Russian court restricts access to 77 websites on manufacturing of bug devicesA court in Ingushetia, a republic in the Russian Federation, has ruled in favor of a local prosecutor’s office demanding to recognize information on methods of manufacturing and sales of eavesdropping devices published on 77 websites as that banned for dissemination in the territory of Russia.17:17 08.05.2020
Prosecutors demand probe into fake videos about man-made nature of coronavirusMoscow prosecutors seek to open a criminal case over publishing online videos containing fake information about the man-made nature of coronavirus (COVID-19).17:23 07.05.2020
Moscow court to hear appeal against sentence in prosecutor assistant deadly robbery caseThe Moscow City Court scheduled an appeal against a sentence in a case over home-invasion robbery against a prosecutor assistant Dmitry Nekrasov that had resulted in the victim’s death for April 16.13:17 30.03.2020
Ex-clerk of Moscow court gets 4 years in jail in fraud caseMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court has sentenced a former court clerk Lilia Bolovina to 4 years in custody as part of a fraud case.10:55 07.02.2020
State Duma lawmakers back extension of prosecutors’ powersA bill extending the public prosecutor's supervision over investigators at the stage of the initiation of criminal cases passed its third and final reading in the lower house of Russian parliament on Wednesday.16:36 18.12.2019
Moscow court to proceed to asset seizure claim against FSB colonel’s family in weekMoscow’s Golovinsky District Court on Friday will continue hearing a prosecutors’ claim to forfeit assets worth over 6.3 billion rubles (over $85 million) from relatives of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin charged with bribery in a week.18:09 01.11.2019
Suspended term demanded for ex-St. Petersburg Property Fund official accused of briberyA prosecutor asked court to give a 7-year suspended sentence to ex-deputy director of the Property Fund of St. Petersburg Ilya Zhinkin, who stands charged with bribery and money laundering.14:59 29.10.2019
Prosecutors’ claim to forfeit assets of accused FSB colonel’s family adjourned againMoscow’s Golovinsky District Court on Friday adjourned a prosecutors’ claim to forfeit assets worth over 6.3 billion rubles (over $85 million) from relatives of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin charged with bribery until November 1.11:57 25.10.2019
Four people convicted of $320k army embezzlement in Moscow RegionA court has found two retired army officers and two former civil servants of one of the Moscow Region’s military units guilty of embezzling more than 21 million rubles (over 320,000).13:23 08.10.2019
Prosecutors’ appeal against return of Serebrennikov case to be heard on October 8The Moscow City Court will hear a prosecutors’ appeal against return of the Seventh Studio stage company embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov to a prosecutor’s office for clearing of the indictment on October 8.15:52 03.10.2019
IКЕА voluntary agrees to comply with antiterrorism security requirementsProsecutors have dropped a claim against the Swedish furniture corporation IKEA citing the company voluntary met the required antiterrorism security standards.13:32 02.10.2019
Prosecutors appeal against return of Serebrennikov caseProsecutors have lodged an appeal against a court decision to return them an embezzlement case involving theater director Kirill Serebrennikov for approving indictment.10:58 24.09.2019
Russia’s human rights advocates turn to Moscow prosecutor over Ustinov caseThe Presidential Council for Human Rights has asked Moscow Prosecutor Denis Popov to pay attention to the criminal case of actor Pavel Ustinov, who had been earlier found guilty of inflicting bodily harm to law enforcement officer during an unauthorized rally.17:53 23.09.2019
Former regional prosecutor assistant given 6 years for corruptionA court in Russia’s Republic of Mordovia has sentenced a former prosecutor assistant to 6 years in custody for receiving a bribe.12:35 18.09.2019
Car owner sentenced to prison for repeated drunken drivingA driver, who had been repeatedly caught for drunk driving, was sentenced to 8 months in a high-security penal colony, the St. Petersburg prosecutor’s office told RAPSI on Tuesday.17:27 13.08.2019
Rights advocates turn to law enforcement over journalists’ arrest at Moscow rallyThe Presidential Council for Human Rights has applied to Russia’s Interior Ministry, National Guard, Investigative Committee and Prosecutor General’s Office over obstructing media activity and arrest of journalists at unauthorized rallies in Moscow.15:44 09.08.2019
Regional official charged with obstruction of journalist activity faces trialThe prosecutor’s office of Russia’s Republic of Khakassia approved indictment against regional official Sergey Zaitsev, who had allegedly committed an assault upon a Russia TV channel camera crew member.19:03 23.07.2019
Two former metro police officers get 6 and 8 years in prison for briberyMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court has sentenced ex-chief of a Moscow metro police division Alexander Molokanov to 8 years in high-security prison and a multi-million fine for corruption.18:07 18.07.2019
State Duma extends list of grounds for dismissals of prosecutor’s offices personnelThe State Duma has adopted in the third and final reading a bill introducing additional grounds for dismissal of staffers serving at prosecutor’s offices.16:53 18.07.2019
Russian man impersonating police officer gets 8 years for fraudA court in Nizhny Tagil has sentenced Russian citizen Yury Blinov, who had extorted money playing a police officer’s role, to 8 years in prison for fraud.12:19 09.07.2019