Four individuals convicted of cybercrimes in Russia’s BashkortostanA court in Ufa, a city of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan, has sentenced four individuals to prison terms of up to 4.5 years for cybercrimes.18:04 10.06.2019
Prosecutors demand recovery of $140 mln from ex-Moscow Region official accused of forgeryProsecutors have increased their claim against ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Klin District Alexander Postrigan, who stands charged with abuse of power and forgery, to 9 billion rubles (about $140 million).12:00 03.06.2019
Ex-employee of Moscow detention center gets 4 years for taking bribesThe Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow has sentenced ex-employee a detention center Yekaterina Kravchuk to 4 years behind bars for taking bribes.18:13 31.05.2019
Russian prosecutors to seek seizure of $50 mln from convicted ex-Vladivostok mayorProsecutors will file a lawsuit with court to forfeit over 3.2 billion rubles (about $50 million) from ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev sentenced to 15 years for commercial bribery, abuse of office and taking bribes, to the state.12:28 27.05.2019
Russian woman charged with $600k embezzlement extradited from GermanyGerman authorities have extradited Russian national Natalia Madorskaya charged with embezzling 37 million rubles (about $600,000).17:37 22.05.2019
Former DS-Bank top managers to stand trial on embezzlement chargesEx-top managers of DS-Bank charged with embezzlement with the use of job position will go on trial. The case will be considered by Moscow’s Tagansky District Court.15:51 17.05.2019
Ex-CEO of Siberian air carrier sentenced to 4 years for corruptionA court sentenced a former CEO of KrasAvia passenger airline based in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, to 4 years in prison for taking bribes.11:50 17.05.2019
Prosecutors to seek seizure of $62 mln from Moscow Region’s Klin District’s ex-headThe Russian Prosecutor General’s Office will file a lawsuit to forfeit assets worth nearly 4 billion rubles (about $62 million) from the former head of the Moscow Region’s Klin District Alexander Postrigan, who stands charged with abuse of power and forgery, to the state.11:56 15.05.2019
Former Russian bailiff gets 5.5 years in prison for corruptionA court in Russia’s city of Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, has sentenced a former chief of a department of bailiffs to 5.5 years in prison for corruption.14:20 19.04.2019
Police officer gets 7.5 years for giving insider information to funeral firmsA court in Russia’s Novosibirsk has sentenced a police officer to 7.5 years in prison for fee-based transfer of classified information about deceased city people to funeral firms.14:50 15.04.2019
Seven defendants in Kemerovo mall fire case go on trialA criminal case over the tragic fire in Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) mall in Russia’s city of Kemerovo that left 60 people dead has been forwarded to court for hearing.12:41 12.04.2019
Azerbaijan citizen to stand trial in Russia on falcon smuggling chargesA 41-year-old national of Azerbaijan accused of smuggling rare falcons listed in the Red Book of Russia will go on trial in the Republic of Dagestan.16:01 03.04.2019
Russian citizen gets suspended sentence for killing Red-Book lynxA court in Russia’s Bryansk Region has given a 2-year suspended sentence to a local resident for killing a red-listed lynx.13:33 03.04.2019
Alleged militant aider extradited from Bosnia and Herzegovina to RussiaMagomed Isakov, who stands charged with aiding an illegal armed group member has been extradited from Bosnia and Herzegovina.18:00 27.03.2019
Over 1,300 Russian officials fired over corruption in 2018 – prosecutorsMore than 1,300 officials were fired out in 2018 because of loss of trust resulted from corruption offences, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia reports on its official website on Tuesday.17:17 26.03.2019
Russian Prosecutor General asked to check legality of entrepreneurs’ detentionRussian business ombudsman Boris Titov has asked Prosecutor General Yury Chaika to organize a check for the legality of continuous detention of several entrepreneurs.13:04 25.03.2019
Germany extradites Russian citizen charged with drug traffickingRussian national Anatoly Vidman charged with drug trafficking was extradited from Germany on Friday.16:37 22.03.2019
Putin urges prosecutors to be most scrupulous in detention legality checksRussian President Vladimir Putin called prosecutors to monitor the legality of placing defendants in detention more closely during the Prosecutor General’s Office session regarding the results of 2018 on Tuesday.14:41 19.03.2019
Moscow court to hear case of U.S. citizen charged with $167M embezzlementThe Moscow Basmanny District Court is to hear a criminal case of U.S. citizen Dmitry Kotlyarenko charged with embezzlement of over 11 billion rubles (about $167 million) and money laundering.20:23 04.03.2019
Supreme Court to develop amendments reducing detainment of businesspersons – PutinThe Russian Supreme Court in cooperation with the Prosecutor General’s Office is to develop amendments to the relevant legislation envisaged to reduce detainment terms for businesspersons to implement the proposals of President Vladimir Putin.12:44 27.02.2019