Prosecutors seek to forfeit $1.6 mln from ex-customs official accused of abuse of powerProsecutors on Friday lodged a motion with Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court seeking to forfeit to the state assets worth over 121 million rubles (over $1.6 million) belonging to ex-chief of the Federal Customs Service’s customs investigations directorate Alexander Kizlyk and his wife.13:32 31.07.2020
Man to be tried in Tatarstan over Nazi photos on Immortal Regiment siteThe Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan will hear a case against resident of Kazan Mohammed Al-Ayubi charged with rehabilitation of Nazism during the Immortal Regiment movement online action.10:15 31.07.2020
Cybercrimes are 91% up in Russia over first half of 2020 – Prosecutor General’s OfficeThe number of crimes committed with the use of information and telecom in Russia increased by 91.7% over the first six months of 2020.15:31 30.07.2020
Over 4,000 websites distributing fakes blocked in Russia in 2020More than 4,000 websites distributing fake information have been blocked at the request of prosecutors since the beginning of 2020.14:38 30.07.2020
NGO in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk declared extremist - prosecutorsA court in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk has declared the Nation and Freedom Committee extremist organization upon a prosecutor’s administrative lawsuit.10:59 29.07.2020
Russian prosecutors seek seizure of Arashukovs’ property worth $21 mln in civil suitRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has initiated a civil lawsuit against ex-senator Rauf Arashukov, his father Raul Arashukov, and their relatives seeking seizure of their assets in the amount of almost 1.5 billion rubles (about $21 million).15:06 28.07.2020
Russia’s penitentiary official put in detention on charges of abuse of officeChief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s State Property and Housing Maintaining Sergey Verzhevikin was placed in detention until September 21, RAPSI was told in the press service of the Savelovsky District Court of Moscow on Friday. The official is charged with abuse of office resulted in grave circumstances.11:44 24.07.2020
Moscow court upholds undesirable NGO label of Ukrainian World Congress, Free RussiaThe Moscow City Court has dismissed appeals filed by Free Russia Foundation and Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) against the undesirable organization label given to them by Russian authorities.10:59 24.07.2020
Man convicted of falsely alleging that illegal COVID-19 vaccination is underway in RussiaThe Balakhinsky City Court in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region has sentenced a local resident to 300 hours of compulsory community service for disseminating false allegations that coronavirus vaccination was illegally carried out in the country.13:30 21.07.2020
Seven foreign NGOs declared undesirable in Russia over Chinese religious doctrineSeven foreign organizations supporting the followers of Chinese religious doctrine Falun Gong or Falun Dafa have been declared undesirable in the Russian Federation.15:17 20.07.2020
Russian woman sentenced to community service for calls to breach COVID-19 lockdownA court in Russia’s Perm has sentenced a local 38-year woman, who had called to violate the coronavirus self-isolation order, to the 300-hour community service.12:59 20.07.2020
Russia’s Yugra resident faces fake COVID-19 news distribution trialA resident of Russia’s Yugra, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, will stand trial on charges of distribution of fake news about coronavirus.15:50 10.07.2020
Man giving up sons at Moscow airport goes on trialThe Central District Court in Russia’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur will hear a criminal case against a local man who has given his two kids up at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport,.12:49 10.07.2020
Ex-manager of All-Russian Society of Deaf ordered to 4-year jail for fraudMoscow’s Tushinsky District Court has sentenced a former chief of one of the departments of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf to 4 years behind bars for fraud.17:32 08.07.2020
Former regional penitentiary official sentenced to 8.5 years for briberyA court in Russia’s town of Tambov has sentenced a former deputy chief of the regional directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service to 8.5 years in a high-security prison for receiving a 400,000-ruble bribe ($5,500).17:42 06.07.2020
Foreign sailor sentenced to 4-year imprisonment for assault on Russian border guardsA court in Nakhodka, a town in the Primorsky Krai, has sentenced a foreign sailor to 4 years in penal colony for assault on the Russian boundary officers in the Sea of Japan.11:24 03.07.2020
Resident of Nizhny Novgorod Region faces trial on coronavirus fake chargesA court in the Nizhny Novgorod Region is to proceed with a criminal case against a local citizen charged with distribution of a fake about existence of the coronavirus vaccine.10:43 02.07.2020
Russian prosecutors to control timely consideration of vote violations complaintsRussia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has ordered regional, city, district and military prosecutors to ensure timely consideration of complaints against law violations during the All-Russian voting on the Constitution amendments.11:11 01.07.2020
Former vice-governor of Kurgan Region ordered to 11-year jail for $70k briberyA court has sentenced ex-deputy governor of the Kurgan Region Roman Vanyukov to 11 years in a high-security prison for taking bribes totaling over 5 million rubles (over $70,000).16:31 30.06.2020
Defendant in DS-Bank embezzlement case gets 4.5 years in prisonMoscow’s Tagansky District Court has sentenced a former advisor to the board’s chairman of DS-Bank Viktor Averin to 4.5 years in penal colony in a case over embezzlement of about 585 million rubles (around $8.5 million at the current exchange rate) from the credit organization.15:13 26.06.2020