Former Lenenergo managers once more deny wrongdoing in abuse of office caseFormer CEO of Lenenergo energy distribution company Andrey Sorochinsky and his deputy Denis Slepov have once again denied wrongdoing in a criminal case over abuse of office that led to grave consequences for the company.10:59 22.05.2018
Over 100 cases on obstruction of business opened in Russia in 2017Investigators opened 101 criminal cases on obstruction of legal business activities in 2017, Russia’s Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan said at the VIII Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum (LF) .18:05 16.05.2018
Number of complaints from Russia does not exceed European average – ECHR judgeThe number of complaints from Russia filed with the European Court of Human Rights does not exceed European average, ECHR judge Angelika Nussberger said during a constitutional conference of the VIII Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum (LF) on Tuesday.15:07 15.05.2018
Ulmart co-owner Kostygin ordered to pay Globex bank $240,000The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg has collected 15 million rubles ($240,000) from a co-owner of Russian Internet retailer Ulmart Dmitry Kostygin in favor of Globex bank.14:26 15.05.2018
Daughter of nuclear supervision agency official detained in $76 mln embezzlement caseThe daughter of a director of the North-West department of the nuclear supervision agency Rostekhnadzor Yelena Slabikova, who stands charged with complicity in a 4.7-billion-ruble embezzlement ($76 million), has been put in detention until July 9.17:29 14.05.2018
Ex-St. Petersburg lawmaker’s sentence for corruption upheldThe St. Petersburg City Court has upheld a three-year prison sentence and a 1 million-ruble fine given to the former member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Notyag for bribery.14:39 08.05.2018
Property of Jehovah’s Witnesses worth $14.2 million seized by stateA Russian court’s ruling to seize the property of the banned Jehovah’s Witnesses organization in favor of the state has come into force.16:15 03.05.2018
Moscow court extends detention of defendant in St. Petersburg terror attack caseThe Moscow City Court has extended detention for Mukhamadyusup Ermatov, a defendant in a criminal case over the St. Petersburg metro terror attack until July 6.14:43 28.04.2018
Russian ex-official charged with embezzling $3.6 million placed in detentionKonstantin Kalninyisch, former deputy head of Russia’s State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region, charged with embezzlement of entrusted property, has been detained.13:59 28.04.2018
St. Petersburg resident charged with embezzling subsidies for disabled personsA resident of St. Petersburg Alexey Yefimov charged with fraudulent embezzlement of state funds allocated as subsidies for organization of work places for disabled persons has been detained.16:59 27.04.2018
Russian Finance Ministry ordered to pay acquitted art expert Basner $36,000The St. Petersburg City Court has collected 2.25 million rubles (about $36,000) from the Russian Finance Ministry in favor of prominent art expert Yelena Basner acquitted of fraud.14:59 26.04.2018
Tajik nationals who allegedly tried to join terrorists detained in RussiaCitizens of Tajikistan, who tried to fly from St. Petersburg to a camp of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization, prohibited in Russia have been detained.10:45 23.04.2018
Russian Supreme Court rules to review appeal over bitcoin website blockingThe Supreme Court of Russia has obligated the St. Petersburg City Court to review an appeal against blocking of website on cryptocurrencies bitcoininfo.ru.16:01 20.04.2018
Jurors find Russia's kickboxing champion of Europe guilty of drug traffickingJurors have found former two-times kickboxing champion of Europe and ex-officer of the Russian anti-drug agency Alexander Bolshakov guilty of drug and weapon trafficking.10:36 20.04.2018
Jurors find 19 Neo-Nazi gang members guilty of multiple crimesJury panel found nineteen members of a Neo-Nazi gang guilty of banditry, robbery and murder motivated by racial and national hatred.13:00 19.04.2018
Russian priest Grozovsky’s sentence for pedophilia takes effectA 14-year prison sentence given to Russian priest Gleb Grozovsky for sexual abuse against underage pupils of orthodox recreation camps has become effective.16:59 13.04.2018
One more case opened against St. Petersburg Church of ScientologyA criminal case on money laundering has been opened against one of the leaders of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg.12:22 06.04.2018
All perpetrators of 2017 St. Petersburg metro terror attack identifiedInvestigators have uncovered the whole chain of persons involved in the St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack committed a year ago, on April 3, 2017.09:59 03.04.2018
Ex-president of Baltiyskiy Bank charged with embezzlement arrested in absentiaThe Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Friday issued an arrest warrant in absentia for a co-owner and ex-president of Baltiyskiy Bank Oleg Shigayev charged with a 3 billion-ruble ($55 million) embezzlement.18:52 30.03.2018
Russian court sentences Tajik national to 15 years for recruiting terroristsA court in St. Petersburg has sentenced a citizen of Tajikistan Farkhod Nazarov to 15 years in prison for recruiting new members to the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia.15:59 29.03.2018