Russia’s DIA seeks to recover $28.9 million from ex-heads of LenoblbankRussia’s Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) has filed a lawsuit against two persons formerly in charge of Lenoblbank seeking to recover 1.3 billion rubles ($19.1 million), $4 million and 4.9 million euros ($5.8 million) or about $28.9 million in total from them.10:52 18.09.2018
Sentence reduced for defendant in Kazan Cathedral terror plot caseThe St. Petersburg City Court has mitigated a 2.5-year prison sentence of a Dagestan native Shamil Omargadzhiyev involved in a criminal case over attempted terror attack in the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg by 6 months.12:59 12.09.2018
Appeal against arrest of alleged St. Petersburg terror act organizer set for Sep.19The Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against arrest of an alleged organizer of the notorious St. Petersburg subway terror attack Sirozhiddin Mukhtarov in absentia.16:59 07.09.2018
Freelance labor leader detained till late October as part of $60k embezzlement caseThe Kirovsky District Court of St. Petersburg has detained the leader of the Freelance Labor Union Vladimir Soloshenko charged with stealing 4 million rubles ($60,000) belonging to the organization until October 30.10:42 07.09.2018
Freelance labor leader arrested on suspicion of $60,000 embezzlementThe leader of the Labor union of freelancers Vladimir Soloshenko has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 4 million rubles ($60,000) belonging to the organization.15:53 05.09.2018
Investigation into alleged organizer of Russian penitentiary official’s murder completedInvestigation into ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region directorate Sergey Moiseyenko charged with organizing the murder of his subordinate, Colonel Nikolay Chernov, has been completed.12:59 03.09.2018
Appeal against arrest of alleged St. Petersburg terror attack organizer reaches courtThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow has registered an appeal against arrest in absentia for an alleged organizer of the notorious St. Petersburg subway terror attack Sirozhiddin Mukhtarov.10:59 31.08.2018
Alleged organizer of St. Petersburg supermarket terror attack to undergo mental treatmentDmitry Lukyanenko charged with organizing and committing a terror attack in a St. Petersburg supermarket that left 18 persons injured has been sent to a hospital for compulsory mental treatment until December.13:40 30.08.2018
Businessman charged with bribing penitentiary official denied $15,000 bailPetroinvest company CEO engaged in the construction of a detention center Ruslan Khamkhokov, who stands charged with bribing a Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) official, has been denied 1-million-ruble bail ($15,000).16:53 27.08.2018
Nuclear supervision agency official’s detention extended in $70 mln embezzlement caseThe Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg has extended detention of the director of the North-West department of the nuclear supervision agency Rostekhnadzor Grigory Slabikov charged with complicity in embezzlement of 4.7 billion rubles ($70 million at the current exchange rate).17:00 24.08.2018
Russian court sentences citizen of Tajikistan to 6 years for attempt to join ISISTajikistan’s citizen Umar Makhmadiyev has been sentenced to 6 years in high security penal colony for attempting to participate in the activities of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization prohibited in Russia.17:07 23.08.2018
FSB conducts searches in St. Petersburg metro’s management corporationInvestigators are conducting searches in the state unitary enterprise Petersburg metropolitan responsible for management of the city’s metro as part of a criminal case over supply of counterfeit equipment.13:59 22.08.2018
Ex-chairman of Russian youth association faces trial on embezzlement chargesEx-chairman of the St. Petersburg office of Russia’s Union of Youth Dmitry Lyadov will stand trial on embezzlement charges.15:59 21.08.2018
Alleged gang members charged with BAD fraud to go on trialA criminal case against 29 alleged gang members charged with fraudulent sale of biologically active dietary supplement (BAD) to senior citizens under the guise of medicine has been sent to the Moskovsky Ditrict Court of St. Petersburg for trial.12:59 21.08.2018
Investigation into murder of Russian penitentiary official who fought corruption completeInvestigation into a criminal case against Sabir Sadykov charged with killing Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) official, Colonel Nikolay Chernov, has been completed.16:59 13.08.2018
Russian court sentences Kyrgyz national to 6 years for terrorist recruitmentKyrgyzstan native Feruza Inakov has been sentenced to 6 years in a penal colony for recruiting his compatriots for fighting in support of Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organizations banned in Russia.17:59 08.08.2018
Ex-Russian senator’s sentence for $3 mln embezzlement upheldThe St. Petersburg City Court has upheld a sentence of ex-Russian senator and owner of Liviz liquor producer Alexander Sabadash in a 190 million-ruble ($3 million) embezzlement case.15:59 07.08.2018
Four men to go on trial for failure to report terrorist recruitmentFour men will stand trial for failure to report to the police that they were subject to recruiting to terrorist organizations.12:59 06.08.2018
Sberbank subsidiaries demand $42.5 million from e-commerce giant UlmartSubsidiaries of Russia’s largest bank Sberbank have filed claims with the Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region seeking to include 2.7 billion rubles ($42.5 million) in the Ulmart e-commerce giant’s creditors’ list.10:59 06.08.2018
Preliminary investigation into 2017 St. Petersburg terror attack completeThe law enforcement has completed preliminary investigation into a criminal case over terror attack in St. Petersburg metro in April 2017.10:59 02.08.2018