Developer accused of $31 mln embezzlement freed from detention, put under house arrestMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Monday held to release the owner of Optima Development construction company Albert Khudoyan charged with a 2-billion-ruble embezzlement (over $31 million) from detention.19:02 11.11.2019
St. Petersburg university professor detained on student murder allegationsA professor of the St. Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov, who had pleaded guilty to the murder of the postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko, on Monday was ordered to be placed in detention until January 8.18:01 11.11.2019
Alleged members of banned extremist movement plead not guilty to terrorist plotAssociates of Vyacheslav Maltsev, an alleged leader of the Artpodgotovka civil movement banned as extremist, on Monday pleaded not guilty to preparing a terrorist attack and participating in a terrorist association.17:09 11.11.2019
Prosecution witness in General Drymanov’s case refuses to testify in courtA prosecution witness in a corruption case against ex-director of the Investigative Committee's Main Investigations Directorate, General Alexander Drymanov, on Monday refused to testify in the Moscow City Court.16:26 11.11.2019
Moscow court to proceed with case against ex- confectionary owner accused of murderThe Moscow City Court will proceed with a case against Ilya Averyanov, former owner of Moscow’s confectionary Menshevik, who had allegedly killed a guard during the shooting on the factory’s premises, on November 12.15:55 11.11.2019
Ex-Deputy Culture Minister’s house arrest in $7 mln embezzlement case extended to Feb 16The Moscow City Court has extended house arrest of ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov for 3 months as part of a 450-million-ruble (about $7 million) embezzlement case.14:28 11.11.2019
Arrest of Ukrainian developer in absentia in $220 mln embezzlement case overturnedThe Moscow City Court on Monday overturned a lower court’s ruling on arrest of the Ukrainian-born founder of MosCityGroup developing company Pavel Fuks, who stands charged with the 14-billion-ruble embezzlement (about $220 million), in absentia.13:41 11.11.2019
Moscow court again stays Vkontakte’s lawsuit against Double DataThe Moscow Commercial Court has suspended a lawsuit filed by Vkontakte social network against Double Data seeking to cancel the latter company’s use of open data provided by users on the social network to sell its own services.12:54 11.11.2019
Investigators seek for house arrest of detained businessman in $31 mln embezzlement caseInvestigators are seeking for release for the owner of Optima Development construction company Albert Khudoyan charged with a 2-billion-ruble embezzlement (over $31 million) from detention.11:53 11.11.2019
All captured Far East whales released – Russia's human rights bodyAll orca whales and white whales, which had been illegally captured in the Primorsk Territory of Russia’s Far East, were returned to the high sea, the press service of the Presidential Council for Human Rights reports Monday.10:58 11.11.2019
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022