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No grounds found for release of Kokorin and Mamayev from detention – court

11:22 17/04/2019 The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld extension of detention of footballers Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev charged with hooliganism until September 25.

Moscow Region’s court refuses to shut down notorious landfill

17:45 15/04/2019 The Moscow Regional Commercial Court has dismissed the Volokolamsk town administration’s claim to shut down the notorious Yadrovo landfill site.

Police officer gets 7.5 years for giving insider information to funeral firms

14:50 15/04/2019 A court in Russia’s Novosibirsk has sentenced a police officer to 7.5 years in prison for fee-based transfer of classified information about deceased city people to funeral firms.

Russian human rights commissioner to take part in UN session

10:31 15/04/2019 Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova will participate in the tenth session of the United Nations General Assembly’s Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Aging.

Case of Serebrennikov’s ex-accountant returned to prosecutors

17:35 11/04/2019 Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Thursday ruled to return a case against ex-chief accountant of Seventh Studio stage company Nina Maslyayeva charged with embezzlement allegedly committed along with the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov to prosecutors.

Board on disabled persons’ rights to be created under office of Russian ombudsman

14:58 11/04/2019 A board on the rights of persons with disabilities would be established under the Office of Russian Ombudsman, Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova told RAPSI on Thursday.

Russian lawmakers adopt bill on fines for athletes using doping

11:46 11/04/2019 The lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma adopted a bill fixing fines for athletes violating anti-doping rules in a final third reading on Thursday.

Appeal against detention of ex-minister Abyzov set for April 12

16:54 10/04/2019 The Moscow City Court has postponed the hearing of an appeal against detention of ex-Russian Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov, who stands charged with 4-billion-ruble ($62 million) embezzlement and organizing a gang, until April 12.

Investigators procure house arrest for jailed Baring Vostok founder

14:36 10/04/2019 Investigators have filed a motion seeking to place detained founder of Baring Vostok investment company, U.S. citizen Michael Calvey, who stands charged with 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement, under house arrest.

Defendant in 1995 Budyonnovsk hostage crisis case gets 11 years behind bars

15:57 09/04/2019 The North Caucasus District Military Court on Tuesday sentenced Ruslan Islamov, a member of a notorious gang once led by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, to 11 years in penal colony for participating in the attack and taking hostages in Russia’s town of Budyonnovsk in 1995.

Lower house of Russian parliament passes crab fishing quotas bill in second reading

13:28 09/04/2019 A bill on introduction of quotas for crab catching passed its second reading in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, on Tuesday.

Transaero bankruptcy supervisor’s $1.2 mln claim against ex-airline owner dismissed

13:07 08/04/2019 The Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has dismissed an application filed by Transaero’s bankruptcy supervisor Alexey Belokopyt demanding recovery of nearly 81 million rubles (about $1.2 million) from ex-airline founder Alexander Pleshakov and his family.

Former anti-corruption official Zakharchenko to remain in detention until late July

17:21 04/04/2019 Moscow’s Presnensky District Court on Thursday extended detention of the former anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with taking bribes until July 24.

Russian lawmakers back initiative on crab fishing quotas

13:56 04/04/2019 The lower house of Russian parliament adopted a bill on introduction of quotas for crab catching in the first reading on Thursday.

Extension of convicted businessman Mikhalchenko’s detention in embezzlement case reversed

14:59 02/04/2019 The Moscow City Court has overturned a lower court’s ruling extending detention of Forum Holding CEO Dmitry Mikhalchenko convicted of alcohol trafficking until June 21 as part of a new case launched against him over alleged embezzlement.

Former Russian minister charged with $62 mln embezzlement appeals against detention

11:29 29/03/2019 Ex-Russian Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov, who stands charged with 4-billion-ruble ($62 million) embezzlement and organizing a gang, has filed an appeal against his detention.

Defendants in police investigator murder case plead guilty

13:26 27/03/2019 Defendants in a criminal case over the murder of the Interior Ministry Transport Department’s major case investigator, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeniya Shishkina, have pleaded guilty.

Russian Liberal Democratic leader accuses Financial Times journalist of defamation

16:01 25/03/2019 Moscow’s Ostankinsky District Court will proceed with a defamation suit filed by the Russian Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky against ex-Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times (FT) Charles Clover on March 26.

Ex-owner of Moscow confectionary to stay jailed for three more months on murder charges

17:39 22/03/2019 The Moscow City Court on Friday extended for three months detention of ex- owner of Moscow’s confectionary Menshevik Ilya Averyanov as part of a case over shooting on the factory’s premises resulted in the death of a guard

Russian company demands $155 mln from Summa Group's subsidiary

11:20 22/03/2019 A-Property firm has lodged two applications demanding to add the Yakut Fuel and Energy Company’s debt worth 9.9 billion rubles ($155 million) to the list of creditors’ claims.

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