Rusnano top manager denied bail in embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court on Monday refused to release Andrey Gorkov, managing director of the state-owned technology corporation Rusnano involved in the case over embezzling of over 700 million rubles (about $12 million), on a 50-million-ruble bail ($844,000).13:37 03.07.2017
Bill on blocking mirror websites signed into lawRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on blocking copies of websites containing illegal information (mirror websites).11:36 03.07.2017
Seizure of Red October plant owner’s assets upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to seize assets belonging to Volgograd metallurgic plant Red October, Dmitry Gerasimenko, who is charged with embezzling VTB Bank’s $65 million credit.13:29 29.06.2017
Seizure of assets owned by Federal Guard Service General’s relatives upheldThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling to seize property belonging to the relatives of the Federal Guard Service (FSO) General Gennady Lopyrev, who stands charged with taking a grand bribe.11:30 28.06.2017
Russian billionaire Mikhalchenko to stay detained in alcohol trafficking caseThe Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention of billionaire Dmitry Mikhalchenko, who stands charged with alcohol trafficking, until September 29.17:34 26.06.2017
Moscow court to examine lawfulness of Rusnano top manager detentionThe Moscow City Court is to examine the lawfulness of detention of Andrey Gorkov, a managing director of the state-owned technology corporation Rusnano, charged with abuse of his position in the company.11:51 23.06.2017
Moscow court upholds compulsory treatment of Bolotnaya activist PanfilovThe Moscow City Court had upheld a lower court’s ruling to send the Bolotnaya Square riot case defendant Maxim Panfilov to compulsory treatment.13:37 22.06.2017
Sentence given to accountant convicted in $786,000 embezzlement case takes effectThe Moscow City Court has upheld the sentence given to accountant Yelena Silina for being an accomplice in the embezzlement of almost 44 million rubles ($786,000) from the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF).12:32 21.06.2017
Court upholds sentence given to Russian Press Agency’s ex-head for extremismThe Moscow City Court had upheld a sentence given to ex-head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media (Rospechat) and one of the founders of “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” Boris Mironov, for extremism.11:37 20.06.2017
Sentence given to Moscow unauthorized rally participant takes effectThe Moscow City Court had upheld a sentence given to Yury Kuliy, who is to spend 8 months in a penal colony settlement for attacking a police officer at the unauthorized rally in Moscow on March 26.17:27 19.06.2017
Russian Supreme Court to review case against Estonian resident found guilty of espionageThe Supreme Court of Russia will review an appeal filed by Estonia’s resident Arsen Mardaleyshvili, sentenced to eleven years for espionage in a high security penal colony, on June 20.10:22 16.06.2017
Refusal to recover $1.4 mln from Potanin’s ex-wife in favor of Eco Invest upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s refusal to collect over 78 million rubles ($1.4 million at the current exchange rate) in damages from Natalia Potanina, the ex-wife of billionaire Vladimir Potanin, in favor of Eco Invest company.12:55 15.06.2017
Ex-chief accountant of Russian theater company pleads guilty to embezzlementEx-chief accountant of the Seventh Studio stage company Nina Maslyayeva, who stands charged with embezzling public funds allocated for promotion of art, pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with investigation.11:49 08.06.2017
Defendants in Culture Ministry embezzlement case pay $2.3 mln in damagesFormer Deputy Minister of Culture Grigory Pirumov and other defendants in the so-called case of restorers have paid about 163 million rubles in damages ($2.3 million).15:45 06.06.2017
Appeal against compulsory treatment of Bolotnaya activist Panfilov set for June 22The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal against a lower court’s ruling to send the Bolotnaya Square riot case defendant Maxim Panfilov to compulsory treatment on June 22.14:58 01.06.2017
Moscow City Court refuses to release Ukrainian journalist charged with spyingThe Moscow City Court has dismissed an appeal filed by legal defense of Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, who stands charged with espionage, against extension of his detention until June 30.13:10 18.05.2017
Moscow City Court extends detention for three Probusinessbank ex-managersThe Moscow City Court has extended detention of three former managers of Probusinessbank charged with embezzlement of 2.5 billion rubles (about $43.9 million) until August 17.10:53 17.05.2017
Ex-head of Russia’s Mari El Republic Markelov to stay in jailThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld detention of ex-head of Russia’s Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov charged with receiving a large-scale bribe.18:00 10.05.2017
Moscow court upholds extension of mayor Koshurnikov’s detentionThe Moscow City Court has upheld a ruling of a lower court extending detention of Denis Koshurnikov, the mayor of Pereslavl-Zalessky, charged with abuse of office that led to grave consequences, until July 16.13:55 10.05.2017
One more defendant in Culture Ministry’s embezzlement case pleads guiltyOne of the defendants in a criminal case over large-scale embezzlement of public funds allocated for restoration of cultural heritage objects, Nikita Kolesnikov, admitted guilt and made a deal with the investigation.11:37 05.05.2017