Ex-accountant involved in Serebrennikov embezzlement case gives full confession in courtEx-chief accountant of Seventh Studio stage company Nina Maslyayeva, a defendant in a multimillion embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, pleaded guilty in full during a court hearing on Thursday.13:33 11.04.2019
House arrest of theater director Serebrennikov accused of embezzlement extended till JulyMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Tuesday extended house arrest of the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov charged with embezzlement until July 4.10:51 02.04.2019
Defendants in high-profile theater embezzlement case repeatedly questioned by courtMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Thursday repeatedly questioned defendants in a high-profile embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov.16:36 21.03.2019
Hacker gets 13 years in prison for stealing $15 mln from Russian banksMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Wednesday sentenced Ukrainian citizen Yury Lysenko to 13 years in high security prison for cybertheft of one billion rubles (over $15 million) from Russian banks.17:47 06.02.2019
Victims’ relatives demand $33 mln in compensation over 2016 Sochi plane crashRelatives of people killed in a TU-154 military plane crash near Sochi in December 2016 have filed a 2.2-billion-ruble lawsuit ($33 million) with the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow.14:59 06.12.2018
Attorneys seek to return embezzlement case against Serebrennikov to prosecutorsDefense lawyers for the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov charged with embezzlement have asked the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow to return the case to prosecutors.13:59 17.10.2018
Pretrial hearing of high-profile theater embezzlement case set for October 17Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court has scheduled a preliminary hearing of a high-profile embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov for October 17.16:34 10.10.2018
Defendants in high-profile theater embezzlement case to go on trialA high-profile embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov has been forwarded to Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court for hearing.16:33 02.10.2018
Former Russian anti-corruption official gets 6 years for evidence tamperingMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Tuesday sentenced Alexander Sobol, a former officer of the Interior Ministry's Economic Security and Anti-corruption Department, to 6 years in prison for evidence tampering.13:59 02.10.2018
Opposition activist Udaltsov arrested by Russian police once moreRussian opposition activist Sergey Udaltsov was arrested by police officers on Tuesday in the aftermath of a rally against national pension reform.18:01 14.08.2018
Russia’s Air Transport Agency’s deputy head detained on bribery allegationsMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court has ruled to detain Yury Malyshev, the Federal Air Transport Agency’s (Rosaviation) deputy head, who stands charged with taking bribes.17:33 16.07.2018
Detainee charged with embezzling $1.3 mln from cell mate goes on trialA criminal case against a detainee charged with stealing 80 million rubles ($1.3 million) from his cell mate has been forwarded to Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court for hearing.12:59 11.07.2018
Moscow court to begin hearings in case of Zakharchenko’s father on July 11The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow will begin hearings in a criminal case against Viktor Zakharchenko, the father of the former Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with corruption crimes, on July 11.15:59 05.07.2018
Pussy Riot member gets 100 hours of community service for Telegram actionMaria Alyokhina, a member of the infamous feminist punk group Pussy Riot, on Wednesday received 100 hours of compulsory community service for unauthorized action against blocking of Telegram messenger.15:22 18.04.2018
Russian nationalist Potkin asks to return his case to prosecutorsRussian nationalist Alexander Potkin (also known as Belov) has asked the Meschansky District Court of Moscow to return embezzlement case against him to prosecutors.16:25 17.04.2018
Fine imposed on Russian eccentric artist Pavlensky for FSB headquarters arson upheldThe Meshchansky District Court of Moscow on Friday declined to replace a fine imposed on Russian eccentric performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky for setting fire to the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) headquarters with another non-custodial sanction.11:59 30.03.2018
Moscow court dismisses Telegram users’ lawsuit against FSBThe Meshchansky District Court of Moscow has dismissed a class action lawsuit filed by users of Telegram messenger against the Federal Security Service (FSB).14:42 23.03.2018
Ex-head of Russian Border Agency appeals sentence in embezzlement caseFormer head of the Federal Border Development Agency Dmitry Bezdelov, found guilty of large-scale embezzlement, had appealed his prison sentence.10:56 15.01.2018
Pussy Riot member sentenced to community service for unauthorized protest actionThe Meshchansky District Court of Moscow on Thursday sentenced Maria Alyokhina, a member of the infamous feminist punk group Pussy Riot, to 40 hours of community service for unauthorized protest action near the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) headquarters.17:35 21.12.2017
Moscow court returns lawsuit over actions of FSB to prominent journalistThe Meshchansky District Court of Moscow has ruled to return the lawsuit filed by prominent Russian journalist Alexander Plyushchev against the Federal Security Service (FSB) over the request to obtain information on Telegram messages decoding.13:50 30.10.2017