Former chief of YUKOS' subsidiary released on paroleSergei Shimkevich, former chief of YUKOS production subsidiary Tomskneft, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for large-scale embezzlement, has been released on early parole.13:27 19.06.2013
Prosecutor: Too much publicity over Bhagavad Gita banTomsk Region Prosecutor Vasily Voykin believes that there was too much publicity and backroom politics in a case on banning "Bhagavad Gita As It Is," a translation and commentary of the original Bhagavad Gita Hindu scripture. Meanwhile the prosecutor's office never received a legally sound reply in support of the decision to dismiss the lawsuit.13:50 14.08.2012
Siberian Chemical Plant CEO attorneys appeal against his property seizureThe attorneys of Siberian Chemical Plant Director General Vladimir Korotkevich, who has been arrested and suspended from office pending the investigation in a bribery case.11:23 19.07.2012
Bribery suspect at Siberian plant released on bailFormer TVEL Executive Director of Logistics Timur Bukeykhanov, charged with commercial bribery at the Siberian Chemical Plant, paid his $153,000 bail and has been released from Tomsk jail.11:01 16.07.2012
Siberian plant bribery case suspect still in isolation wardTimur Bukeykhanov, a former executive of TVEL who has been accused of commercial bribery at the Siberian Chemical Plant, is now on his fourth day in the investigative isolation ward after the court ruled that he may be released on bail.10:14 13.07.2012
Siberian bribery case suspect released on bailThe Leninsky District Court in Tomsk released Timur Bukeykhanov on $152,000 bail, the regional investigative department reported on Wednesday. Bukeykhanov, an executive of TVEL, a fuel subsidiary of the State Atomic Energy Corporation, has been accused of commercial bribery at the Siberian Chemical Plant.12:17 11.07.2012
Siberian chemical plant head appeals against criminal proceedingsToday the Tomsk Leninsky District Court will hear the application of the attorneys of Siberian Chemical Plant Director General Vladimir Korotkevich, who was arrested and suspended from office pending the investigation. In their appeal they are requesting the cancellation of the ruling to initiate a criminal case against their client, claiming it is illegal.11:08 09.07.2012
Supreme Court turns down skinheads' murder verdict appealThe Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by seven Siberian skinheads sentenced to various custodial and suspended terms for murder, as well as a number of other crimes committed out of racial and ethnic hatred, the Tomsk Regional court reports.15:45 09.06.2012
Prosecutors won't contest court refusal to declare 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' extremistThe Tomsk Region Prosecutor's Office will not appeal the court's decision to refuse to declare extremist "Bhagavad Gita As It Is," a translation and commentary of the original Bhagavad Gita Hindu scripture.14:36 29.05.2012
Russian commercial courts to move to electronic documents by 2017Russian commercial courts may move to the electronic circulation of documents by 2017, Igor Solovyev, Head of the Supreme Commercial Court's Informatization and Communication Department.15:16 18.05.2012
Tomsk ex-mayor sentenced to 12 years appeals to ECHRFormer Tomsk mayor Alexander Makarov, who has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for official offences, has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights, stating that his right to a fair trial had been violated.13:23 15.05.2012
Tomsk official suspected of defrauding bankA Tomsk regional official is suspected of being involved in a case of fraud in an investment project, which resulted in large-scale damage to Binbank.10:53 14.05.2012
Siberian resident gets four years in jail for donating $115 to terroristsA regional court has given four years in prison to a Tomsk resident who remitted $115 to an Islamic separatist organization.17:25 13.04.2012
Bhagavad Gita to be judged by scholars, not judges - ombudsmanIt is up to scholars, rather than judges, to examine texts like "Bhagavad Gita As It Is," Russian translation and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita Hindu scripture, Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin said.11:14 11.04.2012
Holy case: Hindu text under prosecutor's pressureThe situation surrounding the Russian version of “Bhagavad Gita”, a sacred text of Hindus, has evoked an international uproar. The Prosecutor’s Office in Siberia seeks to declare the book and its commentary extremist.16:23 22.03.2012
Bhagavad Gita extremism case turned downThe Tomsk Regional Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office seeking declaration of the Russian translation and commentary of the Hindu scripture extremist.10:10 21.03.2012
"Bhagavad Gita As It Is" extremism case appealedThe Tomsk Region Court started hearing on Tuesday an appeal by the Prosecutor's Office against the trial court refusal to declare "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" an extremist book.13:06 20.03.2012
Scholars to set up independent expert commission on extremismParticipants of the Bhagavad Gita in History and Modern Society academic conference proposed to set up an independent board of scholars to evaluate various texts for signs of extremism.12:08 27.02.2012
Bhagavad Gita case perplex scientistsExperts and scientists gathering at the all-Russian conference "Bhagavad Gita in history and modern society" at the Tomsk University said they were perplexed over the prosecutor's office's lawsuit seeking to declare "Bhagavad Gita as It Is" commentary extremist.11:48 24.02.2012
Bhagavad Gita case misunderstood by society - prosecutor's officeFirst Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Buksman told journalists on Thursday that people misunderstand the prosecutor's office's claim to declare the Russian version of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" an extremist text.12:21 16.02.2012