Former Russian minister Ulyukayev found guilty in bribery caseThe Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow on Friday found former Russia’s economy minister Alexey Ulyukayev guilty of receiving $2 million in bribes.11:44 15.12.2017
Russian citizen gets 13 years in prison for shooting at police officersThe Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan has sentenced a 59-year old local resident to 13 years in prison for shooting at police officers.10:59 07.12.2017
Former FSB officer appeals sentence in bribery caseFormer officer of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Vlad Novikov, who had received 4.5 years in prison for taking a 5-million-ruble bribe (about $85,000) from the Turkish firm Esta Construction, filed an appeal against the sentence.16:58 06.12.2017
Prosecutor seeks 7 years in prison for FSB officers in bribery caseA prosecutor has asked the Moscow District Military Court to sentence former and acting officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) charged with taking a 5-million-ruble bribe (about $85,000) from Turkish firm Esta Construction to 7 years in prison.17:27 28.11.2017
Russian businessman appeals sentence for hostage taking in Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of Russia will consider an appeal against the 12-year prison sentence given to businessman Aram Petrosyan for taking hostages and threating to trigger an explosion in a Moscow bank on December 12.15:03 22.11.2017
Sentence of unauthorized March 26 rally participant reduced by 6 monthsThe Moscow City Court on Monday reduced the sentence of Alexey Politikov, a participant of the unauthorized March 26 rally in Moscow, from 2 to 1.5 years in prison.17:42 20.11.2017
Russian Supreme Court mitigates sentence of woman convicted of treasonThe Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday reduced the sentence of Inga Tutisani, who had been convicted of treason, from 6 to 4 years and 1 month in prison.14:00 16.11.2017
Sentence of gang members for siphoning $2 bln out of Russia upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld the sentence of gang leaders Sergey Magin and Vadim Rybalchenko, who received 8.5 years in a penal colony for unlawful cashing out and siphoning about 122.3 billion rubles ($2 billion) out of Russia.16:59 15.11.2017
Two former regional ministers get prison terms for abuse of officeA court has sentenced former ministers of the Omsk region Rita Fomina and Oleg Ilyushin to 2 and 6 years in prison respectively for abuse of power that caused a 1.3-billion-ruble damage ($22 million).17:42 07.11.2017
Russian court overturns sentence in Jesus Christ caricature caseA court in Russia’s city of Sochi on Friday reversed sentence passed on a local resident Viktor Nochevnov for repost of Jesus Christ caricatures on a social media platform.16:56 27.10.2017
Russian Supreme Court to review ex-Yukos security chief’s case after ECHR rulingThe Supreme Court’s Presidium will reconsider the case against ex-Yukos security chief Alexey Pichugin sentenced to life in prison on November 8 following the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights.15:47 24.10.2017
Russian Basketball Federation ex-chief gets 4.5 years in prison for embezzlementMoscow’s Chertanovsky District Court on Monday sentenced Yulia Anikeyeva, former president of the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF), to 4.5 years in prison for embezzling 44 million rubles (about $766,000 at the current exchange rate).15:16 23.10.2017
Moscow court sentences participant of unauthorized March 26 rally to 2 yearsThe Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has sentenced Alexey Politikov, a participant of the unauthorized March 26 rally in Moscow, to two years in a penal colony.17:29 18.10.2017
Prosecutor seeks 2 years in prison for participant of unauthorized March 26 rallyA prosecutor on Wednesday demanded a 2-year prison sentence for Alexey Politikov, a defendant in the case on using force against a representative of authority during the unauthorized March 26 rally in Moscow.16:05 18.10.2017
Russian court refuses to reconsider sentence of convicted Pokemon Go playerThe Presidium of the Sverdlovsk Region Court won’t review an appeal filed by videoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who had received a suspended term for playing Pokemon Go in a church.16:38 16.10.2017
U.S. prosecutor asks court to lower sentence for Fishenko case defendantThe U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York has asked a court, to give Viktoria Klebanova, one of the defendants in the case over illegal export of microelectronic components to Russia, a sentence below the advisory range.12:59 12.10.2017
Sentence in Nemtsov’s murder case comes into forceThe Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the sentence passed on the five men found guilty of murdering Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.18:40 10.10.2017
Russian Supreme Court upholds defendant’s sentence in Bolotnaya riot caseThe Supreme Court’s Presidium on Wednesday upheld the sentence of Yaroslav Belousov, who had been convicted of participation in Moscow's 2012 Bolotnaya riots.10:59 04.10.2017
State Duma passes bill on visits for convicts in high security prisonsThe State Duma has passed in the third reading a bill on visits for criminals serving their term in stringent conditions in high security penal colonies and prisons.11:32 29.09.2017
Russian junior sergeant’s sentence for justifying terrorism takes effectThe Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday upheld a 3-year term in penal colony settlement given to junior sergeant Murad Shakhbazov for justifying terrorism.17:37 28.09.2017