Former chief of YUKOS' subsidiary released on parole
Sergei Shimkevich, former chief of YUKOS production subsidiary Tomskneft, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for large-scale embezzlement, has been released on early parole.
Prosecutor: Too much publicity over Bhagavad Gita ban
Tomsk Region Prosecutor Vasily Voykin believes that there was too much publicity and backroom politics in a case on banning "Bhagavad Gita As It Is," a translation and commentary of the original Bhagavad Gita Hindu scripture. Meanwhile the prosecutor's office never received a legally sound reply in support of the decision to dismiss the lawsuit.
Siberian Chemical Plant CEO attorneys appeal against his property seizure
The attorneys of Siberian Chemical Plant Director General Vladimir Korotkevich, who has been arrested and suspended from office pending the investigation in a bribery case.
Bribery suspect at Siberian plant released on bail
Former TVEL Executive Director of Logistics Timur Bukeykhanov, charged with commercial bribery at the Siberian Chemical Plant, paid his $153,000 bail and has been released from Tomsk jail.
Siberian plant bribery case suspect still in isolation ward
Timur Bukeykhanov, a former executive of TVEL who has been accused of commercial bribery at the Siberian Chemical Plant, is now on his fourth day in the investigative isolation ward after the court ruled that he may be released on bail.
Siberian bribery case suspect released on bail
The Leninsky District Court in Tomsk released Timur Bukeykhanov on $152,000 bail, the regional investigative department reported on Wednesday. Bukeykhanov, an executive of TVEL, a fuel subsidiary of the State Atomic Energy Corporation, has been accused of commercial bribery at the Siberian Chemical Plant.
Siberian chemical plant head appeals against criminal proceedings
Today the Tomsk Leninsky District Court will hear the application of the attorneys of Siberian Chemical Plant Director General Vladimir Korotkevich, who was arrested and suspended from office pending the investigation. In their appeal they are requesting the cancellation of the ruling to initiate a criminal case against their client, claiming it is illegal.
Supreme Court turns down skinheads' murder verdict appeal
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by seven Siberian skinheads sentenced to various custodial and suspended terms for murder, as well as a number of other crimes committed out of racial and ethnic hatred, the Tomsk Regional court reports.
Prosecutors won't contest court refusal to declare 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' extremist
The Tomsk Region Prosecutor's Office will not appeal the court's decision to refuse to declare extremist "Bhagavad Gita As It Is," a translation and commentary of the original Bhagavad Gita Hindu scripture.
Russian commercial courts to move to electronic documents by 2017
Russian commercial courts may move to the electronic circulation of documents by 2017, Igor Solovyev, Head of the Supreme Commercial Court's Informatization and Communication Department.
Tomsk ex-mayor sentenced to 12 years appeals to ECHR
Former Tomsk mayor Alexander Makarov, who has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for official offences, has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights, stating that his right to a fair trial had been violated.
Tomsk official suspected of defrauding bank
A Tomsk regional official is suspected of being involved in a case of fraud in an investment project, which resulted in large-scale damage to Binbank.
Siberian resident gets four years in jail for donating $115 to terrorists
A regional court has given four years in prison to a Tomsk resident who remitted $115 to an Islamic separatist organization.
Bhagavad Gita to be judged by scholars, not judges - ombudsman
It is up to scholars, rather than judges, to examine texts like "Bhagavad Gita As It Is," Russian translation and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita Hindu scripture, Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin said.
Holy case: Hindu text under prosecutor's pressure
The situation surrounding the Russian version of “Bhagavad Gita”, a sacred text of Hindus, has evoked an international uproar. The Prosecutor’s Office in Siberia seeks to declare the book and its commentary extremist.
Bhagavad Gita extremism case turned down
The Tomsk Regional Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office seeking declaration of the Russian translation and commentary of the Hindu scripture extremist.
"Bhagavad Gita As It Is" extremism case appealed
The Tomsk Region Court started hearing on Tuesday an appeal by the Prosecutor's Office against the trial court refusal to declare "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" an extremist book.
Scholars to set up independent expert commission on extremism
Participants of the Bhagavad Gita in History and Modern Society academic conference proposed to set up an independent board of scholars to evaluate various texts for signs of extremism.
Bhagavad Gita case perplex scientists
Experts and scientists gathering at the all-Russian conference "Bhagavad Gita in history and modern society" at the Tomsk University said they were perplexed over the prosecutor's office's lawsuit seeking to declare "Bhagavad Gita as It Is" commentary extremist.
Bhagavad Gita case misunderstood by society - prosecutor's office
First Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Buksman told journalists on Thursday that people misunderstand the prosecutor's office's claim to declare the Russian version of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" an extremist text.