Ex-president of Baltiyskiy Bank charged with embezzlement arrested in absentiaThe Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Friday issued an arrest warrant in absentia for a co-owner and ex-president of Baltiyskiy Bank Oleg Shigayev charged with a 3 billion-ruble ($55 million) embezzlement.18:52 30.03.2018
Former mayor Koshurnikov moved from detention center under house arrestThe 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 Supreme Court upholds Navalny’s sentence in Kirovles caseThe Supreme Court of Russia has upheld a 5-year suspended sentence given to opposition politician Alexey Navalny in the Kirovles embezzlement case.18:05 21.03.2018
Vostochny Cosmodrome embezzlement case convict gets 7 more years in prisonMoscow’s Gagarinsky District Court has sentenced ex-Chief Engineer of the State Design Institute for Special Construction Sergey Ostrovsky, who is currently serving a 5-year term for embezzlement during the Vostochny Cosmodrome construction in Russia's Far East, to another 7 years in prison.11:55 20.03.2018
Case of Russian Basketball Federation ex-chief temporarily off-table – courtThe Moscow City Court temporarily stopped to review an appellation filed by Yulia Anikeyeva, a former president of the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF), against a 4.5-year prison sentence she had earlier received for embezzlement of 44 million rubles (about $753,000 at the current exchange rate).14:50 19.03.2018
Businessman accused of embezzlement during detention center construction freed on bailEx-CEO of a contracting company engaged in the construction of a detention center in St. Petersburg Viktor Kudrin, who stands charged with embezzlement, was released from house arrest on a 3-million-ruble bail ($52,000).14:59 16.03.2018
Ex-principal of Moscow school arrested for embezzling $492,000Russian law enforcement officers have arrested former principal of a Moscow school charged with embezzlement of over 28 million rubles (nearly $492,000) paid by pupils’ parents.18:00 13.03.2018
Moscow court extends house arrest of Naftogaz ex-head until April 26The Tagansky District Court of Moscow has extended house arrest of the former head of Ukraine’s largest oil and gas corporation Naftogaz Igor Bakay, who is charged with embezzlement, until April 26.16:27 07.03.2018
Defendant in penitentiary embezzlement case released from jail, put under house arrestMoscow’s Basmanny District Court has released Marina Dyukova, an alleged accomplice of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) ex-Deputy chief Oleg Korshunov, charged with large scale embezzlement, from detention and put her under house arrest.15:38 07.03.2018
Moscow City Court to review case of Russian nationalist Potkin on March 16The Moscow City Court will reconsider a criminal case against Russian nationalist Alexander Potkin (Belov), who had previously been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for embezzlement and organization of an extremist movement, on March 16.15:48 02.03.2018
Energy Minister of Donetsk People's Republic arrested in embezzlement caseEduard Golenko, Minister of Coal and Energy of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, has been arrested as part of a criminal case on embezzling 100 million rubles ($1.8 million).13:37 27.02.2018
Three defendants in Vostochny Cosmodrome embezzlement case to go on trialA criminal case against three more defendants charged with embezzlement and related crimes during construction of Vostochny Cosmodrome has been forwarded to a court for hearing.13:59 26.02.2018
Defendant in Vostochny Cosmodrome embezzlement case sentenced to 12 yearsThe Far East District Military Court in Russia’s Khabarovsk has sentenced former head of Dalspetsstroy building company, Yury Khrizman, to 12 years in a penal colony for abuse of office and embezzling 5.2 billion rubles ($92.8 million) during construction of Vostochny Cosmodrome.10:56 26.02.2018
Four Vostochny embezzlement case defendants sentenced to prisonThe Simonovsky District Court of Moscow on Wednesday sentenced four defendants in a criminal case over embezzlement of 1.3 billion rubles ($23 million) during Vostochny Cosmodrome construction to prison terms ranging from 4.5 to 8 years.16:59 21.02.2018
Gogol Center theater director to stay under house arrest in embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court has upheld extension of house arrest for the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov charged with embezzling budget funds allocated for arts promotion.14:46 21.02.2018
Ex-head of Rusnano to be released from house arrest on February 22 – lawyerFormer head of the state-owned technology corporation Rusnano, Leonid Melamed, charged with embezzlement, will be freed from house arrest on February 22.12:58 21.02.2018
Moscow court upholds return of Rusnano ex-head’s case to prosecutorsThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling returning an embezzlement case against former head of the state-owned technology corporation Rusnano, Leonid Melamed, to prosecutors.11:59 21.02.2018
Four defendants in Vostochny embezzlement case found guiltyFour defendants in a criminal case over embezzlement of 1.3 billion rubles ($23 million) during Vostochny Cosmodrome construction were found guilty on Thursday.15:59 15.02.2018
Seizure of foreign bank assets owned by ex-Vneshprombank head, her brother upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling to seize assets in a Liechtenstein bank belonging to ex-Vneshprombank president Larisa Markus sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for embezzling 113.5 billion rubles (about $2 billion), and her brother Georgy Bedzhamov charged with large-scale fraud.15:59 12.02.2018
Moscow court extends detention of Russian penitentiary ex-official until May 4The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has extended the detention of ex-Deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov, charged with embezzlement of 160 million rubles (about $2.8), until May 4.18:08 07.02.2018