Sentence reduced for ex-shipping CEO charged with $67 mln theftThe Moscow City Court has mitigated the sentence of Yuri Privalov, the former head of a Sovcomflot subsidiary, to three years in prison. He was earlier sentenced to 4.5 years for stealing more than $67 million.16:48 07.11.2012
Prosecutors challenge sentence reduction for YUKOS executive LebedevProsecutors in Arkhangelsk Region's Velsk District have challenged a court decision to reduce by three years the prison term of Platon Lebedev, the jailed business partner of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the regional prosecutor's office announced.15:10 06.11.2012
Medvedev believes convicted Pussy Riot members should be releasedPrime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has stated that the Pussy Riot band's imprisonment is wrong and they should be released, but added that the issue falls within the competence of the court.16:05 02.11.2012
Platon Lebedev to be released in July 2013Platon Lebedev, the jailed business partner of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, will be released in July 2013 under an Arkhangelsk Region Velsk District Court ruling. The ruling reduces his prison term from 13 to 10 years.18:06 01.11.2012
Former Ukrainian prime minister Lazarenko to be released from U.S. prisonFormer Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko will be released from a U.S. prison on Thursday. The former official spent over 10 years in prison after being convicted of money laundering and extortion.17:14 01.11.2012
War criminal guilty of torturing more than 30 Serbians sentenced to 3.5 yearsOn Wednesday a Zagreb court sentenced former head of the Kerestinec Camp Stjepan Klaric to three and a half years in prison for torturing 34 Serb civilians and prisoners of war during the 1991-1995 Croatian War of Independence.10:51 01.11.2012
Convicted Eurasia Logistic managers appeal sentence in BTA Bank caseFour Eurasia Logistic top managers have appealed their sentences after receiving eight to nine years in prison for defrauding the BTA Bank of $730 million.14:21 31.10.2012
US prosecutors recommend 2.5 years in prison for Russian suspected of fraudUS prosecutors have submitted a recommendation to the US District Court for the Central District of California to sentence Sergei Bugayev to 2.5 years in prison for his involvement in large-scale fraud.17:35 30.10.2012
Sentences reduced in Moscow 2010 football fans riot caseThe Moscow City Court has mitigated the sentences of Vitaly Vasin and Nikolai Dvoynyakov, two of the four defendants convicted in the case of Moscow's 2010 football fans riots.13:42 29.10.2012
Italy's ex-PM sentenced to 4 years for tax fraudA Milan court on Friday convicted former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of tax fraud and sentenced him to four years in prison in connection with the media magnate's Mediaset television company.20:06 26.10.2012
Wall Street exec gets 2 years for insider tradingFormer Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta was sentenced to two years in United States federal prison Wednesday, after being convicted of supplying confidential information to a jailed hedge fund boss.09:57 25.10.2012
Oppositionist's appeal of sentence for selling drugs to be heard on November 7A Smolensk court will hear The Other Russia member Taisiya Osipova's appeal against her eight-year sentence for selling drugs on November 7.17:39 24.10.2012
Pussy Riot motion for sentencing delay rejectedMoscow's Khamovnichesky District Court has dismissed a motion filed by Pussy Riot seeking permission to postpone serving their sentences until their young children reach the age of 14.11:49 19.10.2012
Pussy Riot members request sentence deferment until their children turn 14Convicted Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have applied for the suspension of their judgment until their children turn 14.14:22 17.10.2012
Bribery sentence of former chief military physician confirmedThe Supreme Court’s Military Board has upheld the eight-year custodial sentence of the Defense Ministry's former Medical Department head.14:57 16.10.2012
Extremist leader gets 4 year prison sentenceMoscow’s Gagarinsky District Court sentenced Northern Brotherhood leader Pyotr Khomyakov to four years in prison.12:18 16.10.2012
Sentence mitigation for Khodorkovsky's partner to be reconsidered on Nov.1The Velsk District Court will examine once again on November 1 the possibility of mitigating the punishment of former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky's one-time business partner Platon Lebedev, who received a 13-year prison sentence for alleged oil theft and money laundering.15:15 15.10.2012
Pussy Riot attorney vows conditional sentence is not final victoryConvicted Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich's conditional sentence is not the final victory in the case.17:50 10.10.2012
Pussy Riot member Samutsevich sentence reduced to probationThe Moscow City Court commuted Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich’s hooliganism sentence from two years in a prison colony to immediate release with probation Wednesday during the group’s appeal of its collective sentence for hooliganism motivated by religious enmity.14:43 10.10.2012
Sandusky sentenced in latest high profile US sex abuse caseFormer Penn State Assistant Football Coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to 30 to 60 years behind bars for sexually abusing ten boys over a 15 year period, the latest in a string of high-profile child sex abuse cases that have stunned the US.09:42 10.10.2012