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Two former investigators get prison terms for graft

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Monday sentenced two former investigators of the Investigative Committee’s Headquarters Andrey Trinev and Sergey Dubinsky to 6 and 8 years behind bars for graft.

17:21 15.03.2021

Trial of taxi driver accused of assault on Moscow law enforcement officer set for April

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court will start hearing a case against Valery Yevsin, a taxi driver who has allegedly committed an assault on a National Guard employee at the illegal January 23 rally in Moscow, on April 7.

16:35 15.03.2021

St. Petersburg ex-customs officer detained on bribery charges

A former chief of a department of the St. Petersburg Customs Oleg Gusev was ordered to be put in detention on Monday as part of a bribery case.

15:17 15.03.2021

Former Moscow judge receives 4.5 years behind bars for $7,000 graft

A court in Mytishchi, a town in the Moscow Region, has sentenced a former judge of Moscow’s Kuzminsky District Court Ruslan Yakubayev to 4.6 years in high-security penal colony for receiving a bribe worth 500,000 rubles ($7,000) from a criminal case defendant.

13:49 15.03.2021

Prosecution demands 8-year prison terms for ex-investigators accused of bribery

A prosecutor has demaded 8-year prison terms for two ex-investigators of the Investigative Committee’s Headquarters Sergey Dubinsky and Andrey Trinev charged with graft each.

12:58 15.03.2021

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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).

12:53 09.12.2025

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

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025