Trial & Litigation

Defendant in 2010 terrorist attack case gets 15 years in prison

The North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced Russian citizen Rustam Ismailov to 15 years in prison for involvement in a terrorist attack in southern Russia’s Pyatigorsk in August 2010.

18:03 29.04.2019

Prosecutor demands 3-year imprisonment for Repin painting damage case defendant

A prosecutor on Monday asked the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow to imprison Igor Podporin, who had allegedly damaged Ilya Repin’s painting “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan 16 November 1581” at the Tretyakov Gallery, for 3 years.

16:11 29.04.2019

Bribery case against ex-penitentiary official forwarded to prosecutors

A criminal case against ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov charged with receiving about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during the construction of a detention center has been forwarded to prosecutors for approving indictment.

14:57 29.04.2019

Father of former anti-corruption official sentenced to 4 years for embezzlement

Viktor Zakharchenko, the father of an infamous former Russian anti-corruption official involved in a bribery case, on Monday received 4 years in prison for embezzlement. Additionally, he was fined 800,000 rubles ($12,500).

12:40 29.04.2019

Russian teen gets 7 years for knife rampage in school

A teenager, who had initiated a stabbing rampage in his school in the Russian city of Perm, was found guilty of attempted murder and received 7 years behind bars.

11:09 29.04.2019

Father of former anti-corruption official Zakharchenko found guilty of embezzlement

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court found Viktor Zakharchenko, the father of an infamous former Russian anti-corruption official charged with corruption, guilty of embezzlement on Monday.

10:48 29.04.2019

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