Gang leader gets 13 years behind bars for masterminding murdersThe St. Petersburg City Court has sentenced Yury Madorsky to 13 years in a high security prison for masterminding the murder of the chairman of a regional motorists society in 2007.10:00 15.05.2012
Counterfeit nuclear plants equipment supplier gets suspended sentenceA court has issued a suspended sentence to Informtekh Director Alexander Murach for the sale of counterfeit measuring equipment for nuclear and hydro power plants' turbines.13:06 11.05.2012
Bout to serve sentence in Colorado high security prisonViktor Bout will serve his prison sentence in a high security prison in Colorado.11:46 11.05.2012
Shadow consultants sentenced to five years for trading State Duma seatsShadow political consultants have been sentenced to five years in prison for trading MP seats in the State Duma.11:23 05.05.2012
Man gets 26 months in jail for affront to judgeSiberian resident Nikolai Togolev, 23, has been sentenced to 26 months behind bars for affronting a judge and a public prosecutor.11:04 27.04.2012
Bout calls on Russia to sue United States and Thailand in international courtRussian businessman and alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout has asked State Duma deputies to sue the United States and Thailand in the international court during a video conference on Thursday.18:45 12.04.2012
Former Ukrainian defense minister sentenced to five years in prisonThe Kiev District Court has sentenced to five years in prison former acting Ukrainian Defense Minister Valery Ivashchenko, who was accused of abuse of power.13:31 12.04.2012
Magnitogorsk vice-mayor sentenced to 10 years in jail for large-scale bribeFormer Magnitogorsk Vice-Mayor Vitaly Sidorenko was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $33,700 for extorting $91,000 from a businessman.10:35 11.04.2012
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister to be sentenced on April 12The sentence in the case of former acting Ukrainian Defense Minister Valery Ivashchenko will be announced on April 12.10:33 10.04.2012
Viktor Bout was railroaded, expert saysRussian businessman Viktor Bout sentenced by a New York court to 25 years in prison for arms trafficking, was railroaded, believes Russell Mace, a criminal defense attorney.10:46 06.04.2012
Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 yearsA U.S. federal judge on Thursday sentenced Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison.08:43 06.04.2012
Major insurer's lawyer sentenced to three years in prison for $1.3 mln fraudThe court of the city of Murmansk has sentenced a lawyer of Rosgosstrakh-Severo-Zapad insurance company to three years in prison for stealing almost $1.3 million by forging car insurance documents.17:53 05.04.2012
Bout's defense deems trial a 'disgrace'The defense of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout strongly condemned his prosecution in a letter sent to a U.S. court on the eve of his prison sentence announcement.09:42 05.04.2012
Charges brought against infamous helicopter escape suspectsCharges have been brought against three individuals involved in the infamous helicopter escape from a Vologda prison.10:53 02.04.2012
Prosecution requests life term for BoutU.S. prosecutors on Friday asked a New York federal judge to give a life sentence to convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.09:50 02.04.2012
Bout's attorney requests his client's release upon failure to prove guiltThe defense of Russian businessman Vitktor Bout requested the court to release him because his guilt has not been proven, reads the petition, submitted to the U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin.10:44 28.03.2012
Russian sentenced to 2 years for fraud in U.S.A U.S. federal court in New York sentenced on Friday Russian national Nikolay Garifulin to two years in prison for his involvement in a global bank fraud scheme to steal over $3 million from dozens of U.S. accounts.09:37 26.03.2012
Prisoner makes daring helicopter escape, faces life sentenceA prisoner, who managed to escape from prison aboard a captured helicopter in Vologda region might face a life imprisonment.11:45 23.03.2012
U.S. suspends Bout's sentencing againThe New York court has postponed the sentencing of Viktor Bout until April 5.10:04 22.03.2012
Kudrin considers judgment in the infamous Kozlov case unconvincingFormer Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said the court sentence in the case of entrepreneur Alexei Kozlov unconvincing. The businessman was found guilty of fraud with shares and therefore sentenced to five years in prison.12:17 16.03.2012