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Appeal against Gogol Center theater director’s house arrest set for Dec.4

The Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against the extension of house arrest for the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, who stands charged with large-scale embezzlement, on December 4.

17:58 23.11.2017

Russian court reduces amount of recovery from HSBC to firm formerly related to Browder

The North Caucasus District Commercial Court has reduced the amount to be collected from HSBC Management (Guernsey) and HSBC Bank (RR) in favor of Dalnaya Step, a company believed to be formerly under the control of William Browder’s Hermitage Capital Management, by $255,500 and £1,800,000 respectively.

17:10 23.11.2017

Probe opened into $96 million embezzlement at Russian bank

A criminal case has been opened over embezzling 5.6 billion rubles ($96 million) from Russia’s Finprombank.

16:39 23.11.2017

Rusnano head to testify in embezzlement case against ex-company’s chief

Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Executive Board of the state-owned technology corporation Rusnano, will be questioned in a criminal case against former company’s head Leonid Melamed charged with embezzlement.

14:59 23.11.2017

Hong Kong firm again seeks to seize VIM Airlines property

Aviation Service (HK) Limited, a company registered in Hong Kong, has filed an appeal against the Moscow Commercial Court’s refusal to seize property belonging to VIM Airlines.

13:55 23.11.2017

Investigation into VIM Airlines embezzlement case extended until late March

Investigation into the case over embezzlement at VIM Airlines has been extended until March 25, 2018.

11:42 23.11.2017

Alleged killer of kickboxing world champion arrested in Russia

An alleged murderer of the three-time kickboxing world champion Innokenty Makerov has been arrested in Russia’s Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

10:53 23.11.2017

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