Opposition-minded ex-mayor sentenced for corruption applies for pardonOusted Yaroslavl ex-mayor Yevgeny Urlashov sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for corruption has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon him.17:43 30.03.2018
Prosecutor demands 15 years in prison for former high-ranking investigatorA prosecutor on Thursday asked a court to sentence ex-chief of the Investigative Committee’s Internal Security Directorate Mikhail Maksimenko charged with taking $550,000 in bribes to15 years in prison.16:49 29.03.2018
Alleged Russian gang leader sentenced to nearly 10 years for extortionThe Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow on Thursday sentenced an alleged gang leader Zachary Kalashov, also known as Shakro Molodoy, to 9 years and 10 months in a high security penal colony as part of a criminal case over extortion of 8 million rubles ($138,600).14:55 29.03.2018
Deputy head of Buryatia’s Emergencies Ministry arrested for alleged corruptionLaw enforcement officers have arrested deputy head of Russia’s Ministry of Emergencies Directorate for the Buryatia Republic Dmitry Unagayev suspected of taking bribes for cover-up during examination of fire safety.10:30 29.03.2018
Investigators seek to detain Dagestan antimonopoly official charged with corruptionInvestigators have filed a motion with Moscow’s Basmanny District Court seeking to detain the chief of the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s Dagestan Directorate Kubasay Kubasayev charged with taking over 3 million rubles ($52,500) in bribes.12:49 23.03.2018
Ex-school principal suspected of taking $9,000 in bribesInvestigators have opened 22 criminal cases against a former principal of one of the Chuvash Republic’s schools on suspicion of receiving more than 500,000 rubles (about $9,000) in bribes and abuse of authority.11:23 20.03.2018
Top Investigative Committee official to testify in notorious bribery case as witnessThe Moscow City Court has summoned the director of the Investigative Committee's Moscow department, General Alexander Drymanov for interrogation as a witness in a bribery case against the Internal Security Directorate’s ex-chief Mikhail Maksimenko.17:25 13.03.2018
Seizure of assets of former anti-corruption official Zakharchenko upheldThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld the seizure of property owned by former Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with corruption.16:59 12.03.2018
Fines for corruption reached $23 million in 2017 – Russian prosecutorsThe sum of fines imposed for corruption offences reached over 1.3 billion rubles ($23 million) in 2017.10:59 06.03.2018
Ex-governor of Russia’s Karelia gets 8 years in prison for corruptionEx-governor of Russia’s Republic of Karelia Andrey Nelidov on Friday was sentenced to 8 years in prison for corruption.16:55 02.03.2018
Deripaska sues Tinkov for about $33 mln over offensive commentRussian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska is seeking 2 billion rubles (about $33 million) in damages from businessman Oleg Tinkov for alleged defamation.14:22 15.08.2022
Brittney Griner's defence team appeals 9-year sentenceAmerican basketball player Brittney Griner's defence has appealed against her nine-year jail sentence for drugs possession and trafficking.12:29 15.08.2022
Russian state depository challenges sanctions in European Court of JusticeRussia’s National Settlement Depository has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg to overturn European Union sanctions imposed on it, the NSD said on Friday.14:57 12.08.2022