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Russia’s police clamp down on criminal gang engaged in illegal sales of lung ventilators

Investigators of Russia’s Interior Ministry could put an end to the activities of a criminal gang whose members are suspected of selling unregistered respiratory medical devices.

18:10 30.04.2020

Interior Ministry initiates case over production of counterfeit chocolate bars

The Investigative Directorate of the Odintsovo town district has launched a criminal case over illegal use of a famous Russian brand of chocolate products by a confectionary manufacturer, Irina Volk, the official spokesperson of the Interior Ministry, informs RAPSI on Wednesday.

16:51 29.04.2020

Russian prosecutors reveal 9 websites illegally selling Moscow moving passes

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has revealed 9 websites selling individual passes and certificates for moving through Moscow and Moscow Region for 900-3,000 rubles ($12-40).

10:56 27.04.2020

Moscow Region police warn of QR-code sale fraud

The Moscow Region Main Directorate of the Interior Ministry reminds of the illegality of buying QR-codes to move through Moscow and Moscow Region and warns of the risk to lose money and personal data.

14:48 22.04.2020

Transaero seeks for bankruptcy of ex-airline top managers

Commercial courts will consider bankruptcy claims filed by Transaerp air carrier against its two former top managers Maria Akchurina and Dmitry Lipinsky in summer.

13:51 21.04.2020

Case over 2019 deadly plane fire at Moscow airport reaches court

A court in the Moscow Region’s town of Khimki will consider a case against aircraft captain Denis Yevdokimov over the deadly fire on board a passenger aircraft Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ-100) at Sheremetyevo airport that had killed over 40 people.

14:56 20.04.2020

Police thwart attempt to sell fake coronavirus tests

Police investigators opened a criminal case against three residents of the Moscow Region, who had allegedly attempted to sell fake tests for coronavirus.

14:59 10.04.2020

Prosecutors’ $14 mln claim against Moscow Region district ex-head set for March 31

A court in Odintsovo, a town in the Moscow Region, will begin hearing a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office seeking to forfeit assets of ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun worth over 1 billion rubles (about $14 million) to the state on March 31.

18:05 11.03.2020

Moscow Region resident denied DNA proof of his relation to Ivan the Terrible

A court in Krasnogorsk, a town in the Moscow Region, on Friday dismissed a lawsuit lodged by a local resident, who sought to legally establish his relation to Russian medieval ruler Ivan the Terrible.

15:22 31.01.2020

Russian ombudsman Moskalkova protects rights of convicted Israeli Naama Issachar

The warden of a penal colony in the Moscow Region, where Israeli citizen Naama Issachar convicted of trafficking and possession of drugs serves her 7.5-year term, has been reprimanded for unlawfully denying her visitations of her mother, Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova informs on Thursday.

13:00 23.01.2020

Supreme Court next to lower instances refuses to close notorious Moscow Region landfill

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation will not reconsider refusal to shut down a notorious Moscow Region’s solid waste landfill Yadrovo as was requested by the administration of Volokolamsk town.

11:00 21.01.2020

Probe into police investigator murder case completed

Investigators have completed their probe into the murder of the Interior Ministry Transport Department’s major case investigator, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeniya Shishkina.

12:21 16.01.2020

Moscow Region resident seeks in court DNA proof of his relation to Ivan the Terrible

The Krasnogorsk Town Court of the Moscow Region is to examine a petition of a local resident, who seeks to legally establish his relation to Russian medieval ruler Ivan the Terrible.

17:06 10.01.2020

Destructive cult leader gets 16 years in Russian prison for grave crimes

Mitradevananda Paramahamsa, the founder of the destructive cult sect Kaula Dharma, has been sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony for committing several grave crimes.

15:45 17.12.2019

Ex-Moscow Region Finance Minister to be imprisoned for 14 years for $220 mln embezzlement

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Monday sentenced the former Finance Minister of the Moscow Region Alexey Kuznetsov to 14 years in penal colony for embezzlement of 14 billion rubles (about $220 million).

14:25 16.12.2019

Fraud probe completed into Moscow Region district ex-head

Investigation into ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun has been completed, the Investigative Committee’s press service reports Monday.

11:31 16.12.2019

Convoy receive suspended sentence in GTA gang escape case

Four police officers on Monday got suspended terms ranging from 1.5 to 3 years for negligence during convoying members of the infamous GTA gang.

12:50 09.12.2019

Prosecution asks 14 years in prison for ex-official for “bankrupting Moscow region budget”

The prosecution has asked Moscow’s Basmanny District Court to sentence former Finance Minister of the Moscow Region Alexey Kuznetsov to 14 years of confinement on charges of fraud and embezzlement of 14 billion rubles (about $220 million).

15:51 29.11.2019

Refusal to close notorious landfill in Moscow Region challenged in Russian Supreme Court

The administration of the Moscow Region’s town of Volokolamsk have filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Russia against lower courts’ refusal to shut down a notorious solid waste landfill Yadrovo.

10:49 25.11.2019

Investigators seek for house arrest of Moscow Region’s official accused of property theft

Investigators have filed a motion to place head of the Moscow Region’s town of Chekhov Marina Kononova under house arrest.

15:37 22.11.2019