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Detention of former high-ranking investigator in bribery case extended for month

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-chief of the Investigative Committee’s Moscow directorate Alexey Kramarenko charged with receiving bribes for a month.

17:39 17.09.2019

Russia’s State Duma passes bill on unified federal data resource in first reading

The State Duma has passed a bill on the unified federal information resource of data on the country’s nationals.

16:01 17.09.2019

Ex-law enforcement battalion commander gets 7.5 years for corruption

Moscow’s Khoroshevsky District Court has sentenced a former Special Police Force battalion commander Mikhail Pytalev to 7.5 years behind bars for corruption.

15:40 17.09.2019

Deripaska files business reputation protection suit against foreign media outlets

Russian mogul Oleg Deripaska has filed a business reputation protection lawsuit against three foreign media outlets with the Krasnodar Regional Commercial Court.

15:23 17.09.2019

Inskoy mine precedent: can state help business in order to prevent social unrest?

This year, Miner's Day was marked by Russian president who said that the Federal Security Service (FSB) would join the efforts aimed at overcoming barriers on the way of increasing coal exports. However, usually law enforcement agencies get interested in coal business for completely different reasons. The situation with the Inskoy mine in the Kuzbass region is a vivid example of this practice. The mine was on its way to bankruptcy when its employees went on a strike. Regional authorities did their best to prevent a social unrest but were later accused of an attempted raid attack on the mine. RAPSI has studied all the details of this story, the chronology of which was published on Tayga.info website that is closely watching after it.

14:08 17.09.2019

Mother of defunct detainee to receive $8k compensation from penitentiary medical unit

The St. Petersburg City Court ordered a penitentiary medical unit to pay 500,000 rubles (about $8,000) in compensation to the mother of a detainee, who had died from failure to provide medical aid in the detention center Kresty.

13:44 17.09.2019

Alleged spy Whelan to remain detained until late October

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld extension of detention of a foreign citizen Paul Whelan charged with espionage until late October.

12:30 17.09.2019

Russian football stars Kokorin, Mamayev freed from prison

Football players Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev were released from a Belgorod Region prison on Tuesday.

10:22 17.09.2019

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