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Ex-CEO of Defense Ministry related company’s subsidiary gets 5-year suspended sentence

Vyacheslav Krapivny, the ex-CEO of a Kamchatka-based subsidiary of Slavyanka, a utility company servicing the Russian Defense Ministry, was put on probation for 5 years for embezzlement.

18:02 30.06.2016

Head of Russian Authors’ Society charged with fraud

Head of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) Sergei Fedotov has been charged with 500 million rubles ($7.6 mln) fraud.

17:30 30.06.2016

Armenian court rejects €450k claim against Russia for murder of family in Gyumri

A court in Armenia on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by legal successors of a family killed in the city of Gyumri in 2015 demanding €450,000 from Russia in compensation for moral harm.

16:55 30.06.2016

Criminal case on $215 mln embezzlement at BTA bank reaches court

A criminal case against Eurasia Logistic ex-Chief Financial Officer Artyom Bondarenko who stands charged with embezzling over 13.8 billion rubles (about $215 million) from BTA Bank, has been forwarded to the Domodedovsky Court of the Moscow Region.

15:43 30.06.2016

Businessman convicted in case against ex-head of Russian penitentiary

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced businessman Nikolai Martynov to 3 years and 8 months in prison in the large-scale embezzlement case related to Russian Federal Penitentiary System.

13:47 30.06.2016

Caviar supplier ordered to pay $32,000 to Duty Free operator

The Moscow District Commercial Court has upheld a decision to collect 2.06 million rubles ($32,000) from Russian Caviar House in favor of Aerofirst company, a former Duty Free operator in Sheremetyevo airport.

12:45 30.06.2016

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

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Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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