No grounds found for release of Kokorin and Mamayev from detention – courtThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld extension of detention of footballers Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev charged with hooliganism until September 25.11:22 17.04.2019
Moscow Region’s court refuses to shut down notorious landfillThe Moscow Regional Commercial Court has dismissed the Volokolamsk town administration’s claim to shut down the notorious Yadrovo landfill site.17:45 15.04.2019
Police officer gets 7.5 years for giving insider information to funeral firmsA court in Russia’s Novosibirsk has sentenced a police officer to 7.5 years in prison for fee-based transfer of classified information about deceased city people to funeral firms.14:50 15.04.2019
Russian human rights commissioner to take part in UN sessionRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova will participate in the tenth session of the United Nations General Assembly’s Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Aging.10:31 15.04.2019
Case of Serebrennikov’s ex-accountant returned to prosecutorsMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Thursday ruled to return a case against ex-chief accountant of Seventh Studio stage company Nina Maslyayeva charged with embezzlement allegedly committed along with the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov to prosecutors.17:35 11.04.2019
Board on disabled persons’ rights to be created under office of Russian ombudsmanA board on the rights of persons with disabilities would be established under the Office of Russian Ombudsman, Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova told RAPSI on Thursday.14:58 11.04.2019
Russian lawmakers adopt bill on fines for athletes using dopingThe lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma adopted a bill fixing fines for athletes violating anti-doping rules in a final third reading on Thursday.11:46 11.04.2019
Appeal against detention of ex-minister Abyzov set for April 12The Moscow City Court has postponed the hearing of an appeal against 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 April 12.16:54 10.04.2019
Investigators procure house arrest for jailed Baring Vostok founderInvestigators have filed a motion seeking to place detained founder of Baring Vostok investment company, U.S. citizen Michael Calvey, who stands charged with 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement, under house arrest.14:36 10.04.2019
Defendant in 1995 Budyonnovsk hostage crisis case gets 11 years behind barsThe North Caucasus District Military Court on Tuesday sentenced Ruslan Islamov, a member of a notorious gang once led by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, to 11 years in penal colony for participating in the attack and taking hostages in Russia’s town of Budyonnovsk in 1995.15:57 09.04.2019
Lower house of Russian parliament passes crab fishing quotas bill in second readingA bill on introduction of quotas for crab catching passed its second reading in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, on Tuesday.13:28 09.04.2019
Transaero bankruptcy supervisor’s $1.2 mln claim against ex-airline owner dismissedThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has dismissed an application filed by Transaero’s bankruptcy supervisor Alexey Belokopyt demanding recovery of nearly 81 million rubles (about $1.2 million) from ex-airline founder Alexander Pleshakov and his family.13:07 08.04.2019
Former anti-corruption official Zakharchenko to remain in detention until late JulyMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Thursday extended detention of the former anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with taking bribes until July 24.17:21 04.04.2019
Russian lawmakers back initiative on crab fishing quotasThe lower house of Russian parliament adopted a bill on introduction of quotas for crab catching in the first reading on Thursday.13:56 04.04.2019
Extension of convicted businessman Mikhalchenko’s detention in embezzlement case reversedThe Moscow City Court has overturned a lower court’s ruling extending detention of Forum Holding CEO Dmitry Mikhalchenko convicted of alcohol trafficking until June 21 as part of a new case launched against him over alleged embezzlement.14:59 02.04.2019
Former Russian minister charged with $62 mln embezzlement appeals against detentionEx-Russian Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov, who stands charged with 4-billion-ruble ($62 million) embezzlement and organizing a gang, has filed an appeal against his detention.11:29 29.03.2019
Defendants in police investigator murder case plead guiltyDefendants in a criminal case over the murder of the Interior Ministry Transport Department’s major case investigator, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeniya Shishkina, have pleaded guilty.13:26 27.03.2019
Russian Liberal Democratic leader accuses Financial Times journalist of defamationMoscow’s Ostankinsky District Court will proceed with a defamation suit filed by the Russian Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky against ex-Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times (FT) Charles Clover on March 26.16:01 25.03.2019
Ex-owner of Moscow confectionary to stay jailed for three more months on murder chargesThe Moscow City Court on Friday extended for three months detention of ex- owner of Moscow’s confectionary Menshevik Ilya Averyanov as part of a case over shooting on the factory’s premises resulted in the death of a guard17:39 22.03.2019
Russian company demands $155 mln from Summa Group's subsidiaryA-Property firm has lodged two applications demanding to add the Yakut Fuel and Energy Company’s debt worth 9.9 billion rubles ($155 million) to the list of creditors’ claims.11:20 22.03.2019