US navy veteran jailed for trying to spy for RussiaA retired US Navy officer has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for attempting to spy for Russia, the FBI said.11:54 11.02.2014
Lukić sentenced to life by ICTY, taken to EstoniaThe press service of the Estonian Ministry of Justice reported Monday that a prison convoy delivered Milan Lukić to Estonia. Lukić was sentenced to life by the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for military crimes.11:32 11.02.2014
Saudi journalist jailed for accusing authorities of inciting terrorismA Saudi court on Tuesday sentenced a TV presenter to 12 years in prison for criticizing the authorities and for claiming that Saudi Arabia fostered terrorism and supported al Qaeda, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.14:18 05.02.2014
Debauching Russian air passenger goes to prison for hijackThe Moscow Region Court on Tuesday has sentenced Sergei Kabalov, Russian businessman found guilty of attempting to hijack a plane while drunk, to 3,5 years in maximum security prison.12:09 04.02.2014
In absentia sentence for Hermitage Capital CEO Browder confirmedThe Moscow City Court on Friday declared the 9 year sentence in absentia to the Hermitage Capital Management head William Browder lawful, RAPSI reports from the courtroom. The UK refused to extradite Browder to Russia.12:26 31.01.2014
Serbian general sentenced to 18 years for crimes in KosovoThe Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday adopted a final ruling in the case of Serbian general Vlastimir Djordjevic, sentencing him to 18 years in prison for crimes committed in Kosovo.11:23 28.01.2014
Sentence of Khodorkovsky's business partner reduced to time servedThe Russian Supreme Court has reduced the sentence of Khodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev to time served. According to his lawyer Vladimir Krasnov, Lebedev may be relesed later today, if the necessary procedures are formalised with the Federal Penitentiary Service.13:10 23.01.2014
Deceased student's family appeals MMA champion's sentence in Supreme CourtThe family of deceased student Ivan Agafonov filed with Russia's Supreme Court a supervisory appeal against a suspended sentence handed down to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) champion Rasul "Black Tiger" Mirzayev for manslaughter.16:52 20.01.2014
Muscovite paralyzed after alleged crime sentenced to six yearsMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court sentenced to six years in prison Monday Muscovite Vladimir Topekhin, a 31-year-old former auditor that was badly injured in a car accident after having committed his alleged crime, his attorney told RAPSI.11:43 14.01.2014
Russian lawyer flees courtroom before sentencing for 35 mln ruble fraudA lawyer from the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod, who is accused of a 35 million ruble ($1 mln) fraud, fled the courthouse during trial, and was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison.14:38 10.01.2014
Banker Lebedev continues serving sentence in "mogul scuffle" caseRussian billionaire Alexander Lebedev sentenced to 150 hours of correctional labor for punching businessman Sergei Polonsky during the filming of an NTV talk show will continue serving his sentence in the Moscow Region.12:57 10.01.2014
Jury convicts Elizabeth II portrait vandalA jury has found Tim Haries, a campaigner of Fathers4Justice, guilty of defacing a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.11:28 09.01.2014
UK PM Cameron backs US-style sentence increases for serious crimesUK Prime Minister David Cameron has voiced his support for plans that would introduce sentencing structures similar to those found in the US, where murderers and other such serious offenders can be handed sentences exceeding 100 years.19:32 03.01.2014
Moscow restaurateur found guilty of dismembering wifeMoscow's Golovinsky District Court on Monday found Alexei Kabanov, the founder of a popular chain of cafes in Moscow, guilty of killing and dismembering his journalist wife.12:09 30.12.2013
Ex-Moscow court clerk to spend 3.5 years in prison for soliciting $80,000Andrey Sinitsa, formerly a Moscow judicial clerk, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for soliciting $80,000 from a litigating party.19:29 24.12.2013
Five Tajik students receive two-year sentences for fighting in SyriaThe Supreme Court of Tajikistan on Tuesday sentenced five students to two years each in prison for participating in armed conflict in Syria, the court’s press service reports.16:41 24.12.2013
Kremlin website hacker sentenced for hooliganismA Russian court convicted a computer hacker who broke into the presidential website to 18 months of probation, a court representative said Monday.15:55 23.12.2013
Former YUKOS shareholder’s second absentia sentence takes effectThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday deemed a second sentence issued in absentia to former YUKOS shareholder Leonid Nevzlin lawful, RAPSI reports from the court. Nevzlin was sentenced for 6 years on charges of misappropriation in addition to a standing life sentence for conspiracy to murder.13:01 17.12.2013
Bolshoi soloist's defense asks court to revoke acid attack verdictThe defense of the leading Bolshoi Ballet soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko, convicted for masterminding an attack on the ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin, has asked a court to overturn his sentence.12:22 13.12.2013
Three ETA members sentenced to 3,860 years each for 2009 blastThe organizers of a terrorist attack near the Guardia Civil barracks in Burgos, northern Spain, have been sentenced to imprisonment, Spanish media report.16:43 12.12.2013