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Financial expert gets 2.5 years for $2 mln embezzlement from Russian bank

Financial expert and former co-owner of the British Portsmouth Football Club Vladimir Antonov was sentenced to 2.5 years in penal colony for involvement in embezzling 150 million rubles (over $2 million) from Russia’s Bank Sovestky.

17:56 11.03.2019

Former Russian banker arrested in absentia as part of $520 mln embezzlement case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for ex-president of Otkritie Bank Eugeny Dankevich charged with 34-billion-ruble embezzlement (about $520 million) in absentia.

16:59 11.03.2019

Russia’s financial crimes agency, Supreme Court avert extralegal takeaway of $2 bln

The Federal Service for Financial Monitoring (Rosfinmonitoring) in cooperation with the Supreme Court of Russia have averted siphoning off nearly 130 billion rubles (about $2 billion), Director of the financial crimes agency Yury Chikhanchin has said during the meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

15:42 11.03.2019

Claim to forfeit Moscow Region district ex-head’s $150 mln assets to be heard on March 21

The Krasnogorsk City Court in the Moscow Region will begin hearing a lawsuit lodged by prosecutors seeking to forfeit 10-billion-ruble ($150 million) assets of ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun on March 21.

14:36 11.03.2019

Trial of 11 defendants in 2017 St. Petersburg metro terror act case set for April

The trial of 11 persons allegedly involved in a terror attack that occurred in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017 will begin on April 2 as the defendants are expected to be transferred from Moscow by this time.

13:38 11.03.2019

Detention of high-ranking Moscow Region official in bribery case upheld

The Moscow City Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Sergey Gribinyuchenko, ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Pushkino District, against his detention in a bribery case. He will stay in detention until April 18,

12:24 11.03.2019

Russian investigators seek to arrest ex-banker in absentia in $515 mln embezzlement case

The Investigative Committee of Russia on Monday asked Moscow’s Basmanny District Court to arrest ex-president of Otkritie Bank Eugeny Dankevich in absentia as part of a 34-billion-ruble embezzlement case ($515 million).

11:24 11.03.2019

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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