International Legal Forum to take place in St. Petersburg on May 18-22, 2021Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order that sets May 18-22, 2021, as the date for the prestigious Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum (LF).10:43 20.07.2020
Ex-FSB officer gets suspended sentence for official secrets leakA former employee of the Federal Security Service’s regional directorate Anna Solovyeva has received a 3-year suspended sentence for leaking official secrets.10:27 10.07.2020
Emissary of St. Petersburg cell of terrorist organization jailed for 6 yearsEmissary of a so-called sleeper cell of the international terrorist organization Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations banned in Russia Bekzod Karimov has received 6 years in a high-security prison in St. Petersburg.09:38 10.07.2020
St. Petersburg outpatient clinic with 43 COVID-19 infected employees fined $1,400An outpatient clinic in St. Petersburg where 43 employees had been infected with coronavirus was fined 100,000 rubles ($1,400) by the Frunzensky District Court.12:39 07.07.2020
St. Petersburg lawyer to stand trial on fraud attempt allegationsInvestigation has been completed into a St. Petersburg attorney charged with attempted fraud. The case is sent to court for hearing. .11:26 30.06.2020
Ex-Presidential candidate’s claim against Vkontakte social network dismissedA district court in St. Petersburg has dismissed a claim of ex-presidential candidate, CEO of The Lenin Sovkhoz cooperative farm Pavel Grudinin against social network Vkontakte seeking to remove information on his private life.17:44 26.06.2020
Two terrorist group members convicted in St. PetersburgTwo members of a St. Petersburg cell of a group known as Set, meaning Network, banned in Russia as terrorist, on Monday were found guilty of participation in a terrorist group and keeping of explosives.12:19 22.06.2020
Prosecution seeks 9 and 6 years in jail for two alleged terrorist group membersProsecutors on Wednesday demanded 9 and 6 years behind bars for two alleged members of a St. Petersburg cell of a group known as Set, meaning Network, banned in Russia as terrorist.13:55 17.06.2020
Central Election Commission gets 17 complaints of violation of Russian voters’ rightsSeventeen complaints about alleged violations of rights of participants of All-Russian voting have been filed with Russia’s Central Election Commission.13:34 16.06.2020
Russian historian accused of student murder waives defense lawyerHistory professor Oleg Sokolov charged with killing his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko and arms trafficking has waived his attorney Alexander Pochuyev who had defended him from the investigation beginning.17:40 15.06.2020
Parole petition of mastermind of 1998 murder of Russian MP withdrawnThe Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg has granted a motion to withdraw a parole petition filed by Mikhail Glushchenko, a former State Duma lawmaker sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of fellow parliamentarian Galina Starovoitova.16:46 11.06.2020
Homeless man convicted of false report of bomb in Russian Constitutional CourtHomeless Victor Nikolayev was sentenced to 7 months in a penal colony for the false report of a bomb in the Russian Constitutional Court.12:41 11.06.2020
Convicted mastermind of 1998 murder of Russian MP abandons parole petitionMikhail Glushchenko, a former State Duma lawmaker sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of fellow parliamentarian Galina Starovoitova, has withdrawn his petition for parole.17:44 09.06.2020
St. Petersburg lawyer faces trial on fraud attempt allegationsA court in Russia’s Bryansk will consider a fraud attempt case against a St. Petersburg attorney.16:56 03.06.2020
Accused of legalization of stolen aircraft details faces trial in St. PetersburgA case against CEO of Techcomservice firm Andrey Yeresko charged with legalization of stolen helicopter units and details worth about 20 million rubles has reached court.14:03 01.06.2020
First online hearing on Court Portal platform held in St. PetersburgThe first ever court hearings in their entirety have been held online in St. Petersburg; the participants have registered via a governmental website of state services, what enabled distant identification.18:17 27.05.2020
Russian historian accused of student murder to stay in detention until late SeptemberThe St. Petersburg City Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal against extension of detention of history professor Oleg Sokolov charged with killing his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko and arms trafficking until September 23.12:58 26.05.2020
St. Petersburg court declares books by U.S. missionary Branham extremistBrochures authored by XX century missionary William Branham have been defined as extremist literature and banned for dissemination in the territory of the Russian Federation.19:19 21.05.2020
Man accused of false terrorist report of bomb in Russian Constitutional Court faces trialA criminal case against a man, who had reported planting of a bomb in the Russian Constitutional Court, reached the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg.14:14 21.05.2020
Convicted mastermind of 1998 murder of Russian MP seeks for paroleMikhail Glushchenko, a former State Duma lawmaker sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of fellow parliamentarian Galina Starovoitova has filed a petition for parole.17:51 20.05.2020