Moscow court extends detention of ex-Governor of Penza Region charged with graft
Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-governor of Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with receiving bribes in the amount of 31 million rubles (over $420,000) until November 20.
Northwestern tax service official put in detention for two months in graft case
Moscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court on Monday ordered detention of acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo suspected of bribery until October 14.
Investigators seek to detain Northwestern tax service official suspected of graft
Investigators on Monday filed a motion to put acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo suspected of bribery in detention.
Tax official arrested in Moscow on bribery allegations
Acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of graft.
Ex-CEO of state enterprise gets 4 years in jail for bribing antimonopoly officer
The Moscow Babushkinsky District Court has sentenced former head of a Dagestani state development enterprise Shamil Kadiev to 4 years in a strict regime colony for bribing ex-head of the Republican Directorate of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Kubasai Kubasayev with a Hublot wristwatch and a hunting rifle.
Prosecutor General's Office registers 33,000 corruption-generating factors in Russian laws
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation discovered 33,000 corruptogenic factors in Russian regulatory legal acts over the first six months of 2021.
Former Governor of Penza Region to stay detained in graft case until late August
The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld extension of detention of ex-governor of Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with receiving bribes in the amount of 31 million rubles(over $430,000) until August 20.
Ex-head of Togliattikhimbank Popov sentenced to 7.5 years of imprisonment
Former Chairman of the Board of Togliattikhimbank Alexander Popov has been sentenced to 7.5 years in a maximum security colony and a fine of 500 million rubles ($7 million).
Cassation upholds 11-year sentence of former vice-governor of Kurgan for $70k graft
The Seventh Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday upheld an 11-year prison sentence passed on the former deputy Governor of Russia’s Kurgan Region Roman Vanyukov for taking bribes worth over 5 million rubles ($70,000).
Ex-chief of customs in Leningrad Region challenges seizure of assets in graft case
A former chief of the Kingisepp customs in Russia’s Leningrad Region, Sergey Slepukhin, who stands charged with taking bribes, has challenged a court ruling on seizure of assets worth over 30 million rubles (over $400,000).
Detention of businessman involved in Penza Governor graft case extended till late August
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Tuesday extended detention of head of BIOTEC Group of Companies Boris Spiegel involved in a bribery case against ex-Penza Region governor Ivan Belozertsev, until August 20.
Ex-deputy chair of government of Russia’s Mordovia arrested on corruption allegations
Law enforcement on Friday arrested former vice-governor of Russia’s Republic of Mordovia Alexey Merkushin on suspicion of giving bribes.
Ex-deputy head of Russian Republic Khakassia gets 9 years in prison for bribery
The Abakan city court has sentenced former acting head of the Republic of Khakassia Sergey Novikov to 9 years in a strict regime colony for accepting a bribe in the amount of 2 million rubles (about $27,000) when organizing work on the construction of a neuropsychiatric residential facility.
Sentence of former Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk for bribery upheld
The Seventh Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday dismissed appeals against sentence given to ex-Mayor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Yevgeny Teftelev for bribery.
Case over $157,000 bribe launched against two Moscow investigators
The Main Investigative Department of the Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case over receipt of a bribe in the amount of 12 million rubles (about $157,000 at the current exchange rate) by the head and deputy head of the investigative department of the Interior Ministry in the Solntsevo district of Moscow.
Prosecutor General’s Office asked to check correctness of forensic examination in Cherkalin case
The Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation have received complaints about the unreliability of the forensic examination on the assessment of the market value of 49% participation interest in Yurpromconsulting LLC, and a statement on initiation of a criminal case against the investigators.
Moscow Economic Policy Department's official charged with $65K bribery - investigators
Deputy chief of the Moscow Economic Policy Department Leonid Kostroma and two other persons stand charged with taking over 5 million rubles (over $65,000) in bribes.
Moscow Economic Policy Department's official detained for 2 months in bribery case
The Presnensky District Court on Friday detained deputy head of the Moscow Economic Policy Department Leonid Kostroma in pre-trial detention as part of a graft case until June 14.
Governor of Russia’s Penza Region charged with graft
Bribery charges have been brought against Governor of the Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev.
Putin urges prosecutors to combat extremism, corruption and election fraud
Prosecutors must be more aggressive in the fight against extremism, nationalism, corruption and election fraud, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday during the extended meeting of the panel of the Prosecutor General’s Office.