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Former Russian senator sentenced to 7 years in prison for $17.4 mln embezzlement

Moscow’ s Lefortovsky District Court on Monday sentenced ex-federal senator for the Belgorod Region, Sergey Popelnyukhov, to 7 years in prison for embezzling over 1 billion rubles ($17.4 million) allocated for construction of Kalashnikov assault rifles manufacturing plants in Venezuela.

17:17 27.02.2017

Russian Supreme Court’s judge inquires into case against woman sentenced for sharing video

A judge from the Supreme Court of Russia has requested an inquiry into criminal case against Yevgeniya Chudnovets, kindergarten teacher, who was sentenced for distribution of pornography by sharing video in a social network, for study.

16:58 27.02.2017

Former Trust Bank top manager gets 7 years in prison for embezzlement

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Monday sentenced former Trust Bank top manager Oleg Dikusar to 7 years in prison for embezzling 14.6 billion rubles ($227 million).

15:56 27.02.2017

Brother of Navalny denied parole again

A court in the Oryol Region has again denied parole for brother of Russian opposition politician, Oleg Navalny, who was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison in Yves Rocher embezzlement case.

14:37 27.02.2017

Trust Bank ex-manager found guilty of embezzling $227 million

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has found former Trust Bank top manager Oleg Dikusar guilty of embezzling 14.6 billion rubles ($227 million).

13:55 27.02.2017

Ex-employee of notorious Russian detention center sentenced for state secret disclosure

The Moscow City Court has sentenced former employee of the notorious Matrosskaya Tishina pretrial detention center, Pavel Petran, to 1.5 years in penal colony for disclosure of state secrets.

11:55 27.02.2017

Kindergarten ex-teacher sentenced for repost turns to ECHR - report

Former kindergarten teacher Yevgeniya Chudnovets convicted of child pornography distribution by repost on social media has filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

10:50 27.02.2017

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