Russian business ombudsman criticizes ruling on construction developer’s detentionThe Moscow City Court’s arguments that owner of Optima Development construction company Albert Khudoyan charged with 2-billion-ruble embezzlement (over $31 million) can abscond from investigators has little force.16:41 08.07.2019
Moscow City Court upholds detention of Togliattikhimbank chairman Alexander PopovThe Moscow City Court has upheld the decision to detain chairman of Togliattikhimbank Alexander Popov for two months.14:15 04.07.2019
Ex-banker charged with $11 mln embezzlement to stay in detention until winterMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Wednesday extended detention of ex-Rosprombank president Sergey Salogubov charged with 730-million-ruble (over $11 million) embezzlement for more than 5 months.18:12 03.07.2019
Treason suspect detained by Moscow court until late AugustMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court has ordered Sergey Petushkov suspected of treason to be placed in detention.16:36 02.07.2019
Banker, ex-lawyer accused of bribing Zakharchenko to be held in detention till OctoberMoscow’s Basmanny District Court extended on Tuesday detention of a board member of Interprogressbank Valery Markelov and ex-attorney Victor Belevtsov, who had allegedly given a 1-bilion-ruble ($15.3 million) bribe to ex-Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko.15:53 02.07.2019
Russian General Drymanov’s appeal against detention in corruption case dismissedThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling on extension of detention of ex-director of the Investigative Committee's Main Investigations Directorate, General Alexander Drymanov charged with corruption.14:40 02.07.2019
Moscow poisoning case defendant detained for 2 monthsThe Tagansky District Court has ordered Murat Sabanov, who stands charged with poisoning and robbing people in central Moscow, to be placed in detention until August 25.10:10 27.06.2019
Detention of ex-Rosgosstrakh vice-president in embezzlement case upheldThe Moscow City Court has dismissed an appeal against extension of detention of the former Rosgosstrakh group vice-president Sergey Khachaturov as part of a case over embezzlement.18:15 25.06.2019
Putin urges judges to detain businessmen on remand more rarelyPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin during his annual television call-in show on Thursday called courts to choose detention for businessmen under investigation sparingly.17:28 20.06.2019
Extended detention of alleged spy Whelan upheldThe Moscow City Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by a foreign citizen Paul Whelan charged with espionage against extension of his detention until August 29.13:03 20.06.2019
Russian ombudsman seeks meeting with journalist Vyshinsky in Kiev detention centerRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova during a recent meeting with her Ukrainian colleague Lyudmila Denisova asked for visiting journalist Kirill Vyshinsky in a Kiev detention center.11:45 14.06.2019
Moscow lawyer accused of $15 mln embezzlement to be held in detention till June 17The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld detention of Sergey Yuryev, the president of Moscow's bar association Mezhregion, in a case over 1-billion-ruble embezzlement (over $15 million) from the State Air Traffic Management Corporation (ATM).18:19 30.05.2019
ECHR rulings against Russia mostly concern detention terms – MoskalkovaRussia most of all pays compensations upon the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for failure to meet reasonable terms of detention and investigation, the federal human rights commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova stated on Tuesday.14:01 28.05.2019
Ex-minister Abyzov to stay detained on embezzlement charges for 2 more monthsThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Thursday extended detention of ex-Russian Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov, who stands charged with 4-billion-ruble ($62 million) embezzlement and organizing a gang, until July 25.19:07 23.05.2019
Bill on compensations for poor detention conditions reaches State DumaRussia’s Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a bill stipulating a national mechanism of compensations for inadequate conditions in detention facilities to the State Duma. .10:47 17.05.2019
Russian football star Kokorin expects medical examination in detention centerThe Presnensky District Court of Moscow allowed the Zenit club doctor to visit the football player Alexander Kokorin charged with hooliganism in a detention center.13:55 22.04.2019
Russian Prime Minister stands against entrepreneurs’ detention in economic crime casesRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in the State Duma on Wednesday that businessmen charged with economic crimes should be placed in detention during investigation in special circumstances if there is no other way.16:29 17.04.2019
Russian business ombudsman visits Baring Vostok founder in detentionRussian business ombudsman Boris Titov has visited the founder of Baring Vostok investment company, U.S. citizen Michael Calvey, who stands charged with 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement, in a detention center.11:42 10.04.2019
Ombudsman to check validity of lodging organized crime charges against businessmenMoscow’s business ombudsman Tatiana Mineyeva intends to request the police for statistics of economic crime cases with defendants being additionally accused of organizing a criminal gang.16:13 29.03.2019
Defendant in police investigator murder case to remain in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld detention of a defendant in a case over the murder of the Interior Ministry Transport Department’s major case investigator, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeniya Shishkina.12:46 26.03.2019