Sixty cases initiated in 2020 after prosecutorial inspections over withdrawal of bank fundsIn 2020, Russia’s investigative authorities opened 60 criminal cases over illegal withdrawal of credit organizations’ funds abroad as a result of prosecutorial inspections.11:32 10.03.2021
VKontakte fined over $20,000 for failure to delete banned videoA court in St. Petersburg fined VKontakte social network 1.5 million rubles (over $20,000) for ignoring demands of Russia’s communications agency Roskomnadzor to delete video calling for participation in unauthorized rallies.14:23 09.03.2021
Colombian citizen accused of stealing suitcase with jewelry extradited to RussiaColombian citizen Edgar Alejandro Valero, who stands charged with stealing a travel suitcase with jewelry at a fair in the city of Kazan, was extradited to Russia from Argentina.11:06 09.03.2021
Voronezh resident faces trial over publishing Nazi photos on Immortal Regiment siteThe Voronezh Regional Court will hear a case against local resident Alexander Khoroshiltsev over posting of the photo of Adolf Hitler on the Immortal Regiment movement’s website.15:06 01.03.2021
Russia seeks extradition of doctor Blum accused of athlete defraudingRussian prosecutors have forwarded a request for extradition of doctor Evgeny Blum charged with embezzling over 29 million rubles (about $400,000) from snowborder Maria Komissarova (Chaadayeva) to the Spanish Justice Ministry.12:14 01.03.2021
Suspended Mayor of Russia’s Tomsk faces abuse of office trialA court in Tomsk will consider an abuse of office case against the city’s suspended Mayor Ivan Klyain.11:42 26.02.2021
Germany eludes cooperation on Navalny incident – Russian prosecutorsGermany sidesteps awkward questions and refuses to cooperate with Russian authorites on the incident happened with Alexey Navalny in August.13:50 20.02.2021
Italy extradites alleged murderer absconding for 20 years to RussiaMoris Dzhugashvili (Boris Tsiklauri), who had fled from investigation after committing a grave crime more than 20 years ago, was extradited from Italy to Russia.15:43 18.02.2021
Case over TOAZ assets fraud in the Makhlais interests forwarded to prosecutorsThe Main Directorate on Major Crimes Investigation of Russia’s Investigative Committee has completed a probe into a criminal case against Xenia Balashova, the CEO of “Kontaz LLC”. Balashova stands charged with evasion of the profit tax for year 2008 (p.p. a, b of Article 199.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Earlier, Balashova pleaded guilty to the crimes charged declaring she acted under direct instructions of Vladimir Makhlai.11:41 17.02.2021
Norilsk officials face trial in 2020 fuel spillage disaster negligence caseThe Norilsk City Court in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Krai will hear a negligence case against a former deputy chief of the city administration’s Main Department for Civil Defense and Emergencies and one more division employee over fuel spillage in the region.10:58 17.02.2021
Former Dagestan information official extradited from SloveniaEx-Minister for Information Policy and Mass Communications of Russia’s Republic of Dagestan Nariman Gadzhiyev charged with embezzling over 2 million rubles has been extradited from Slovenia.14:42 12.02.2021
Businessman to spend nearly 5 years in prison for $7 mln embezzlementA court in the Murmansk Region has sentenced a businessman to 4 years and 10 months in prison for embezzling over 500 million rubles (about $7 mln) of credit funds.13:26 05.02.2021
Military court to hear case over Basayev gang’s attack against Russian soldiersThe South Military District Court will consider a criminal case against alleged membes of a notorious gang once led by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev and Khattab over an attack against Russian soldiers in 1999.11:56 03.02.2021
Foreign poacher receives 4 years in prison for assault on Russian border guardsA court in Nakhodka, a town in the Primorsky Krai, has passed a four-year prison sentence upon a foreign poacher for assault on Russian boundary officers in the Sea of Japan.12:04 26.01.2021
Prosecutors to inspect quality of food in kindergartens and schoolsRussia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has ordered prosecutors to inspect how contracts made with respect to organization of catering in schools and kindergartens are executed.11:21 25.01.2021
Convicted ex-police colonel Zakharchenko faces $19 mln bribery trialA 1.4 billion-ruble ($19 million) bribery case against convicted ex-police colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko and his alleged accomplices with an approved indictment has been forwarded to court for consideration, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office reports.14:17 19.01.2021
Vostochny embezzlement case defendant’s assets worth over $16 mln forfeited to stateThe Troitsk Court in Moscow has granted a prosecutor’s bid to forfeit assets worth over 1.2 billion rubles (over $16 million) owned by Dalspetsstroy building company’s ex-CEO Yury Khrizman, a convicted defendant in the Vostochny Cosmodrome embezlement case, to the state.17:43 24.12.2020
St. Petersburg court seizes property of ex-head of Kama Region highways, his wifeA court in St. Petersburg upon a motion of a First Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia has forfeited property worth 17.5 million rubles ($240,000) belonging to ex-chief of the Prikamye Federal Highway Administration (Kama Region) Sergey Tsarkov and his former wife Anna.12:39 14.12.2020
Prosecutors seek to overturn $3K fine imposed on Moscow children’s hospiceProsecutors have filed an appeal seeking to overturn a 200,000-ruble fine imposed on the Lighthouse Charity Foundation (children’s hospice Dom s Mayakom) for errors in the organization’s drug register.17:04 11.12.2020
Ex-deputy chair of Dynamo sports society extradited from SpainA former First Deputy Chairman of a regional department of Dynamo sports club Vladimir Mikhalevsky has been extradited from Spain.16:43 10.12.2020