St. Petersburg court detains Hizb ut-Tahrir alleged memberThe St. Petersburg Kirovsky District Court had detained until July 30 Magomet Akhimov, an Uzbek national, who stands charged with being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organization banned in Russia.16:49 28.06.2017
Federation Council approves bill on blacklist of corrupt officialsThe Federation Council, the upper house of Russia’s parliament, on Wednesday approved a bill creating a nationwide list of officials, who had been fired because of loss of trust over corruption allegations.14:20 28.06.2017
Putin: Package of proposals on judicial system improvement agreedRussian President Vladimir Putin said during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday that a package of proposals for improvement of the country’s judicial system had been agreed.16:56 02.06.2017
Russian court acknowledges $442 mln debt of Transaero to foreign firmsThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has granted several applications lodged by foreign companies seeking to include a 25-billion-ruble debt (about $442 million) of Transaero air carrier on the creditor's register.15:57 02.06.2017
Russian polling NGO to appeal foreign agent status in Supreme CourtThe Levada-Center, which regularly conducts sociological and market surveys, will file an appeal with the Supreme Court against labeling of the organization as a foreign agent.16:03 15.03.2017
Russian athletes Belov and Legkov file claim with CAS over suspensionThe Russian cross-country skiers Alexander Legkov and Evgeny Belov, suspended from sports competitions on doping allegations, have turned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) seeking to reverse the International Ski Federation’s (FIS) decision.18:09 03.02.2017
Ex-Deputy Culture Minister charged with embezzlement to stay in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling to extend the detention of ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov, who stands charged with embezzling 100 million rubles ($1.5 million) of public funds allocated for restoration of cultural heritage objects, until March 15.12:47 24.01.2017
Russian national charged with $4.3 mln embezzlement extradited from AustriaRussian citizen Nail Malyutin, who stands charged with embezzling 253 million rubles ($4.3 million), has been extradited from Austria.17:17 20.01.2017
Last Russian Guantanamo prisoner transferred to UAEThe U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday that three detainees, among them Russian national Ravil Mingazov, are to be transferred from Guantanamo Bay high security prison to the government of the United Arab Emirates.16:24 20.01.2017
High-ranking investigator’s appeal against detention set for January 19The Moscow City Court has set January 19 as the date for hearing an appeal filed by the First Deputy Head of the Investigative Committee’s Moscow Directorate, General Denis Nikandrov, who stands charged with taking a large-scale bribe, against extension of his detention.18:14 10.01.2017
Russian ex-forester receives 5-year suspended sentence for illegal pine cuttingA court in the Chelyabinsk region has given a 5-year suspended sentence to former forester Aleksey Loginov for illegal felling of pines valued at 34.5 million rubles ($573,000).11:14 30.12.2016
Russian court detains regional official charged with bribery, embezzlementA court in Khakassia detained Vladimir Byzov, chief of the Administration of the republic’s head charged with bribery and implication in embezzling 195 million rubles ($3.2 mln), until late February.10:39 30.12.2016
Investigation launched into brutal bear killing in SiberiaInvestigation has been launched into brutal killing of a bear in Yakutia, Siberia.13:48 28.12.2016
Convicted member of notorious Russian gang gets 24 more years in prisonConvicted member of notorious criminal syndicate, Orekhovo gang, Alexander Pustovalov has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for killing six people.18:01 22.12.2016
Russian businessman appeals withdrawal of his claim against LithuaniaRussian businessman and former co-owner of the Lithuanian nationalized bank Snoras, Vladimir Antonov, has filed an appeal with the Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals against a lower court’s ruling to drop his claim for collection of over 40 billion rubles ($630 million) from Lithuania.15:34 02.12.2016
Energy Holding CEO put under house arrest in Aeroflot embezzlement caseMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Thursday put Konstantin Moskalev, CEO of the Energy Holding company allegedly implicated in embezzling over 21 million rubles ($322,000) from Aeroflot airline, under house arrest until January 28.12:47 01.12.2016
State Duma MPs propose establishing position of animal ombudsmanLawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Vitaly Pashin and Danil Shilkov, have submitted a bill to the State Duma establishing a position of animal ombudsman.14:47 30.11.2016
Defendants in Culture Ministry embezzlement case plead guilty - reportDefendants, including Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov, charged with embezzling 100 million rubles ($1.5 million) of public funds allocated for restoration of cultural heritage objects have pleaded guilty.10:38 29.11.2016
Amount of grave crimes drops in MoscowThe amount of grave crimes decreased by 40 per cent in Moscow in the prior six years.17:01 28.11.2016
Two Russian managers to pay $1.2 mln disgorgement in SEC caseRussian traders Alexander Fedoseyev and Roman Lavlinsky are to pay disgorgement of about $1.2 million in a civil lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.15:07 18.11.2016