Businessman gets 12 years in jail for $2.5 mln embezzlement from disabled persons
Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday sentenced businessman Valery Perevoznikov to 12 years behind bars for the embezzlement of 179 million rubles ($2.5 million) intended for producing prostheses for disabled persons.
New murder-related probe launched into Krasnoyarsk businessman Bykov
Investigators have opened a new criminal case against Krasnoyarsk businessman Anatoly Bykov over incitement of murder
Russian hematologist granted $60k comensation for unfounded prosecution
Moscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Friday ordered Russia’s Finance Ministry to pay well-known hematologist Elena Misyurina 4.3 million rubles ($60,000) in compensation for damage caused by unfounded criminal prosecution against her.
Moscow court to hear appeal against sentence of lawyer convicted of bribery mediation
The Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against sentence of lawyer Alexander Vershinin defending several defendants in notorious cases, who has received 2.5 years in penal colony for mediation in bribery, on October 26.
Liberty restriction of municipal lawmaker for sanitary breaches at illegal rally upheld
The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld restriction of freedom for 1.5 years imposed on municipal lawmaker Dmitry Baranovsky in a case over violation of sanitary rules during an unauthorized rally held in the city in January.
Russian Supreme Court upholds harsh ex-Inter RAO board member’s sentence for espionage
The Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday upheld severe sentence passed on ex-board member of Inter RAO energy holding Karina Tsurkan against her long prison sentence for espionage.
Defendant in case over mass shooting in Russia’s Perm university detained for two months
A court in Russia’s Perm on Thursday ordered student Timur Bekmansurov, who stands charged with shooting in the Perm State University that led to the death of six people, until December 13.
Sentence upheld against man guilty of beating police officer at illegal Moscow rally
The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld sentence given to Eugeny Yesenov, Russia’s national born in the Republic of Kalmykia, for beating a policeman at the illegal rally held in central Moscow on January 23.
Doctors Alliance head sentenced to one year of freedom restraint in sanitary breach case
Anastasia Vasilyeva, the leader of medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance, an organization recognized by the Russian Justice Ministry as a foreign agent), was sentenced to one year of restriction of freedom in a case over breaching sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally.
Sentencing of Doctors Alliance head in sanitary breach case set for October 14
Moscow's Preobrazhensky District Court will annouce sentence against Anastasia Vasilyeva, the leader of medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance, an organization recognized by the Russian Justice Ministry as a foreign agent), in a case over breaching sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally, on October 14.