Trial & Litigation

Moscow Region’s court refuses to shut down notorious landfill

The Moscow Regional Commercial Court has dismissed the Volokolamsk town administration’s claim to shut down the notorious Yadrovo landfill site.

17:45 15.04.2019

Embezzlement investigation into ex-CEO of Rusnano resumed

The Investigative Committee of Russia has resumed investigation into ex-CEO of the state-owned technology corporation Rusnano Leonid Melamed charged with embezzling over 220 million rubles (about $3.5 million).

15:59 15.04.2019

Police officer gets 7.5 years for giving insider information to funeral firms

A court in Russia’s Novosibirsk has sentenced a police officer to 7.5 years in prison for fee-based transfer of classified information about deceased city people to funeral firms.

14:50 15.04.2019

Probe into Russian border violation case against Ukrainian sailors extended for 3 months

The Federal Security Service’s (FSB) investigators have extended the probe into the Ukrainian sailors charged with illegal border crossing in the Kerch Strait until late August.

13:29 15.04.2019

Russian Liberal Democratic leader’s defamation suit against FT journalist dismissed

Moscow’s Ostankinsky District Court on Monday dismissed a 1-million-ruble ($16,000) defamation lawsuit filed by the Russian Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky against ex-Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times (FT) Charles Clover.

12:01 15.04.2019

One more examination to be conducted in Serebrennikov embezzlement case

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Monday commissioned a repeated comprehensive expert examination in the embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov.

11:26 15.04.2019

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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