Appeal hearing over blogger’s sentence for online threats to be resumed on October 4The Moscow City Court on Thursday postponed an appeal against sentence of blogger Vladislav Sinitsa for online calls for violence against children of law enforcement officers until October 4.14:21 03.10.2019
Sentence of actor Ustinov in Moscow rally case mitigated to suspended termThe Moscow City Court on Monday changed sentence of actor Pavel Ustinovv, who had been earlier convicted of inflicting bodily harm to law enforcement officer, from 3.5-year imprisonment to a 1-year suspended term.13:35 30.09.2019
Video records to be examined as part of Moscow rally case against actor UstinovThe Moscow City Court on Monday granted motions to watch videos submitted as evidence in a case of actor Pavel Ustinovv, who had been earlier found guilty of inflicting bodily harm to law enforcement officer during an unauthorized rally.11:03 30.09.2019
Supreme Court of Russia upholds sentence of nine terrorist group membersThe Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday dismissed appeals lodged by nine members of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organization banned in Russia against their conviction and sentence.16:44 26.09.2019
Hype attempt: Russian man gets 3 years for Kuindzhi painting theft from Tretyakov GalleryThe Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow on Wednesday sentenced Denis Chuprikov to 3 years in high-security penal colony for the theft of a painting by prominent Russian artist of Greek origin Arkhip Kuindzhi from the Tretyakov Gallery.16:02 25.09.2019
Appeal against Zakharchenko’s sentence adjourned till OctoberThe Moscow City Court rescheduled an appeal against a 13-year sentence of ex-police colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko in a corruption case for October 2.12:59 24.09.2019
Activist convicted of assaulting law enforcement officer appeals against sentenceActivist Pavel Ustinov convicted of inflicting personal injury to a National Guard officer when being arrested during an unauthorized rally in Moscow in August has filed an appeal against sentence given to him.13:07 18.09.2019
Russian Supreme Court upholds sentence of European junior wrestling champion’s killersThe Supreme Court of Russia has upheld severe prison sentence of three men convicted of killing Yury Vlasko, the two-time European junior freestyle wrestling champion.14:30 22.08.2019
Appeal against 11-year sentence of Komi Republic ex-head to be heard in SeptemberThe Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against a 11-year prison sentence passed on ex-head of Russia’s Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer for fraud, money laundering and corruption, on September 5.18:19 16.08.2019
Ex-penitentiary official’s 7-year sentence for $4 mln embezzlement appealedA 7-year prison sentence passed on ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov for a 263-million-ruble (about $4 million) embezzlement has been appealed.14:20 08.08.2019
Businessman known for dispute with IKEA challenges false denunciation case sentenceBusinessman Konstantin Ponomarev, known for his dispute with IKEA over rented diesel generators, has filed an appeal against an 8-year sentence given to him in a false denunciation case.10:46 19.07.2019
Appeals court refuses to mitigate sentence of man convicted of damaging Repin paintingThe Moscow City Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by Igor Podporin against his sentence for damaging Ilya Repin’s painting “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan 16 November 1581” at the Tretyakov Gallery.11:51 18.07.2019
Sentence of two former transport officials in bribery case mitigatedThe Moscow City Court on Thursday commuted by 5 months prison sentence of the State Road Safety Authority ex-director convicted of bribery in transport management.17:26 11.07.2019
Former Togliattiazot executives sentenced to prison in absentiaThe Komsomolsky District Court of Togliatti has found Togliattiazot co-owners Vladimir and Sergey Makhlai, ex-CEO Evgeny Korolev and their Swiss partners Andreas Zivy and Beat Ruprect guilty of large-scale fraud committed by an organized group. The court has sentenced Vladimir and Sergey Maklhai, and Andreas Zivy to 9 years in general regime penal colony each, Korolev and Ruprecht to 8.5 years each, and a fine.19:35 09.07.2019
Russian court overturns sentence quoting indictment word for wordPresidium of the Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan has overturned sentence against four men in a drug trafficking case as its text is congruent with the text of indictment.12:56 08.07.2019
Ex-Dagestan antimonopoly official imprisoned for 5 years in bribery caseEx-chief of the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s Dagestan Directorate Kubasay Kubasayev on Monday received 5 years in prison for taking over 2 million rubles in bribes (over $30,000).13:32 01.07.2019
Ex-penitentiary officer’s sentence in prisoner torture case mitigatedThe Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Khakassia has reduced a 5-year prison sentence of ex-penal colony officer Dmitry Zolotukhin convicted of torturing an inmate by 2 months.14:57 28.06.2019
Acquittal of two defendants in Karelia lake tragedy case reversed on appealThe Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Karelia has overturned acquittal of ex-chief of Karelia’s Rospotrebnadzor Anatoly Kovalenko and his deputy Lyudmila Kotovich in a case over children’s death Syamozero lake in 2016.10:34 28.06.2019
Russian President stresses importance of corruption prosecution opennessDisclosure and unavoidability of criminal prosecution of corrupt officials is a principled stance of the state, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.16:02 20.06.2019
Zenit football player Kokorin appeals against 18-month sentenceZenit St. Petersburg’s football player Alexander Kokorin has filed an appeal against an 18-month sentence he had received as part of a hooliganism case.13:38 20.05.2019