Ex-Inter RAO board member to serve sentence for espionage in AltaiA former board member of Inter RAO energy holding Karina Tsurkan convicted of espionage has been transferred to a penal colony in the Altai Krai, her attorney Anna Stavitskaya has told RAPSI.17:07 18.10.2021
Prosecutors seek harsher sentence for man convicted of theatre construction embezzlementProsecutors seek to impose a stricter punishment on Maxim Korneyev, who has received suspended sentence for the embezzlement of funds allocated as part of the Federal Target Program “Culture of Russia” for a new building design of the Maly Drama Theatre.16:59 18.10.2021
Businessman gets 12 years in jail for $2.5 mln embezzlement from disabled personsMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday sentenced businessman Valery Perevoznikov to 12 years behind bars for the embezzlement of 179 million rubles ($2.5 million) intended for producing prostheses for disabled persons.15:25 18.10.2021
Legislative proposal to grant status of combat veterans to prosecutors reaches State DumaThe Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a bill granting the status of a participant in military activities to prosecutors who served in the areas of counter-terrorism operations in the North Caucasus to the lower house of parliament.12:25 18.10.2021
New murder-related probe launched into Krasnoyarsk businessman BykovInvestigators have opened a new criminal case against Krasnoyarsk businessman Anatoly Bykov over incitement of murder17:37 15.10.2021
Cabinet backs ban on persons involved in extremism to work as pilots and flight attendantsThe Government Commission on Legislative Activities has approved an initiative to ban those involved in extremist activities, including those who publish posts on social networks that incite hatred and enmity, from working as pilots or flight attendants.15:29 15.10.2021
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
State Duma backs United Russia bill on fines to persons abandoning petsThe draft law introducing fines to be paid by persons abandoning their pets, which had been developed by political party United Russia, was supported by the Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environment Protection of the lower house of the Russian parliament.12:52 15.10.2021
Russian Ombudsman urges data bank of victims in the zones of military conflictsRussia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova advocates the creation of a unified data bank of victims in the territories of military conflicts.10:54 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
Russian Supreme Court upholds harsh ex-Inter RAO board member’s sentence for espionageThe Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday upheld severe sentence passed on ex-board member of Inter RAO energy holding Karina Tsurkan against her long prison sentence for espionage.16:36 14.10.2021
Defendant in case over mass shooting in Russia’s Perm university detained for two monthsA court in Russia’s Perm on Thursday ordered student Timur Bekmansurov, who stands charged with shooting in the Perm State University that led to the death of six people, until December 13.16:30 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
Sentencing of Doctors Alliance head in sanitary breach case set for October 14Moscow's Preobrazhensky District Court will annouce sentence against Anastasia Vasilyeva, the leader of medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance, an organization recognized by the Russian Justice Ministry as a foreign agent), in a case over breaching sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally, on October 14.17:44 13.10.2021
St. Petersburg Bar Chamber to decide on disbarment of lawyer PavlovThe Chamber of Lawyers of St. Petersburg will decide whether attorney Ivan Pavlov should be disbarred due to his refusal to sign a pledge of secrecy in a treason case against former journalist Ivan Safronov.16:29 13.10.2021
Bill on stricter punishment for regular beatings reaches State DumaThe Government has submitted a draft law toughening punishment for regular assaults to the lower house of parliament.15:07 13.10.2021
Russian Cabinet approves initiative granting prosecutors status of combat veteransThe Government Commission on Legislative Activities has approved an initiative granting the status of a participant in military activities to prosecutors who served in the areas of counter-terrorism operations in the North Caucasus.14:12 13.10.2021
Investigators seek to detain head of Moscow School of Social and Economic SciencesPolice investigators have filed a motion to place the rector of the The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev in detention until December 7 as part of a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case.13:50 13.10.2021