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Ex-CEO of Russian vodka producer charged with embezzlement put under house arrest

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday released ex-CEO of Russian company producer of Five Lakes (Pyat Ozer) vodka brand Igor Savelyev, who stands charged with embezzlement, and placed him under house arrest.

18:04 06.02.2019

Hacker gets 13 years in prison for stealing $15 mln from Russian banks

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Wednesday sentenced Ukrainian citizen Yury Lysenko to 13 years in high security prison for cybertheft of one billion rubles (over $15 million) from Russian banks.

17:47 06.02.2019

Alleged member of notorious Basayev gang faces trial on terrorism charges

An alleged member of a gang led by a notorious Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who is involved in a case over terror attacks in Russia’s Vladikavkaz in 2006, will go on trial.

17:04 06.02.2019

Former female police officer gets suspended sentence for organizing illegal migration

Ex-deputy migration chief of a St. Petersburg district’s police department Nina Shoppert on Wednesday received a 3.5-year suspended sentence for organizing illegal regularization of stay in Russia for immigrants from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

16:45 06.02.2019

Russian football stars Kokorin and Mamayev to stay in detention until April

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Wednesday extended detention for Zenit St. Petersburg’s football player Alexander Kokorin and Krasnodar’s Pavel Mamayev in a hooliganism case until April 8.

15:53 06.02.2019

Bribery charges brought against Moscow Region district ex-head

Bribery charges have been additionally brought against ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun, who is currently under investigation on allegations of embezzlement, money laundering and illegal business activities.

13:47 06.02.2019

Two suspects in $455 mln gas embezzlement put on wanted list

Investigators have put two suspects in embezzling natural gas worth 30 billion rubles ($455 million) from Gazprom energy giant on the federal wanted list,.

11:30 06.02.2019

Summa Group subsidiary ordered to pay Yakut company $6 million

The Moscow Commercial Court has granted a claim lodged by the Yakut Fuel and Energy Company, a subsidiary of Summa Group, demanding to recover over 366 million rubles (about $6 million) from Transengineering company.

10:45 06.02.2019

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