Trial & Litigation

Yugra bank co-owner put under house arrest in $120 mln embezzlement case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Friday ordered house arrest for the majority stockholder of Russia’s Yugra bank Alexey Khotin suspected of 7.5-billion-ruble (about $120 million) embezzlement until June 18.

20:53 19.04.2019

Crimean activist sentenced to 6 years for online calls for terrorism

The North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced activist from Crimea’s Yevpatoria Yevgeny Karakashev to 6 years behind bars for calls for terrorism on VKontakte social network.

19:35 19.04.2019

DIA’s $565 mln claim against former Nota-bank managers set for June

The Moscow Commercial Court will consider the Deposit Insurance Agency’s (DIA) claim to collect 37.3 billion rubles ($565 million) from nine ex-managers of Nota-bank on June 20.

18:05 19.04.2019

Ex-Otkritie Bank manager’s motion to dismiss $700k claim against him rejected

The Moscow Commercial Court has rejected a motion filed by the former vice-president of the Financial Corporation Otkritie Gennady Zhuzhlev seeking to dismiss a claim to recover 43.5 million rubles (about $700,000) from him without prejudice.

17:43 19.04.2019

Moscow bar association president arrested, put in detention on embezzlement allegations

Sergey Yuryev, the chairman of Moscow's bar association Mezhregion, was arrested as part of a case over 1-billion-ruble embezzlement (over $15 million) from the State Air Traffic Management Corporation (ATM), and placed in detention on Friday.

16:17 19.04.2019

Moscow court upholds 8-year term of ex-Ergobank chair for embezzlement

The Moscow City Court on Friday dismissed an appeal against an 8-year prison sentence given to ex-board chairman of Ergobank Vyacheslav Barmin for embezzling 750 million rubles (about $12 million at the current exchange rate).

15:45 19.04.2019

Former Russian bailiff gets 5.5 years in prison for corruption

A court in Russia’s city of Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, has sentenced a former chief of a department of bailiffs to 5.5 years in prison for corruption.

14:20 19.04.2019

Detention of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology leaders extended once more

The St. Petersburg City Court has again extended detention for the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg leader Ivan Matsitsky and the religious group’s chief accountant Sakhib Aliyev charged with extremism and illegal business operations.

13:40 19.04.2019

Russian banker suspected of $120 million embezzlement

Businessman and majority stockholder of Russia’s Yugra bank Alexey Khotin has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling 7.5 billion rubles (about $120 million) from the financial organization.

12:19 19.04.2019

Navalny’s motion to unfreeze his bank accounts adjourned again

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Friday postponed the hearing of Russian opposition blogger Alexey Navalny’s motion to remove the attachment of his bank accounts and valuable securities seized 5 years ago as part of the Yves Rocher embezzlement case.

11:39 19.04.2019

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