FSB officers raid St. Petersburg Church of ScientologySearches are conducted at the premises of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg.12:51 28.03.2018
Two businessmen found guilty of smuggling military engine to VietnamThe Kirovsky District Court of St. Petersburg has sentenced businessmen Konstantin Kondratenko and Yevgeny Tkachenko to 3 years in prison for smuggling military equipment into Vietnam.18:00 27.03.2018
Businessman charged with bribing penitentiary official to remain in detentionThe Kolpinsky District Court of St. Petersburg has extended detention of CEO of Petroinvest company engaged in the construction of a detention center Ruslan Khamkhokov, who stands charged with bribing a Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) official.18:02 26.03.2018
Release order of Ulmart co-owner Kostygin overturnedThe St. Petersburg City Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court’s order to release a co-owner of Russian Internet retailer Ulmart Dmitry Kostygin, who stands charged with credit fraud, from house arrest.14:59 21.03.2018
Former employee of Russia’s Internal Troops receives prison sentence for theftFormer employee of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Internal Troops HQ Alexander Koloskov has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for stealing aircraft components valued at 9 million rubles ($156,000).15:59 16.03.2018
Businessman accused of embezzlement during detention center construction freed on bailEx-CEO of a contracting company engaged in the construction of a detention center in St. Petersburg Viktor Kudrin, who stands charged with embezzlement, was released from house arrest on a 3-million-ruble bail ($52,000).14:59 16.03.2018
Detention of alleged leader of women’s terrorist cell extended once moreThe Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg has extended detention of Alla Bespalova, an alleged leader of the regional women’s cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist group banned in Russia, until May 16.15:46 14.03.2018
Ex-banker Gitelson, Inkasbank managers to pay Deposit Insurance Agency $200 mlnThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has collected 11.3 billion rubles (about $200 million) from ex-Inkasbank chairman Alexander Gitelson and two bank’s top managers in favor of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA).10:59 14.03.2018
Ex-St. Petersburg penitentiary official charged murder to stay in detentionDetention of 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 extended until June 2.13:59 06.03.2018
Businessman released from detention after ombudsman’s interventionBusinessman Yevgeny Petrachenko, 72, who stands charged with not paying salaries to his employees, has been released from a detention center in St. Petersburg and put under house arrest after intervention of Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov.15:59 05.03.2018
Acquitted art expert Basner denied $27k compensation for expectation damagesThe Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg has dismissed a claim by prominent art expert Yelena Basner, who had been earlier acquitted of fraud, demanding 1.5 million rubles (about $27,000) in compensation for expectation damages from the state.13:59 21.02.2018
Ulmart co-owner charged with fraud released from house arrestThe Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg has released Dmitry Kostygin, a co-owner of Russian Internet retailer Ulmart, charged with credit fraud, from house arrest.11:14 15.02.2018
Two Russian police officers acquitted in torture caseA court in St. Petersburg has acquitted police officers Vasily Kulkov and Dmitry Fenyutin, who had been earlier charged with tortures of an arrested person.10:59 14.02.2018
Defendants allegedly behind Kazan Cathedral terror attack plot to stay detained until MayA St. Petersburg court has extended detention for defendants in a criminal case over attempted terror attack in the city’s Kazan Cathedral, Yevgeny Yefimov and Anton Kobets, until May 13.13:59 12.02.2018
Criminal case against former managers of Lenenergo returned to prosecutorsA court in St. Petersburg had returned a criminal case against the ex-head of the Lenenergo energy distribution company, Andrey Sorochinsky, and his deputy Denis Slepov to prosecutors.14:59 30.01.2018
Defendant in St. Petersburg supermarket terror attack case appeals detentionA defendant in a criminal case over terror attack in a St. Petersburg supermarket that left 18 persons injured, Dmitry Lukyanenko, has appealed his detention.13:59 22.01.2018
Alleged leader of women’s terrorist cell to stay in detention until mid-MarchDetention of Alla Bespalova, an alleged leader of a women’s cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist group banned in Russia, has been extended until March 16.16:45 19.01.2018
Russian court not to proceed with appeal against Jehovah’s Witness property seizureThe Sestrotretsky District court of St. Petersburg has ruled not to proceed with an appeal against confiscation of property of the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization, banned in Russia, valued at 881.5 million rubles (about $15.5 million), until February 9.13:59 19.01.2018
Constitutional Court confirms Navalny can’t run for president of RussiaThe Constitutional Court has dismissed an appeal filed by opposition politician Alexey Navalny against a ruling of the Central Election Commission prohibiting him from running for president of Russia.10:36 19.01.2018
Former St. Petersburg lawmaker sentenced to 3 years for corruptionFormer member of the Legislative Assembly of St Petersburg, Vyacheslav Notyag has been sentenced to three years in a high-security penal colony for large-scale bribery.15:40 18.01.2018