Prosecutors to weigh fight against coronavirus in Russian regionsProsecutors in Russian regions will check the efficiency of measures taken to fight the coronavirus epidemic and availability of medical goods and drugs in hospitals.17:55 07.04.2020
Russian prosecutors elicit facts of overpricing of products aiding immune stimulationFacts of overpricing of products aiding the immune system reinforcement by retail chains have been revealed amid the coronavirus situation.18:55 06.04.2020
Alleged leader of Russia’s Aum Shinrikyo cell goes on trialThe South District Military Court will consider a case against Mikhail Ustyantsev, an alleged organizer of a Russian cell of Aum Shinrikyo organization prohibited in Russia.15:00 03.04.2020
Prosecutors seek to bring Russia’s radio to liability for fake news distributionProsecutors have forwarded to the communications watchdog Roskomnadzor papers seeking to bring radio Echo of Moscow to administrative liability for distributing fake news about epidemic in a penal colony in Russia’s Orenburg.16:25 02.04.2020
Damage from corruption crimes estimated at $600 mln in 2019 – Russian prosecutorsA general damage caused by corruption crimes in 2019 was estimated at around 55.1 billion rubles (about $700 million), the press service of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office reported Monday.10:58 30.03.2020
Twitter removes fake reports of curfew in MoscowTwitter has deleted fake statements about an alleged order of the Defense Ministry on curfew in Moscow, according to a statement of the communications watchdog Roskomnadzor.14:05 27.03.2020
Prosecutors seek to seize $5 mln assets from ex-Mari El governor accused of briberyProsecutors have filed with court a claim to forfeit assets worth over 370 million rubles (about $5 million) owned by ex-governor of Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov to the state.15:20 26.03.2020
Co-owner of ill-fated Kemerovo mall extradited from Poland – prosecutorsA co-owner of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that became a site of deadly fire killing 60 people in March 2018 has been extradited from Poland, a statement published on Tuesday on the official website of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office reads.18:06 24.03.2020
Indictment set to be approved against Russian professor accused of student murderA criminal case against the St. Petersburg State University’s history professor Oleg Sokolov, who stands charged with the murder of his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko, has been forwarded to prosecutors for the indictment to be approved.12:25 18.03.2020
Russian President states significant violations of convicts’ rightsPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin stated on Tuesday that lots of violations of rights of inmates had been fixed.18:05 17.03.2020
Putin calls Russian prosecutors to step up efforts to return stolen state assets from abroadRussian President Vladimir Putin during the extended session of the Prosecutor General’s Office on Tuesday called prosecutors to step up efforts to return embezzled state property from abroad.16:43 17.03.2020
Every second crime remains unsolved in Russia – PutinNearly one in two crimes in the Russian Federation remains unsolved, according to President Vladimir Putin.16:00 17.03.2020
Prosecutors’ asset forfeiture claim against Zakharchenko not to be reconsideredMoscow’s Nikulinsky District Court on Monday refused to reconsider a prosecutors’ claim to forfeit assets of convicted ex-colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko and his relatives to the state upon newly discovered evidence.10:55 16.03.2020
Prosecutors’ $14 mln claim against Moscow Region district ex-head set for March 31A court in Odintsovo, a town in the Moscow Region, will begin hearing a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office seeking to forfeit assets of ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun worth over 1 billion rubles (about $14 million) to the state on March 31.18:05 11.03.2020
Russian prosecutors declare NGO registered in Belgium undesirableThe Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia has declared the international NGO European Endowment for Democracy registered in Belgium undesirable in the Russian Federation.17:16 11.03.2020
Two GTA gang members sentenced to long prison terms in TajikistanA court in Tajikistan has sentenced two members of the infamous GTA gang, who had absconded Russian investigators, to 25 years in prison each.10:57 10.03.2020
Over $20.5 mln recovered from convicted ex-Vladivostok mayor - prosecutorsA court in Vladivostok, Russia’s Far East, has granted a prosecutors’ claim and recovered over 1.4 billion rubles (over $20.5 million) from ex-city mayor Igor Pushkarev sentenced to 15 years in prison for commercial bribery, abuse of office and taking bribes and his inner circle.14:11 06.03.2020
Prosecutors challenge early release of Russian penitentiary service’s ex-director ReimerProsecutors have filed an appeal against an order to release ex-director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer convicted of embezzlement on parole.10:44 27.02.2020
Two ex-officials of Far East prison keeping notorious convict go on abuse of office trialIndictment has been approved against two ex-officials of an Amur Region’s penal colony where a notorious gang member Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz is serving his sentence for involvement in mass murder; a local court is to hear the case.11:42 26.02.2020
Ex-director of Russian shipbuilding yard gets 7 years in jail for non-payment of salariesA court in Russia’s Astrakhan Region has sentenced the former director of a shipbuilding yard Alexander Ilyichev to 7 years in a penal colony for non-payment of salaries.15:36 25.02.2020