Owner of Russian major industrial construction company put in detention in fraud caseMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday detained the founder of Rosengineering industrial construction company Dmitry Novikov as part of a large-scale fraud case.15:08 07.10.2021
Russian officials breaching anti-corruption procedures to be given corrective instructionsThe Government Commission on Legislative Activities has discussed an initiative seeking that officials are to take part in awareness-rising conversations, not punished, if they commit minor violations of anti-corruption procedures.13:30 07.10.2021
Kaspersky Lab challenges recovery of $575,000 tax arrearsKaspersky Lab has filed a cassation appeal against a commercial court’s ruling ordering the company to pay corporate income tax in the amount of 41.6 million rubles (about $575,000 at the current exchange rate).11:59 07.10.2021
Detention of CEO of hypersonic research institute in treason case extended until winterMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court has extended detention of CEO and Chief Structural Engineer of the Scientific Research Institute of Hypersonic Alexander Kuranov, who stands charged with treason, until December 11.10:49 07.10.2021
Moscow court upholds $83,000 fines imposed on FacebookMoscow’s Tagansky District Court on Wednesday upheld administrative fines worth 6 million rubles ($83,000) imposed on Facebook social network.18:03 06.10.2021
Investigators seek to detain partner of investigated Sberbank vice-presidentInvestigators on Wednesday lodged a motion seeking to place Artur Stetsenko, the common-law husband of vice-president of Russia's Sberbank Marina Rakova investigated as part of a case over large-scale embezzlement, in detention.17:26 06.10.2021
Russian Government approves stricter punishment for regular beatingsThe Government Law-Making Commission has backed draft amendments to the Criminal Code, increasing the punishment for regular assaults: the respective bill toughens the punishment for persons who have already had a criminal record of physical violence.15:33 06.10.2021
The Insider editor-in-chief ordered to pay over $2K to Dutch journalist for libelMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Wednesday ordered the editor-in-chief of The Insider (recognized in Russia as a media performing functions of a foreign agent) Roman Dobrokhotov to pay Dutch journalist Max van der Werff 156,000 rubles (over $2,000) upon the latter’s defamation lawsuit.14:33 06.10.2021
Prosecutor seeks to restrict Doctors Alliance head’s freedom for 20 monthsA prosecutor on Wednesday demanded to put Anastasia Vasilyeva, the leader of medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance, an organization recognized by the Russian Justice Ministry as a foreign agent), under restraint to 20 months in a case over breaching sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally.13:40 06.10.2021
Appeal against ex-Inter RAO board member’s for espionage pending in Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of Russia will consider a cassation appeal filed by ex-board member of Inter RAO energy holding Karina Tsurkan against her long prison sentence for espionage on October 14.12:14 06.10.2021
Wanted vice-president of Russia's Sberbank arrested on embezzlement chargesVice-president of Russia's Sberbank Marina Rakova, who had earlier absconded the investigative authorities, was arrested as part of a case over large-scale embezzlement.11:52 06.10.2021
Moscow court to proceed with Communist Party’s lawsuits against e-voting resultsMoscow’s Presnensky District Court has set October 7 as a date for the talk on 15 lawsuits filed by the Russian Communist Party and candidates for State Duma lawmakers objecting the results of electronic voting.10:41 06.10.2021
Police to set reasonable term of ban to enter Russia for comic MirzalizadeThe Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow on Tuesday overturned designation of the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade undesirable for life and ordered the Interior Ministry to set a reasonable term of the entry ban.17:33 05.10.2021
Spain extradites Russian national charged with $5.3 mln embezzlementThe competent authorities of the Kingdom of Spain extradite to Russia the head of a contractor accused of embezzling 384 million rubles ($5.3 million) in the course of the construction of an Olympic facility in Sochi.16:33 05.10.2021
Moscow court to notify Facebook on claim of footballer Khokhlov under Hague ConventionA court in Moscow, in accordance with the Hague Convention, will notify Facebook Inc about the claim of football coach Dmitry Khokhlov seeking to recover from the company 150 million rubles ($2 million) in compensation for non-pecuniary damage suffered due to the blocking of posts and comments, which mention his name.14:18 05.10.2021
Genocide ruling as to Pskov civilians’ murders during WWII comes into forceA court ruling recognizing massacres of civilians committed in the Pskov Region by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War as genocide came into force on Tuesday.12:50 05.10.2021
Ex-Mayor of Russia’s Vladivostok put in detention in bribery caseA court in Russia’s Vladivostok on Tuesday put ex-city Mayor Oleg Gumenyuk in detention for two months as part of a bribery case.11:47 05.10.2021
Investigators seek to extend detention of defendant in Kazan school shooting caseInvestigators have demanded to extend detention of Ilnaz Galyaviyev, who stands charged with a deadly shooting attack on a school in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, in May, until January 11.10:55 05.10.2021
All mass events banned in Russia over coronavirus outbreak - officialMass events numbering more than 3,000 people have been called off in Russia because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to the head of Russia’ consumer rights watchdog (Rospotrebnadzor) Anna Popova.17:58 04.10.2021
Detention of former newspaper journalist charged with treason prolonged for 3 monthsThe Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention of the former journalist for Kommersant newspaper Ivan Safronov charged with treason until January 7.16:16 04.10.2021