Mayor of Norilsk charged with negligence over fuel spillage disaster
Negligence charges have been brought against mayor of Norilsk in the Krasnoyarsk Krai Rinat Akhmetchin over the fuel spillage disaster in the region.
Defense Ministry ordered to pay $60k to mother of soldier killed by tank fire
A court in the Leningrad Region obliged Russia’s Defense Ministry to pay 4 million rubles (about $60,000) to the mother of a common soldier Andrey Vittikh, who had died from tank fire during army exercises because of the command officers’negligence.
Suspect in case over fuel spillage disaster in Russia’s North detained until July 31
The Krasnoyarsk Krai Court on Thursday ordered a chief of the boiler-and-turbine floor of a heat and power plant in Russia’s northern town Norilsk to be put in detention until July 31 as part of a case over disaster resulted in the fuel spillage into a local stream and river Ambarnaya.
Probe opened into deadly fire in Moscow Region private hospice
Investigation was launched into the fire in a private hospice in the Moscow Region’s town of Krasnogorsk that led to the death of over 10 people.
Co-owner of ill-fated Kemerovo mall extradited from Poland – prosecutors
A co-owner of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that became a site of deadly fire killing 60 people in March 2018 has been extradited from Poland, a statement published on Tuesday on the official website of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office reads.
Probe opened into Russia’s regional health official over quarantine breach
Investigators opened a probe into the external infection disease chief officer of Russia’s Stavropol Krai Irina Sannikova, who had failed to go under the 14-day coronavirus quarantine after her return from Spain.
Two defendants in deadly mine flooding case get 2.5 years in penal colony settlement
Acting director of the Mirny Mining and Processing Division Alexander Kisilichin and former chief engineer of the enterprise Alexander Mann have been sentenced to 2.5 years in penal colony settlement each in a case over flooding of the underground mine Mir in Russia’s Yakutia and death of its employees.
Cassation authority upholds lower court decision in dispute over burned mall
The Commercial Court of West Siberian District has dismissed a move of the Kemerovo city administration, which challenged a lower court decision quashing the permission to put in operation the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) mall, where more than 60 people died in a fire.
Kemerovo Mayor’s office turns to cassation authority in dispute over burned mall
The Kemerovo city administration has challenged a court decision quashing the permission to put in operation the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) mall, where more than 60 people died in a fire.
Escaped Russian convict extradited from Poland
Polish authorities extradited Russian man Yevgeny Ivanov, who had earlier escaped from custody.
Two ex-emergency officials go on Kemerovo mall fire trial
Kemerovo’s Central District Court will hear a case against two ex-Emergency Ministry officials Grigory Terentyev and Alexander Mamontov charged with negligence led to the deadly fire in a local mall.
Far East military doctor fined over $6,000 for death of patient
The Vladivostok Garrison Military Court has sentenced the chief of a navy clinical hospital’s department of surgery, medical service lieutenant colonel Alexander Shcheglovsky, to a 400,000-ruble fine (over $6,000) for the death of a patient.
Russia’s Investigative Committee completes probe into 36 deaths at Komi Republic's mine
The Main Investigative Directorate of Russia’s Investigative Committee has completed a probe into a criminal case over deaths of 36 people as a result of an explosion at the Severnaya Mine in the city of Vorkuta in 2016.
Four defendants convicted in deadly Uralkali mine fire case
A court has delivered sentence against four defendants in a criminal case on the fire in a mine of the world’s largest potash producer Uralkali in Russia’s Perm Region resulted in the death of nine people.
Two ex-managers of Russian diamond producer detained in deadly mine flooding case
A court has detained two former managers of ALROSA diamond producer in a case over flooding of the underground mine Mir in Russia’s Yakutia and death of its employees.
Russian human rights advocates stand up for doctors prosecuted for medical errors
The Presidential Council for Human Rights has asked Prosecutor General Yury Chaika to pay attention at cases of doctors brought to criminal responsibility for medical malpractice.
Key architect of Russia’s Rostov on Don faces trial on negligence charges
A court in Rostov-on-Don in South Russia will consider a criminal case over abuse of office and negligence against the principal city architect Roman Ilyugin.
Three suspects put in detention as part of Far Eastern camp fire case
Three suspects in a criminal case over a deadly fire in the children's camp Holdomi in the Khabarovsk Krai in Russia’s Far East, on Thursday were placed in detention.
Two suspects arrested in Russia’s Far East as part of children camp fire case
Two suspects were arrested on Tuesday as part of the investigation into a deadly fire in a children's camp in the Khabarovsk Krai, Far East.
Acquittal of two defendants in Karelia lake tragedy case reversed on appeal
The Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Karelia has overturned acquittal of ex-chief of Karelia’s Rospotrebnadzor Anatoly Kovalenko and his deputy Lyudmila Kotovich in a case over children’s death Syamozero lake in 2016.