09.2011

Prosecutors open case over $750,000 in housing funds embezzlement

The Prosecutor General's Office has initiated a criminal case in the embezzlement of $750,000 in public funds.

15:48 23.09.2011

Federal Reserve violates anti-corruption law - Prosecutor General's Office

A deputy prosecutor general submitted an appeal to the Federal Agency for State Reserves due to the numerous violations of anti-corruption law discovered in the agency's work.

14:37 23.09.2011

Ex-governor's house arrest confirmed by court

The court, on Friday, upheld the lower court's decision to place a former governor charged with large-scale bribery under house arrest.

11:39 23.09.2011

Proceedings against police general charged with fraud postponed

A district court, on Thursday, postponed until September 26 a criminal case against an interior ministry general, who has been charged with misappropriating almost $10 million.

15:08 22.09.2011

Financial officers stole $3.6 million from troops in North Caucasus

The Military Prosecutor's office discovered a multi-million ruble fraud in the Armed Forces.

14:49 22.09.2011

Army officer sentenced to prison for taking $96k bribe

A district military court found guilty Lt. Col. Alexei Shishkin, former chief officer of the Space Forces financial planning group, to four years in prison for taking the $96,600 bribe.

14:23 22.09.2011

Prosecutor involved in gambling scandal to be investigated further

The Prosecutor General's Office refused to approve the indictment in the case of former Moscow regional prosecutor Vladimir Glebov, who is accused of abuse of power in the infamous gambling scandal.

15:15 21.09.2011

Appeal against ex-governor's house arrest to be heard on September 23

Court postponed on Wednesday until September 23 its hearing of an appeal filed by a former governor charged with large-scale bribe-taking against his house arrest

15:04 21.09.2011

Prosecutors to supervise investigations in cases dealing with housing and utilities

Pursuant to the president's instructions, the Prosecutor General's Office will head criminal cases investigated in the housing and utilities sphere.

16:49 20.09.2011

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12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

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