Corruption & Bribery

Corruption case against assistant to former Deputy PM Arkady Dvorkovich reaches court

A corruption case against Anastasia Alekseyeva, assistant to former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, has been forwarded to Moscow's Meshchansky District Court.

10:46 08.09.2021

Probe into bribery case against detention center’s construction contractor completed

Investigation into CEO of Petroinvest company, a detention center’s construction contractor, Ruslan Khamkhokov, who stands charged with giving 388 million rubles ($6 million) in bribes to a Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) official, has been completed.

16:20 17.12.2018

Ex-head of Bryansk Region’s attorney chamber to go on trial on bribery charges

The Sovetsky District Court of Bryansk will hear a criminal case against the former president of the regional chamber of lawyers charged with unlawfully obtaining assets for assistance with providing a person with an attorney status.

15:20 12.12.2018

Russian court sentences former judge to 7 years in prison in fraud case

The Rostov Regional Court has sentenced a former judge Svetlana Martynova to 7 years in a penal colony and fined her 500,000 rubles ($7,500) as part of a criminal case over fraud.

17:32 07.12.2018

Damage caused by corruption crimes reaches $2 bln in 7 years - Russian official

Damage caused by corruption-related crimes has exceeded 123 billion rubles (about $2 billion) over the past 7 years.

16:59 07.12.2018

Russian ex-judge suspected of corruption

Chairman of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has launched a criminal case against magistrate judge emeritus Elmira Ziganshina suspected of corruption.

16:39 07.12.2018

Former investigator and attorney sentenced to 10 years for corruption

The Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced former investigator Roman Boldyrev and attorney Kirill Kulyavtsev to 10 years in penal colony for corruption.

18:02 06.12.2018

Ex-prison officer to stand trial on bribery charges

A former officer of a prison in the Volgograd Region charged with taking bribes from an inmate will go on trial.

17:59 06.11.2018

Ex-Russian judge and attorney suspected of corruption

Chairman of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has opened a bribery case against a former magistrate judge from Sochi and a lawyer.

13:59 02.11.2018

Two defendants in Kemerovo mall bribery case detained, one more arrested in absentia

The Central District Court of Kemerovo on Thursday ordered detention of two defendants in a case over bribery during reconstruction of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall’s building, that became a site of deadly fire in March 2018, and issued an arrest warrant for another one in absentia.

15:59 01.11.2018

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Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022

Nazi crimes committed in Russia’s Leningrad region during WWII recognized as genocide

The Leningrad Regional Court on Monday recognized crimes committed by the Nazis in the region during the Great Patriotic War as genocide.

13:01 10.10.2022

Crimean Bridge terrorist attack organized by Ukraine – Russian Investigative Committee

A terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge (Krymsky Bridge) has been masterminded by Ukraine’s security services, according to Chair of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin.

10:45 10.10.2022