Ex-attorney charged with fraud to be held in detention until fall – courtThe 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 fraudA 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 treasonThe 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 upheldThe 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 allegationsMoscow’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 corruptionA 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 corruptionProsecutors 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 statusJournalist 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 pleaThe 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 EducationMoscow’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
Russia and Iran join forces for judicial cooperationRussia's Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev and First Deputy Head of Iran’s Judiciary Mohammad Mosaddeq have reached an agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance with the digital transformation of the legal systems of both countries.12:44 18.08.2022
Russian National AI Development Center to be launched in SeptemberThe National Artificial Intelligence Center will be launched in September, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said addressing the International military-technical forum Army-2022.10:10 18.08.2022
Court to hear Deripaska’s $33 mln defamation suit against Tinkov on August 31A court in Russia's southern Krasnodar region is expected to hold a hearing of a defamation lawsuit filed by Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska’s against businessman Oleg Tinkov and Meta Platforms Inc. on August 31.14:16 16.08.2022