Federal Bailiff Service

Man faces 2 years in jail for defrauding Russian judges

16:14 17/09/2013 A criminal case has been opened against a man residing in Russia’s Perm region who attempted to pressure local judges.

Bailiffs seize 11 vehicles from Russian tax dodger

11:34 19/08/2013 Court bailiffs in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Karachay-Cherkessia have seized several vehicles from a businessman who owed the state over 4 million rubles ($121,316), the Federal Bailiffs Service’s regional department has reported.

Russian bailiffs did not receive documents confirming Berezovsky's death - official

17:14 26/07/2013 Russian bailiffs have not yet received an official confirmation of businessman Boris Berezovsky's death from the British authorities, Federal Bailiff Service head Artur Parfyonchikov told RIA Novosti on Friday.

Bailiffs to be allowed to levy penalties immediately after court ruling

12:16 03/07/2013 The government has proposed a bill to the State Duma which will allows court bailiffs to arrest funds and property of law breakers immediately after an administrative fine court ruling.

Bailiffs may ease punishment for offenders sentenced to compulsory labor

11:57 28/06/2013 The Federal Bailiff Service, which is responsible for monitoring administrative offenders sentenced to compulsory community service, has been given the right to reduce their punishment.

Russian bailiffs yet to receive documents confirming Berezovsky's death

16:48 17/06/2013 Russian bailiffs are still waiting for the British authorities to send them an official confirmation of businessman Boris Berezovsky's death. The service earlier said that its Moscow department was considering five cases concerning Berezovsky for an outstanding debt of 3.3 billion rubles ($103.8 million).

Parliament mitigates travel restrictions for debtors

10:11 23/05/2013 The State Duma adopted a bill allowing debtors to travel abroad if their unsettled fines, taxes and other obligatory payments do not aggregately exceed 10,000 rubles ($320, or €248).

Bailiffs seize Nicholas II monument in Siberia

12:38 30/04/2013 Bailiffs have seized a bust of Emperor Nicholas II in the village of Shushenskoye, which had been put up there by a bankrupt local vodka producer.

Russia denies entry to foreign debtor, sets precedent

12:39 12/04/2013 Bailiffs in Moscow denied entry to the country to a Tajik national who has overdue administrative fines. This is the first time bailiffs have employed this practice in Russia.

Bailiffs remove travel ban for people with debts under $160

10:44 12/04/2013 Bailiffs try not to prevent people whose debts do not exceed 5,000 rubles ($160) from traveling abroad, a senior official told journalists on Thursday.

Berezovsky's assets to be seized in Russia if found - Federal Bailiff Service

17:44 03/04/2013 The inheritance of the late oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who died in late March in London, will be seized if found in Russia, Federal Bailiff Service head Artur Parfenchikov told the Prime business news agency on Wednesday.

Bailiffs send over 400,000 text message notifications to debtors in 2013

12:05 12/03/2013 Over 400,000 text message notifications have been sent to debtors in the first two months of 2013.

Bankrupt JFC's CEO restriction notice lifted

17:04 04/03/2013 A St. Peterburg district court has suspended a travel ban imposed on chairman of the board of directors of the JFC Group due to debt.

Travel restrictions on debtors to be lifted more quickly

18:22 19/02/2013 The procedure for lifting a debtor's travel restrictions will now only take 12 hours after he pays his debt, the Federal Bailiffs Service told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

Russian bailiff accused of $126 mln fraud scheme faces 10-year sentence

12:16 15/02/2013 Anastasia Dolgikh, former chief of the court bailiffs department in the city of Perm, has been charged with abuse of power leading to damages estimated at 3.8 billion rubles (around $126 million).

Bailiffs plan to filter out 400,000 questionable firms from state register

15:01 12/02/2013 The Federal Bailiff Service plans to clear about 400,000 questionable firms from the state tax register.

Bailiffs keep over 10,000 prohibited items out of courts

12:40 07/02/2013 In 2012 court bailiffs stopped over 10,000 prohibited items form being brought into the courts, Russia's chief bailiff Alexander Stebakov said Thursday.

Debtor covers legal fees with eight bags of coins

12:00 05/02/2013 A resident of Voronezh in southern Russia has repaid his debt with eight bags of coins ranging from 5 kopecks to 2 rubles.

Bailiffs recovered over 119 billion rubles in Moscow Region in 2012

13:29 31/01/2013 Bailiffs recovered over 119 billion rubles ($4 billion) in debts in the Moscow Region last year.

Bailiffs to send Russians millions of text message reminders about debts

12:43 23/01/2013 Court bailiffs plan to send over 8 million text messages to remind Russians of their debts in 2013, head of the Federal Bailiff Service Artur Parfyonchikov said on Wednesday.

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