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Members of hacking group receive 3 years in prison

The Moscow City Court has sentenced members of hacking group Shaltai-Boltai, or Humpty Dumpty, Alexander Filinov and Konstantin Teplyakov to three years in a penal colony each.

18:00 06.09.2017

Alleged member of illegal armed group extradited from Germany to Russia

Russian citizen Abdula Omarov charged with participation in illegal armed group in Syria has been extradited from Germany.

17:42 06.09.2017

Moscow court sentences participant of June 12 rally to 2.5 years in prison

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has sentenced a participant of June 12 rally in Moscow, Rasim Iskakov, to 2.5 years in a penal colony for violence against a law enforcement officer.

15:30 06.09.2017

Deputy CEO of Gazprom Neft subsidiary detained on embezzlement charges

Deputy CEO of Gazpromneft-Hantos, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft oil company, has been placed in detention in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area in a 23-million-ruble embezzlement case (about $400,500).

14:53 06.09.2017

Bank seeks to recover $5.1 mln from alleged mastermind of Crimean blockade

Bank Peresvet has filed a claim with the Moscow Commercial Court seeking to include about 295 million rubles (about $5.1 million) in creditors demands list against Lenur Islyamov, one of the initiators of food blockade of Crimea.

11:48 06.09.2017

Bankruptcy trustee of JFC to receive $337,000

The Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has set the amount of interest on remuneration to JFC Group’s bankruptcy trustee Igor Maslov equal to 19.4 million rubles (about $337,000).

10:59 06.09.2017

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