Ex-attorney charged with fraud to be held in detention until fall – courtThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow has extended detention of the former attorney Vadim Lyalin, who stands charged with large-scale fraud, until September 15.14:09 14.06.2022
Punishment for defense witness in actor Efremov’s case upheldThe Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday upheld a 50,000-ruble fine (over $850 at the current exchange rate) given as a punishment Andrey Gayev, a defense witness in a case against actor Mikhail Efremov who had stated that the defendant had not driven his Jeep.16:18 09.06.2022
Journalist Kara-Murza to stay in jail over fake news allegationsMoscow’s Basmanny District Court has extended the detention of journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza (declared a foreign agent) until August 12 in a case over fake stories about Russia’s army.10:43 09.06.2022
Journalist Yury Dud challenges foreign agent statusJournalist and blogger Yury Dud has filed an administrative lawsuit against Russia’s Justice Ministry challenging a mass media-foreign agent label.16:19 07.06.2022
Moscow court upholds continued detention of former Deputy Minister of EducationMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court upheld the detention of former Deputy Minister of Education Marina Rakova on charges of embezzling about 50 million rubles ($700,000).10:39 07.06.2022
Ex-Deputy Minister of Science sentenced to 6.5 years for $800k embezzlementMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Friday sentenced ex-Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Marina Lukashevich to 6.5 years behind bars for embezzling about 50 million rubles (over $800,000).18:45 03.06.2022
Detention of Sberbank top manager in ex-Deputy Education Minister's case upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld the detention of Sberbank managing director Eugeny Zak, a defendant in the case against ex-Deputy Minister of Education and Sberbank vice-president Marina Rakova.10:52 26.10.2021
Moscow courts suspend personal reception of citizens amid COVID-19 spreadMoscow courts will suspend personal reception of citizens starting October 28 due to the coronavirus outbreak.17:15 25.10.2021
Detention of ex-Deputy Minister of Education Rakova in embezzlement case upheldThe Moscow City Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by ex-Deputy Minister of Education and Sberbank vice-president Marina Rakova against her detention in an embezzlement case.15:56 25.10.2021
Top cybersecurity executive loses appeal against detention in treason caseThe Moscow City Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by the founder of a leading Russian cybersecurity company Ilya Sachkov charged with treason against his detention.12:54 21.10.2021
Moscow court to hear appeal against house arrest of Shaninka rector in embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court will hear a prosecutor's appeal against house arrest of the rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev in a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case on October 27.17:55 20.10.2021
Dismissal of Navalny’s defamation lawsuit against President’s spokesman becomes finalThe Moscow City Court has upheld the dismissal of defamation claims lodged by Alexey Navalny against the Russian President’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov and ITAR-TASS.15:40 20.10.2021
YouTube blogger Yury Dud fined $1,400 for drug propagandaMoscow's Zyuzinsky District Court on Wednesday fined prominent Russian YouTube blogger Yury Dud 100,000 rubles ($1,400) in a drug propaganda case.13:11 20.10.2021
Remote work for 30% of enterprises’ employees again ordered in MoscowMoscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Tuesday signed an order on the remote work for at least 30% of the city enterprises’ employees starting October 25.17:29 19.10.2021
Prosecutors insist on detention of higher institution rector involved in embezzlement caseThe Moscow Prosecutor’s Office filed an appeal seeking to overturn a court ruling dismissing a detention plea and ordering the rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev to be put under house arrest in a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case.13:01 19.10.2021
Russian hematologist granted $60k comensation for unfounded prosecutionMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Friday ordered Russia’s Finance Ministry to pay well-known hematologist Elena Misyurina 4.3 million rubles ($60,000) in compensation for damage caused by unfounded criminal prosecution against her.13:46 15.10.2021
Moscow court to hear appeal against sentence of lawyer convicted of bribery mediationThe Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against sentence of lawyer Alexander Vershinin defending several defendants in notorious cases, who has received 2.5 years in penal colony for mediation in bribery, on October 26.17:45 14.10.2021
Liberty restriction of municipal lawmaker for sanitary breaches at illegal rally upheldThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld restriction of freedom for 1.5 years imposed on municipal lawmaker Dmitry Baranovsky in a case over violation of sanitary rules during an unauthorized rally held in the city in January.17:01 14.10.2021
Sentence upheld against man guilty of beating police officer at illegal Moscow rallyThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld sentence given to Eugeny Yesenov, Russia’s national born in the Republic of Kalmykia, for beating a policeman at the illegal rally held in central Moscow on January 23.12:56 14.10.2021
Doctors Alliance head sentenced to one year of freedom restraint in sanitary breach caseAnastasia Vasilyeva, the leader of medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance, an organization recognized by the Russian Justice Ministry as a foreign agent), was sentenced to one year of restriction of freedom in a case over breaching sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally.11:12 14.10.2021