Sentence of ex-Moscow judge and attorney in $70k fraud case overturned againThe Moscow City Court on Monday vacated sentence of ex-judge of the Moscow Commercial Court Igor Korogodov and attorney Alexander Mosin, who had received 3.5 and 2 years in jail for $70,000 fraud attempt.14:51 21.12.2020
Probe into attorney of notorious Russian defendants completedInvestigation into lawyer Alexander Vershinin defending several defendants in notorious cases has been completed.10:53 17.12.2020
Russian rights advocates work on problem of denial of attorneys’ access to detentionMembers of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights are working on the problem of denial of the attorneys’ access to their clients in detention, according to the body’s Chairman Valery Fadeyev.14:44 15.12.2020
Ex-attorney Dobrovinsky challenges disbarmentEx-attorney Alexander Dobrovinsky had filed an appeal against the Moscow Bar Association’s decision on his disbarment.17:25 03.12.2020
Vice President of Russia’s Federal Chamber of Lawyers reports less searches in law officesSuch systemic problems as unjustified summons of lawyers for questioning and searches in law offices have been practically settled over the last few decades, according to Vice President of Russia’s Federal Chamber of Lawyers Genri Reznik.16:54 03.12.2020
Ural attorney charged with $4,000 fraud faces trialA court in Yekaterinburg, a city in Russia’s Ural, will hear a case against a local attorney, who stands accused of a 300,000-ruble fraud ($4,000).17:53 12.10.2020
Russia’s Justice Ministry to seek disbarment of actor Efremov’s defense lawyerThe Justice Ministry of Russia will seek disbarment of Elman Pashayev, defense lawyer for actor Mikhail Efremov.10:40 11.09.2020
Defense of convicted ex-Vladivostok mayor to go on trial on obstruction of justice chargesA Deputy Prosecutor of Russia’s Primorye approved indictment against two attorneys charged with perverting the course of justice, who had defended ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev in a bribery case.14:23 04.09.2020
Investigators’ decision to open abuse of office case against Bashkir bar chamber head invalidatedA court in Ufa, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Bashkiria, on Monday invalidated an investigators’ order to open a criminal case over abuse of office against a former president of the Republican Bar Chamber Bulat Yumadilov.16:16 24.08.2020
Investigation launched into Voronezh Region lawyer on fraud allegationsA probe has been launched in the Voronezh Region into a local attorney over alleged fraud.14:49 24.08.2020
Vologda Region lawyer gets 3-year suspended term for $14k fraud attemptA court in Russia’s Vologda has given a 3-year suspended sentence to a regional lawyer for attempt to fraudulently receive 1 million rubles (abut $14,000) from a client.12:52 11.08.2020
Moscow lawyer given 3-year suspended term for $18K embezzlementA 41-year Moscow attorney Alexander Barinov has received a 3-year suspended sentence in a case over embezzlement of more than 1.3 million rubles ($18,000).15:46 22.07.2020
Sham lawyer charged with swindling client out of $4,200 to stand trial in MoscowRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has approved an indictment in a criminal case against a man, who used a forged lawyer certificate to defraud his client out 300,000 rubles (about $4,200).17:31 17.07.2020
Investigators complete probe into Moscow lawyer accused of $15 mln embezzlementInvestigators have completed probe into Sergey Yuryev, the president of Moscow's bar association Mezhregion charged with embezzling 1 billion rubles ( about $15 million) from the State Air Traffic Management Corporation (ATM).18:05 07.07.2020
St. Petersburg lawyer to stand trial on fraud attempt allegationsInvestigation has been completed into a St. Petersburg attorney charged with attempted fraud. The case is sent to court for hearing. .11:26 30.06.2020
Russian lawyer’s prison sentence for attempted embezzlement quashedThe Kostroma Regional Court has overturned sentence given to attorney Vladimir Zubkov for attempted embezzlement and falsification of documents.14:45 29.06.2020
Attorneys of convicted ex-Vladivostok mayor charged with obstruction of justiceCharges of perverting the course of justice have been brought against defense lawyers for ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev in a bribery case.10:49 19.06.2020
Moscow Region court detains suspect in kidnapping of Russian lawyer’s sonA court in the Moscow Region’s town of Solnechnogorsk has detained lawyer Eduard Gladilin until August 6 as part of a case over kidnapping of a 17-year son of attorney Konstantin Skrypnik.10:10 17.06.2020
Suspect in kidnapping of son of Russian lawyer arrestedA man suspected of kidnapping of a 17-year son of attorney Konstantin Skrypnik has been arrested.11:58 11.06.2020
Russian attorney put on federal wanted list as part of fraud caseRoman Korsuvorov, a lawyer from the Krasnodar Region, has been put on the federal wanted list as part of a fraud case.16:55 10.06.2020