Belgorod man gets two years in prison for armed bank rampageA court in the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod has sentenced Alexander Vdovin, a 46-year-old local resident, who took hostages at a city’s bank, to two years in a prison settlement.16:51 26.08.2014
Four opposition activists sentenced for participating in 2012 Moscow riotsMoscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday found four opposition activists guilty of participating in Moscow's 2012 Bolotnaya riots and using violence against law enforcement officers and sentenced them to terms ranging from 39 to 42 months.14:33 18.08.2014
Two Khmer Rouge leaders sentenced to life in CambodiaA court in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh handed down life sentences to two former leaders of the Khmer Rouge party that orchestrated the Cambodian genocide in the 1970s. It is the toughest possible punishment in the country.12:33 07.08.2014
Convicted Moscow riots activist transferred to Southern RussiaYaroslav Belousov convicted of participation in Moscow's 2012 Bolotnaya riots has been transferred to the Stavropol Territory for serving his sentence, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI on Wednesday.17:08 06.08.2014
Opposition activist Razvozzhayev appeals verdict in Moscow 2012 riots caseDefense of opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev who was convicted for organizing riots in May 2012 appealed the verdict, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI on Tuesday.15:13 29.07.2014
Russian Supreme Court dismisses Bolshoi acid attack verdict appealRussia’s Supreme Court has rejected a cassation appeal filed by the leading Bolshoi Ballet soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko against the verdict in the case over the attack on the ballet’s artistic director Sergei Filin, the court’s press office told RAPSI on Monday.16:10 28.07.2014
Convicted opposition activist Udaltsov goes on hunger strikeLeft Front leader Sergei Udaltsov sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for organizing riots in May 2012 declared a hunger strike, Federal Penitentiary Service spokesperson Sergey Tsygankov told RIA Novosti.13:31 25.07.2014
Extremists who operated in Russia sentenced in UzbekistanA criminal court in the Qashqadaryo Province, southern Uzbekistan, has sentenced six citizens of Uzbekistan, including three women, to between nine and 15 years in prison for involvement in the terrorist organization, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a court representative told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.11:48 23.07.2014
Ex-Yukos lawyer Lechbinskaya gets 8 years in absentia in RussiaNatalia Lechbinskaya, an ex-lawyer for defunct oil giant Yukos, has been convicted of fraud, sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison and fined over $11,600, RAPSI learned in the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow Tuesday.18:00 15.07.2014
Russian lawmaker's aide sentenced to prison for extortionThe Khoroshevsky District Court in Moscow has sentenced Alexei Shirikhin, an aide to a State Duma lawmaker, to 5.5 years in prison in a 100,000 rubles ($2,915) extortion case, the court’s press secretary, Olga Litsareva, told RAPSI on Tuesday.13:02 15.07.2014
Bucharest court fines art thieves EUR 18 millionA court in Bucharest on Monday ruled that the four thieves who were convicted of stealing paintings from a museum in Rotterdam, Holland, are to pay 18.1 million euros in damages, AFP writes on Monday.17:15 14.07.2014
Uzbek president’s daughter friends sentenced for tax evasionAn Uzbek court has handed down prison sentences to Rustam Madumarov and Gayane Avakyan, close acquaintances of the Uzbek president’s daughter, Gulnara Karimova, the Uzbek language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty announced on Monday.15:52 14.07.2014
Opposition activist Navalny appeals suspended sentenceDefense of previously convicted opposition activist and mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny has appealed the extension of suspended sentence issued in the timber embezzlement case, attorney Vadim Kobzev told RAPSI on Friday.16:27 11.07.2014
New York prosecutors refuse to review Russian pilot’s caseProsecutors in New York City have rejected a request to review the case of the jailed Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who cited unlawful actions that allegedly took place during his detention, his attorney, Alexei Tarasov, told RIA Novosti.10:52 10.07.2014
Dismissed Makhachkala mayor sentenced to 10 years for plotting terrorist attackOn Wednesday, the North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced ousted Makhachkala mayor Said Amirov to ten years and his nephew, Yusup Dzhaparov, to eight and a half years in a high-security prison, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the courtroom.13:43 09.07.2014
Transport officials receive sentences for Bulgaria shipwreckOn Monday, the Moskovsky District Court of Kazan found Irek Timergazeyev, head of the Kazan Transit Police Department of the Volga Directorate of the State Marine and River Navigation Agency, and Vladislav Semyonov, former chief state inspector of the same department, guilty in the Bulgaria ship sinking, and sentenced them to five and six years, respectively, in a standard-security prison, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.16:40 07.07.2014
Navalny’s suspended sentence under Kirovles case extendedThe Lyublinsky District Court in Moscow has extended the suspended sentence of opposition leader Alexei Navalny under the Kirovles case by three months, RAPSI has reported from the court.12:34 02.07.2014
Former Aum Shinrikyo leader sentenced to five years in prison - reportA court in Tokyo has sentenced Naoko Kikuchi, a former leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult who escaped police for 17 years, to five years in prison, Kyodo News Agency reported.10:53 30.06.2014
Russian flght attendant suspected of fraud in US sentenced to time servedCalifornia state Federal Court has officialy closed the case against Russian flight attendant Marina Talashkova who was accused and arrested in Canada on suspicion of fraud and spent 2,5 years in pre-trial detention, according to the court documents RAPSI obtained on Monday.13:42 23.06.2014
Militant sentenced to 17 years for revolts in Chechnya and DagestanA court in Dagestan has sentenced Islam Batsiyev, a participant in the armed revolt in Chechnya and Dagestan in the 1990s, to 17 years in prison, the Investigative Committee announced on Monday.12:32 23.06.2014