Prominent Armenian businessman’s sentence for stealing $700k upheldThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld a 4-year prison sentence given to prominent Armenian businessman Levon Airapetyan for embezzlement of $700,000.16:22 28.06.2016
Sentence for eccentric artist Pavlensky appealedLawyers of the performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky have appealed the ruling of a court that found him guilty of setting fire to the Moscow headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB).15:50 16.06.2016
Former employee of Russian Orthodox Church gets 12 years in prison for treasonThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday sentenced Yevgeny Petrin, former employee of Russian Orthodox Church who claimed to be working as an operative of the Federal Security Service (FSB), to 12 years in prison for treason.11:56 14.06.2016
Russian tycoon Polonsky to stay in detention until AugustThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday extended the detention of real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky, who stands accused of large scale fraud during the construction of two residential complexes, until August 12.12:51 07.06.2016
Moscow City Court reduces sentence in metro accident caseThe Moscow City Court has reduced sentence in the case over Moscow metro crash that left 24 people dead.14:03 01.06.2016
Arrest in absentia of Ukrainian billionaire charged with tax evasion in Russia upheldThe Moscow City Court on Friday upheld a lower court’s ruling to arrest Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Grigorishin, who stands charged with tax evasion amounting to 674 million rubles ($10.2 million), in absentia.15:26 27.05.2016
Moscow court refuses to release suspect in Culture Ministry embezzlement scandal on bailThe Moscow City Court has ruled that the extended detention of Boris Tsagarayev, who stands charged with embezzlement of budgetary funds allocated for restoration of cultural heritage objects, was lawful.13:49 19.05.2016
Moscow Court refuses to release Domodedovo airport ownerThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the house arrest of Dmitriy Kamenshchik, the Domodedovo airport owner charged in the case over 2011 terrorist attack that left 37 dead.13:30 18.05.2016
Former anti-corruption official sentenced to 6 years in prisonThe Moscow City Court on Thursday sentenced former detective of the Interior Ministry’s Main Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Directorate Astemir Sokurov to 6 years in prison for attempted large-scale fraud through abuse of his office.15:58 12.05.2016
Russia’s Supreme Court to examine lawfulness of “The Russians” movement liquidationThe Russia’s Supreme Court will examine the lawfulness of the Moscow City Court ruling to liquidate nationalist movement “Russkiye” (The Russians) on May 11.15:38 06.05.2016
Court lets stand attachment of property owned by Sakhalin ex-governor’s spouse and sonThe Moscow City Court has ruled that extension till June 27 of the attachment of property belonging to Irina and Ilya Khoroshavin, the spouse and son of Alexander Khoroshavin, who stands charged with large-scale embezzlement, was lawful.14:05 06.05.2016
Moscow court upholds house arrest of Orthodox activist over exhibition attackThe Moscow City Court ordered Lyudmila Yesipenko, an activist of ultra-conservative Orthodox group Bozhya Volya (God’s Will), who stands accused of vandalising an art exhibition to remain under house arrest.10:32 27.04.2016
Moscow court upholds sentence against Bolotnaya activist NepomnyashchikhThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld a 2.5-year prison sentence handed down to activist Ivan Nepomnyashchikh in the high-profile Bolotnaya Square riot case.12:53 26.04.2016
Moscow court lifts seizure of Ukrainian billionaire Grigorishin’s apartmentThe Moscow City Court has lifted seizure of one of apartments belonging to Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Grigorishin’s who stands charged with tax evasion amounting to 674 million rubles ($10.2 million).17:06 25.04.2016
Navalny to pay Russian senator $6,000 for defamationThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering opposition politician Alexei Navalny to pay over 400,000 rubles ($6,000) to Russian senator Dmitry Sablin who claimed to be defamed.16:25 12.04.2016
Online library Flibusta completely blocked by Moscow courtThe Moscow City Court has ruled that online library “Flibusta” must be completely blocked.14:05 12.04.2016
Hearing on recovery of $236K from Navalny put on hold over ECHR rulingThe Moscow City Court on Friday put a stay on the proceedings for recovery of 16 million rubles ($236,000) from opposition politician Alexei Navalny in favor of Kirovles Company in connection with the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).11:34 08.04.2016
Complaint over investigation into Egyptian plane crash dismissedThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by lawyer Igor Trunov representing relatives of Airbus A321 crash victims against the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, and investigators in the case.17:02 30.03.2016
Retired colonel of Russian General Staff gets 16 years in prison for murderThe Moscow City Court on Friday sentenced retired colonel of Russian General Staff Alexander Banov to 16 years in a penal colony for ordering the murder of an entrepreneur.15:41 18.03.2016
Refusal to reclassify Nemtsov murder charges upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld refusal to reclassify the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov as a more serious crime, “an attempt on the life of a government or public figure”.12:03 14.03.2016