Prosecutors appeal sentence of former Russian Deputy Culture Minister Pirumov...
Prosecutors have again filed an appeal against sentence given to ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov, who had been found guilty of embezzling public funds allocated for restoration of cultural...
View ArticleRussian court sentences Browder to 9 years in prison for deliberate bankruptcy
The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow on Friday sentenced Hermitage Capital head William Browder to 9 years in prison in absentia for deliberate bankruptcy and tax evasion.
View ArticleRussian court sentences six criminals behind attempted oil theft
A court in Russia’s northern city of Neftyugansk in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region has sentenced six members of an organized criminal group to prison terms for an attempt to steal oil by tampering...
View ArticleMoscow court to review lawsuit over Egyptian plane crash behind closed doors
The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow is to review emotional damages lawsuits against Ingosstrakh insurance company filed by relatives of victims killed in the Kogalymavia airline’s plane crash...
View ArticleMoscow court upholds return of Probusinessbank embezzlement case to prosecutors
The Moscow City Court has upheld return of a criminal case against former vice-president of the Probusinessbank, Vyacheslav Kazantsev, and seven other persons, charged with embezzlement, to prosecutors.
View ArticleCriminal case against former managers of Lenenergo returned to prosecutors
A court in St. Petersburg had returned a criminal case against the ex-head of the Lenenergo energy distribution company, Andrey Sorochinsky, and his deputy Denis Slepov to prosecutors.
View ArticleRussian national charged with treason to stay in detention until April 29
The Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow has extended the detention of Alexey Zhitnyuk, charged with treason for transferring information about Russian navy to a Norwegian citizen, until April 29.
View ArticleRussian courts convicted 13 persons of divulging state secrets in first half...
Russian courts have convicted thirteen persons of divulging state secrets in the first half of 2017, a report prepared by the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court reads on Wednesday.
View ArticleRussian mathematician charged with calls for terrorism released from house...
Former teacher of mathematics Dmitry Bogatov, charged with calls for terrorism and preparation of riots, has been released from the house arrest.
View ArticleHigh Court in London says Russia's DIA may sell assets of ex-Russian senator...
The High Court of Justice in London ruled that trust assets owned by ex-Russian senator Sergey Pugachev may be sold by Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA).
View ArticleRussian doctors ask Human Rights Council to intervene in notorious case...
Over 600 doctors have asked the Russian President’s Council for Human Rights to intervene in the notorious case of well-known hematologist Elena Misyurina, sentenced to two years in prison.
View ArticleCAS fully upholds 28 appeals filed by disqualified Russian athletes
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has fully upheld 28 and partially upheld 11 appeals filed by Russian athletes disqualified for life from participating in the Olympic games because of the...
View ArticleCourt in Moscow says former co-owner of Vneshprombank owes the bank nearly...
The Moscow Commercial Court has granted a motion of the Vneshprombank seeking to put 3.3 billion rubles (about $59 million) on its creditors’ list as owed to it by a bank’s former co-owner Georgy...
View ArticleMoscow City Court suspends deportation of journalist Ali Feruz
The Moscow City Court has suspended a ruling of a lower court that refused temporary asylum for journalist of Novaya Gazeta newspaper Ali Feruz (Khudoberdy Nurmatov).
View ArticleRussian court extends detention of alleged Norwegian spy until May 5
The Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow has extended detention of Norwegian citizen, Frode Berg suspected by Russian authorities of espionage, until May 5.
View ArticleMoscow court extends detention of ex-receiver in charge of Rosneft subsidiaries
The Tagansky District Court in Moscow had extended detention of Oleg Smetanin, the former bankruptcy commissioner of several Rosneft subsidiaries, charged with embezzlement of 300 million rubles ($ 5.3...
View ArticleECHR dismissed nearly 6,900 appeals against Russia in 2017
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has declared inadmissible or stroke out 6,886 out of 8,042 appeals filed against Russia in 2017, the statistics published on the court’s website read.
View ArticleRussian court rules businessman Telman Islmailov owes $155.9 million to...
The Moscow Region Commercial Court has granted a motion of offshore company Cesaria Ltd. seeking to include 8.9 billion rubles (about $155.9 million) debt owed to it by businessman Telman Ismailov into...
View ArticleMoscow court extends detention of Russian penitentiary ex-official until May 4
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has extended the detention of ex-Deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov, charged with embezzlement of 160 million rubles (about...
View ArticleCAS dismisses two appeals of Russians not invited to PyeongChang 2018
The Ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed two appeals filed by 15 Russian athletes and coaches, who were not invited by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to...
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