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Father of senator Arashukov to remain in jail as part of $455 mln gas embezzlement case

The Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed an appeal lodged by Raul Arashukov, the father of senator Rauf Arashukov and CEO of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, against his detention in the 30-billion-ruble natural gas embezzlement case ($455 million).

18:09 11.02.2019

Two men get 15 years each for Moscow railway terror attack plot

The Moscow District Military Court on Monday sentenced two Tajik nationals to 15 years in high security prison each for plotting a terrorist attack on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) railway.

17:38 11.02.2019

Prosecutor demands suspended sentence for ex-school principal accused of extortion

A prosecutor has asked a court in Elista, a city in the southern part of Russia and the capital of the Kalmykia Republic, to pass a 2-year suspended sentence and a 1-year probation on ex-school principal Marina Gederim charged with abuse of authority by extortion.

16:33 11.02.2019

Khodorkovsky challenges blocking of his website in Moscow court

Ex-Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky has filed an administrative lawsuit seeking to declare blocking of his website by Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor illegal.

16:10 11.02.2019

Russian children’s ombudsman presses palliative care standard approval

Russian children’s rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova pushed for approval of an effective palliative care standard during the State Duma parliamentary hearings held on Monday in connection with a palliative care bill review.

15:40 11.02.2019

Detention of convicted businessman Mikhalchenko as part of new case upheld

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling to hold CEO of Forum Holding Company Dmitry Mikhalchenko convicted of alcohol trafficking in detention until March 21 as part of a new case against him.

14:59 11.02.2019

Sentence of four defendants in $20 mln cosmodrome embezzlement case to be reviewed

The Moscow City Court’s Presidium on Monday overturned a ruling mitigating sentence of four defendants in a case over 1.3-billion-ruble embezzlement (about $20 million) during the Vostochny Cosmodrome construction.

13:57 11.02.2019

Corruption sentence of ex-deputy governor of Vologda Region reduced by 1.5 years

The Vologda Regional Court on Monday reduced sentence given to ex-deputy governor of the region Nikolay Guslinsky for taking bribes from 8 to 6.5 years in prison. Moreover, the court decreased fine imposed on the defendant from 84.7 million rubles ($1.3 million) to 39.5 million rubles (over $600,000).

12:44 11.02.2019

About 50 Russian children still in Iraqi prison – ombudsman Kuznetsova

Nearly 50 Russian children are still in an Iraqi prison, Russia’s child rights ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova wrote Monday on her Instagram page.

11:33 11.02.2019

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