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Probe into social network group admin charged with pushing teens to suicide completed

Investigation into Philipp Budeykin, aka Philipp Fox, an administrator of a closed group on social network Vkontakte charged with inciting teenagers to commit suicide, has been completed.

16:37 14.06.2017

Russian court refuses to mitigate sentence for Navalny’s brother

A court in the Oryol Region has denied a motion filed by the brother of opposition politician Alexey Navalny, Oleg, who had received a 3.5-year prison term in Yves Rocher embezzlement case, to mitigate his sentence.

15:05 14.06.2017

Russian businessman Mikhailov files libel lawsuit against Navalny

Businessman Sergey Mikhailov has filed a defamation lawsuit demanding 500,000 rubles ($8,800) in compensation from opposition politician Alexey Navalny and the Anti-Corruption Foundation.

14:00 14.06.2017

Russian penitentiary ex-head gets 8 years in prison for embezzlement

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Wednesday sentenced former head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer to 8 years in prison in ankle bracelets embezzlement case.

13:41 14.06.2017

Russian Supreme Court returns Briullov painting to German collector

Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a ruling on confiscation of the painting by prominent artist Karl Briullov entitled ‘Christ in the Sepulcher' from German collector Alexander Pevzner.

11:49 14.06.2017

Russian bank manager receives 7 years in prison for $464,000 embezzlement

A court in Krasnoyarsk has sentenced a 28-year old bank manager to 7 years in prison for embezzling 26.4 million rubles ($464,000) from customer accounts.

10:19 14.06.2017

Eleven people sentenced for gyrfalcon poaching in Russia’s Kamchatka

A court in the Kamchatka Region of Russia has sentenced eleven people to punishments varying from suspended terms to 2.5 years in penal colony for unlawful poaching of seventeen gyrfalcons.

09:59 14.06.2017

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Russian state depository challenges sanctions in European Court of Justice

Russia’s National Settlement Depository has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg to overturn European Union sanctions imposed on it, the NSD said on Friday.

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Three detained over Promsvyazbank embezzlement allegations

A Moscow court ordered media technology expert Olga Arkharova, PR specialist Inna Churilova and journalist Alexandra Bayazitova to be kept in custody until October 7 over alleged extortion from Promsvyazbank.

11:35 11.08.2022

Ex-St. Petersburg lawmaker sentenced to 9 years in prison on bribery charges

Roman Koval, a former lawmaker of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, was sentenced to 9 years in prison for large-scale corruption.

15:18 11.08.2022