Trial & Litigation

Ex-attorney charged with fraud to be held in detention until fall – court

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has extended detention of the former attorney Vadim Lyalin, who stands charged with large-scale fraud, until September 15.

14:09 14.06.2022

Ex-Russian ecology official Oleg Mitvol detained over suspected fraud

A Russian court on Friday ordered Oleg Mitvol, a former official of Russia’s environment agency Rosprirodnadzor, to be kept in custody until July 24 on charges of large-scale fraud.

11:05 10.06.2022

Supreme Court upholds 20-year sentence of ex-Moscow institute’s lecturer for treason

The Supreme Court of Russia dismissed a cassation appeal against a 20-year prison term given to the former assistant professor at the Moscow Aviation Institute Alexey Vorobyev for treason, the court’s press service told RAPSI on Thursday.

17:28 09.06.2022

Punishment for defense witness in actor Efremov’s case upheld

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday upheld a 50,000-ruble fine (over $850 at the current exchange rate) given as a punishment Andrey Gayev, a defense witness in a case against actor Mikhail Efremov who had stated that the defendant had not driven his Jeep.

16:18 09.06.2022

Journalist Kara-Murza to stay in jail over fake news allegations

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has extended the detention of journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza (declared a foreign agent) until August 12 in a case over fake stories about Russia’s army.

10:43 09.06.2022

Regional ex-deputy prosecutor gets 3 years in jail for corruption

A court in Taganrog has sentenced a former deputy prosecutor of the city Victor Plyushkin to 3 years behind bars for bribery.

10:27 09.06.2022

Prosecutors seek 14 years in prison for lawmaker indicted for corruption

Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence lawmaker Vadim Belousov to 14 years in jail for allegedly receiving over 3 billion rubles (about $45 million) in bribes.

15:42 08.06.2022

Journalist Yury Dud challenges foreign agent status

Journalist and blogger Yury Dud has filed an administrative lawsuit against Russia’s Justice Ministry challenging a mass media-foreign agent label.

16:19 07.06.2022

Russian Supreme Court bans denial of conviction expungement for not guilty plea

The Supreme Court of Russia has prohibited lower courts to deny expungement of record if a convict had pleaded not guilty.

13:21 07.06.2022

Moscow court upholds continued detention of former Deputy Minister of Education

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court upheld the detention of former Deputy Minister of Education Marina Rakova on charges of embezzling about 50 million rubles ($700,000).

10:39 07.06.2022

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