Former Russian bailiff gets 5.5 years in prison for corruptionA court in Russia’s city of Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, has sentenced a former chief of a department of bailiffs to 5.5 years in prison for corruption.14:20 19.04.2019
Ex-Vladivostok mayor sentenced to 15 years for corruption, abuse of officeMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court has sentenced ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev to 15 years in high security prison for commercial bribery, abuse of office and taking bribes on a large scale.10:42 10.04.2019
Regional lawmaker charged with bribery freed from jail, put under house arrestA court in the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky released regional lawmaker Valery Bykov charged with corruption from detention.15:20 05.04.2019
Russian General Drymanov charged with corruption to stay detained till mid-JuneThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling to extend detention of ex-director of the Investigative Committee's Main Investigations Directorate, General Alexander Drymanov charged with corruption crimes for three months.11:35 28.03.2019
Over 1,300 Russian officials fired over corruption in 2018 – prosecutorsMore than 1,300 officials were fired out in 2018 because of loss of trust resulted from corruption offences, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia reports on its official website on Tuesday.17:17 26.03.2019
Moscow court extends detention of former high-ranking investigator charged with briberyThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday extended detention for ex-chief of the Investigative Committee’s Moscow directorate Alexey Kramarenko charged with receiving bribes until June 26.15:18 20.03.2019
Detention center contractor gets suspended sentence for bribing penitentiary officialPetroinvest company CEO engaged in the construction of a detention center Ruslan Khamkhokov has received a 5-year suspended term for bribing a Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) official.13:01 20.03.2019
Russian court refuses to detain State Duma lawmaker charged with briberyThe Leninsky Court of Yekaterinburg on Friday found no grounds to put the State Duma lawmaker Vadim Belousov involved in a 3.2-billion-ruble (about $50 million) bribery case in detention.17:17 15.03.2019
Former high-ranking investigator to remain detained till late March on bribery chargesThe Moscow City Court has upheld extension of detention for ex-chief of the Investigative Committee’s Moscow directorate Alexey Kramarenko charged with corruption until March 26.19:29 14.03.2019
Prosecutor seeks suspended term for businessman accused of bribing penitentiary officialA prosecutor has demanded a 5-year suspended sentence for Petroinvest company CEO engaged in the construction of a detention center Ruslan Khamkhokov, who stands charged with bribing a Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) official.18:05 13.03.2019
Detention of Russian General Drymanov in corruption case extended until mid-JuneMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-director of the Investigative Committee's Main Investigations Directorate, General Alexander Drymanov charged with corruption crimes, until June 16.16:55 12.03.2019
Former mayor of Nizhny Novgorod sentenced to 10 years in penal colonyFormer mayor of Nizhny Novgorod and vice-speaker of the regional parliament, Oleg Sorokin, has been sentenced to 10 years in high security penal colony by the Nizhegorodsky District Court of the city of Nizhny Novgorod.17:53 07.03.2019
High-ranking Moscow Region official put in detention on corruption allegationsMoscow’s Presnensky District Court has placed Sergey Gribinyuchenko, ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Pushkino District suspected of receiving bribes, in detention until April 18.09:55 21.02.2019
Moscow Region district ex-head charged with bribery to remain in detention till May 13Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has extended the term of detention for ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun as part of a case over embezzlement and bribery until May 13.10:44 13.02.2019
Corruption sentence of ex-deputy governor of Vologda Region reduced by 1.5 yearsThe Vologda Regional Court on Monday reduced sentence given to ex-deputy governor of the region Nikolay Guslinsky for taking bribes from 8 to 6.5 years in prison. Moreover, the court decreased fine imposed on the defendant from 84.7 million rubles ($1.3 million) to 39.5 million rubles (over $600,000).12:44 11.02.2019
Ex-regional penitentiary official put under house arrest on allegations of bribery, fraudA former chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Lipetsk Directorate has been placed under house arrest on allegations of bribery and insurance fraud.16:59 08.02.2019
Bribery charges brought against Moscow Region district ex-headBribery charges have been additionally brought against ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun, who is currently under investigation on allegations of embezzlement, money laundering and illegal business activities.13:47 06.02.2019
Defense of ex-antimonopoly official charged with corruption given time to arrange caseMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Monday postponed trial of ex-chief of the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s Dagestan Directorate Kubasay Kubasayev charged with taking 2.6 million rubles (about $40,000 at the current exchange rate) in bribes because of the defense’s unfinalized stance.16:06 04.02.2019
Moscow court rules Sochi vice-mayor’s detention in bribery case illegalThe Moscow City court has overturned a lower court’s ruling on extension of detention for the first vice-mayor of Sochi Sergey Yurin and several other officials as part of a bribery case.11:31 30.01.2019
Justice Ministry proposes release from liability for corruption offences in some casesRussia’s Justice Ministry is drafting a bill releasing individuals from release from responsibility for corruption offences in certain cases.11:56 28.01.2019