Russian national gets three years in jail for joining militants in SyriaA court in Russia's southern Stavropol region sentenced a local resident to three years in prison for joining militants in Syria.15:33 29.04.2015
Russian man gets 3 years for attempted fraud involving Rostec's research centerA court in Moscow sentenced Viktor Meshchenkov, director of a British Virgin Islands-based company, to three years in prison for attempted theft of 1.28 billion rubles ($25 million) from a research center affiliated with state-owned defense and technology holding Rostec.17:53 27.04.2015
Russian court sentences PwC manager Rogozhin to 8 years in jail in absentiaMoscow's Tagansky District Court sentenced Stanislav Rogozhin, head of a "Russian business group" in Germany belonging to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), to eight years in prison in absentia over alleged fraud linked to subsidiary of state-owned defense and technology holding Rostec.14:41 27.04.2015
Russian national gets 17 years in jail for organizing foiled terror attackThe Moscow Region Court sentenced Robert Amerkhanov, convicted of masterminding a terrorist attack which was foiled in Moscow in May 2013, to 17 years in prison.14:48 24.04.2015
Two Russian nationalists sentenced to life, third gets 24 years in jail for murdersThe Moscow Regional Court sentenced two members of the extremist group BORN, that stands for "militant organization of Russian nationalists", to life in prison, while the third member of the group received 24 years in jail for homicide and attempted murder.15:42 21.04.2015
Ex-Russian senator appeals against 6-year sentence for attempted embezzlementFormer Russian senator Alexander Sabadash who was found guilty of attempted embezzlement filed an appeal against six-year prison sentence.14:41 09.04.2015
12 jihadists sentenced to long prison terms in UzbekistanTwelve members of a jihadist group have received sentences ranging from six to ten years in Uzbekistan.13:41 08.04.2015
Both prosecutors and defense appeal against banker Gitelson's sentenceBoth prosecutors and defense filed an appeal against three-year jail sentence handed down to banker Alexander Gitelson, who had been convicted of embezzling over 2 billion rubles (about $33 million) in public funds.13:42 03.04.2015
Sheremetyevo Airport Trade Union executives sentenced to long prison termsA court in Moscow sentenced two executives and a member of the Sheremetyevo Trade Union of Flight Personnel to prison terms ranging from 66 to 78 months for for attempting to defraud state-controlled airline Aeroflot out of 100 million rubles ($1.7 million).16:37 01.04.2015
Ex-Russian senator gets 6 years in prison for attempted embezzlementA court in Moscow found former Russian senator Alexander Sabadash guilty of attempted embezzlement of 1.8 billion rubles ($31 million) and sentenced him to 6 years in prison.10:34 31.03.2015
Russian banker Alexander Gitelson gets 3 years for stealing $33 mlnA court in St. Petersburg on Monday sentenced banker Alexander Gitelson to 3 years in prison and fined him one million rubles (about $17,000) for embezzling public funds.14:17 23.03.2015
Russian court upholds 8-year sentence for mastermind of foiled terror attackRussia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld an 8-year prison sentence for Yulai Davletbayev, who was convicted for planning a terrorist attack which was foiled in Moscow in May 2013.16:52 11.03.2015
Russian ex-police officer sentenced to 15 years for helping CIAThe Moscow City Court sentenced on Thursday former police officer Roman Ushakov to 15 years in prison for treason.16:34 05.03.2015
Moscow court upholds sentence for Navalny brothers in Yves Rocher caseThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld the sentence handed down to Russian opposition stalwart Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg in the Yves Rocher embezzlement case.17:26 17.02.2015
Russian climber linked to Ukrainian flag stunt gets 22-month sentenceKirill Ishutin, one of the suspects implicated in a criminal case over hoisting a Ukrainian flag on a Moscow skyscraper, has been convicted on drug possession charges, sentenced to 22 months in prison.15:44 17.02.2015
Jihad recruiters sentenced to long prison terms in TajikistanA court in Tajikistan sentenced 13 members of the prohibited extremist group Jamaat Ansarullah to prison terms varying from nine to twelve years.13:07 17.02.2015
Hizb ut-Tahrir member convicted in Russia’s DagestanA court in Russia's North Caucasus province of Dagestan sentenced a local resident to two years in prison for joining Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international terrorist organization banned in Russia.18:16 12.02.2015
Russian opposition activists’ appeal against sentence in Bolotnaya case set for MarchRussia’s Supreme Court on March 4 will consider complaints against the sentence handed down to Russian opposition activists Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev for organizing the Bolotnaya Square protests in central Moscow in May 2012ю14:20 02.02.2015
French national sues ex-Mexican president for long prison termFrench national, Florence Cassez, has filed a suit against former president of Mexico Felipe Calderón and a number of other former Mexican officials for the years spent in a Mexican prison on the charges of participating in a criminal gang.12:02 27.01.2015
Muscovite jailed for staging protest, holding 'Je suis Charlie' posterMoscow's Tverskoy District Court on Friday sentenced Muscovite Mark Galperin to 8 days in jail for staging an unuathorised protest in the city, holding 'Je suis Charlie' poster.15:41 16.01.2015