Ex-deputy director of Russian Penitentiary Service suspected of taking $2 mln bribesProbe has been opened into former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov on suspicion of taking about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes.16:59 02.11.2017
Woman sentenced to 6.5 years for transfer of stolen millions to Church of ScientologyThe Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Monday sentenced Ekaterina Zaborskikh, who had embezzled over 130 million rubles (about $2 million) from real estate investors and transferred the money to the Church of Scientology Moscow, to 6.5 years in prison.18:26 30.10.2017
Greenpeace suit against gas pipeline construction in nature reserve dismissedThe Leningrad Regional Court has granted the construction of a gas pipeline on the territory of the Kurgalsky Nature Reserve.17:52 27.10.2017
Russian e-commerce giant’s co-owner charged with credit fraud to stay under house arrestThe St. Petersburg City Court has upheld a ruling to put Dmitry Kostygin, a co-owner of Russian Internet retailer Ulmart, under house arrest in credit fraud case.15:49 25.10.2017
Convicted ex-senator gets 8.5 years in prison for $3.3 mln embezzlementFormer Russian senator and owner of Liviz liquor producer Alexander Sabadash, who had been earlier convicted of attempted embezzlement, was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for stealing 190 million rubles ($3.3 million) from Bank Tavrichesky.10:59 25.10.2017
Russian prosecutors make inspection over seal death in Gulf of FinlandProsecutors have organized a check over the death of seals on the Gulf of Finland shore.12:50 23.10.2017
Defendants in St. Petersburg metro terror attack case to remain in detentionThe Moscow City Court upheld the extension of detention for eleven defendants in the St. Petersburg metro terror attack case.18:27 16.10.2017
Russian businessman gets 2 years for embezzlement during construction in ArcticThe Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced CEO of AS-Engineering company Andrey Panteleyev to 2 years in prison for embezzling over 223 million rubles ($3.4 million) allocated for construction of an air direction center in the Arctic region.18:37 12.10.2017
Russian Internet retailer’s co-owner put under house arrest in credit fraud caseThe Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Wednesday placed Dmitry Kostygin, a co-owner of Russian Internet retailer Ulmart, under house arrest until December 9.20:37 11.10.2017
Co-owner of Russian e-commerce giant suspected of credit fraudInvestigators have arrested Dmity Kostygin, a co-owner of Russian Internet retailer Ulmart, on suspicion of large-scale credit fraud.11:45 11.10.2017
Chinese citizen charged with Savrasov painting export goes on Russian trialChinese citizen Xu Chao, who allegedly attempted to export a work by the Russian landscape painter Alexey Savrasov, will stand trial in St. Petersburg.10:57 05.10.2017
Former Russian banker Gitelson arrested in absentiaThe Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg has issued an arrest warrant for fugitive ex-board chairman of Bank of East-European Finance Corporation (EEFC) Alexander Gitelson charged with embezzling 20 billion rubles (about $347 million at the current exchange rate).13:56 04.10.2017
Credit debt of bankrupt Transaero Airlines reaches $3.6 billionCredit debt of bankrupt Transaero air carrier has reached the sum of about 207 billion rubles ($3.6 billion).13:39 22.09.2017
Ex-court secretary to stay in detention for alleged attempt to vacate sentenceThe St. Petersburg City Court has upheld detention for a former secretary of the Oktyabrsky District Court Alexander Eyvazov, charged with attempting to overturn a sentence given to municipal lawmaker Timofey Kungurov.10:59 22.09.2017
Aeroflot’s $34.7 mln lawsuit against Transaero to be heard in NovemberThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region will review Aeroflot airline’s lawsuit, seeking to recover over 2 billion rubles (about $34.7 million) from bankrupt Transaero air carrier, on November 16.11:45 15.09.2017
Sberbank files claim to charge JFC ex-CEO Kekhman with subsidiary liabilitySberbank has filed a claim with the Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region seeking to impose subsidiary liability on ex-CEO of JFC Group Vladimir Kekhman.14:59 13.09.2017
Transaero Airlines declared bankruptThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has declared Transaero air carrier bankrupt.11:47 13.09.2017
Bankruptcy trustee of JFC to receive $337,000The Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has set the amount of interest on remuneration to JFC Group’s bankruptcy trustee Igor Maslov equal to 19.4 million rubles (about $337,000).10:59 06.09.2017
Nine men charged with recruiting for ISIS to stay in detention until December 4The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg has extended detention of nine natives of Central Asian states charged with recruiting for Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State (ISIS), terrorist organizations banned in Russia and internationally until December 4.11:53 04.09.2017
Russian court dismisses Ulmart move to invalidate $17 mln contract with SberbankThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has dismissed a petition of Russian Internet retailer Ulmart seeking to invalidate its non-revolving credit facility agreement worth over 1 billion rubles (about $17 million at the current exchange rate) with Sberbank.11:20 01.09.2017