Moscow court detains writer accused of sexual abuse of minorMoscow’s Khoroshevsky District Court on Friday placed writer Dmitry Starodubtsev in detention until December 13 on accusations of sexual abuse of a child.15:35 16.10.2020
Russian man’s 3-year jail sentence for Kuindzhi painting theft upheldThe Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Friday upheld a 3-year prison sentence given to Denis Chuprikov for stealing a painting by prominent Russian artist of Greek origin Arkhip Kuindzhi from Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery.12:10 16.10.2020
Organizers of illegal 2019 summer rallies ordered to pay Moscow restaurant over $3,000The Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering collection of more than 240,000 rubles (over $3,000) from organizers of unauthorized rallies held in central Moscow in the summer of 2019 in favor of the restaurant Armenia.10:30 15.10.2020
Ex-magistrate judge to stand robbery charges trial in MoscowInvestigation into a former Moscow magistrate judge charged with robbery has been completed, the Investigative Committee’s press service reports.13:48 14.10.2020
Moscow senior schoolchildren to be educated online amid coronavirus spreadMoscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Wednesday signed an order on distance learning for pupils in grades 6-11 amid the coronavirus spread.11:17 14.10.2020
FC Spartak fined $4,000 for sanitary rule breaking at match with ZenitMoscow’s Tushinsky District Court of Moscow on Monday fined FC Spartak 300,000 rubles (about $4,000) for violating sanitary and epidemiological measures during a football game with St. Petersburg’s Zenit.16:45 12.10.2020
Rapper involved in central Moscow car crash ordered to stay detained until November 21The Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed an appeal against detention of rapper Elmin Guliyev accused of hitting pedestrians by car in central Moscow.The defendant is to remain detained until November 21, the court held.11:17 12.10.2020
Moscow District Commercial Court seizes $62 mln assets from Eurocommerce Bank ex-managersThe Moscow District Commercial Court has decided to attach assets worth 4.8 billion rubles ($62 million) belonging to four former top managers of Eurocommerce Bank upon a claim of the Russian state corporation Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA).10:48 12.10.2020
Opposition politician Udaltsov denied 2021 administrative supervision liftMoscow’s Simonovsky District Court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by opposition figure Sergey Udaltsov seeking lifting of an administrative supervision including a ban to attend rallies until 2021 imposed on him.16:29 09.10.2020
Appeals against sentence of actor Efremov scheduled for October 20The Moscow City Court will consider appeals against sentence of actor Mikhail Efremov convicted of committing a fatal road traffic accident under the influence of alcohol on October 20.14:47 09.10.2020
Dagestan police colonel jailed for 9 years in $6 mln bribery caseMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court has sentenced Colonel Magomed Khizriyev, ex-head of the Dagestan Republic’s Interior Ministry operative department, to 9 years in a high-security prison in a $6 million bribery case.11:00 09.10.2020
Moscow court jails ex-Tax Service officers for 9 years in $170K bribery caseMoscow’s Izmailovsky District Cort has sentenced three former Tax Service officers to 9 years in high-security penal colony for taking 13 million rubles (about $170,000) in bribes.15:01 08.10.2020
Calvey, other defendants in $40 mln embezzlement case to stay detained until mid-NovemberThe First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday upheld extension of house arrest of Baring Vostok investment company's founder Michael Calvey and other defendants in a 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement case.16:14 06.10.2020
Moscow lawmaker’s $30K embezzlement trial to begin on October 12Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court will start hearing a case against the city lawmaker Oleg Sheremetyev in a case on embezzling over 2 million rubles (about $30,000) on October 12.14:50 06.10.2020
Jury selection in father murder case against two sisters postponed for monthThe Moscow City Court on Monday again failed to select jurors in a case against sisters Krestina and Angelina Khachaturyan, who stand charged with killing their father, and adjourned the hearing until November 5.11:44 05.10.2020
Moscow lawmaker charged with $30K embezzlement goes on trialMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court will conduct preliminary hearings on a case against the city lawmaker Oleg Sheremetyev in a case on embezzling over 2 million rubles (about $30,000) of budget funds on October 6.18:07 02.10.2020
Detention of Irkutsk lawmaker accused of $2.5 mln embezzlement appealedAndrey Levchenko, lawmaker of the Irkutsk Region Legislative Assembly and son of a former regional Governor, on Thursday challenged his detention in a 185 million-ruble embezzlement case ($2.5 million).10:35 02.10.2020
Actor Efremov files notice of Pashayev defense service cancellationRussian actor Mikhail Efremov has filed an application for cancellation of services of his former defense lawyers Elman Pashayev and Elizaveta Shargorodskaya.18:11 01.10.2020
Efremov pays compensation to son of driver fallen in actor’s road traffic accidentMikhail Efremov has paid compensation for moral harm in the amount of 800,000 rubles to the eldest son of Sergey Zakharov, a driver who had died in a road traffic accident with the actor.16:45 01.10.2020
Supreme Court upholds revocation of authority of ex-deputy head of Moscow Commercial CourtThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by ex-Deputy Chairperson of the Moscow Commercial Court Olga Aleksandrova against termination of her powers.16:00 01.10.2020