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Human Rights Council appeals to UN over Ukraine’s ban on Russian election observers

10:40 14/02/2019 Chairman of Russia’s Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has appealed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet over Ukraine’s refusal to register Russian observers at Ukrainian presidential elections.

Detention of convicted businessman Mikhalchenko as part of new case upheld

14:59 11/02/2019 The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling to hold CEO of Forum Holding Company Dmitry Mikhalchenko convicted of alcohol trafficking in detention until March 21 as part of a new case against him.

Ex-Defense Ministry’s auditor charged with bribery to stay detained for two more months

17:39 08/02/2019 Moscow’s Savelovsky District Court on Friday extended detention of ex-Director of the Russian Defense Ministry’s state contract audit department Maxim Kuksin, who stands charged with taking bribes.

Investigators seek detention for Russian senator charged with murder

17:48 30/01/2019

Granddaughter of Yukos insolvency officer gets 10.5 years for masterminding murder

17:45 24/01/2019 Moscow’s Koptevsky District Court on Thursday sentenced Maria Rebgun, the granddaughter of a reputable bankruptcy commissioner of Yukos oil company Eduard Rebgun, to 10.5 years in penal colony for murder organization and assault related to robbery.

Extremism case over social media reposts closed in Crimea

13:58 17/01/2019 The Investigative Committee’s Main Investigation Directorate for Crimea has closed an extremism case against a local woman Elina Mamedova over reposts she had made on VKontakte social network.

Russian general Drymanov to stay in detention on corruption charges

13:15 15/01/2019 The Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling to extend detention for ex-director of the Investigative Committee's Main Investigations Directorate, General Alexander Drymanov charged with corruption crimes.

Bankruptcy process against former Vneshprombank co-owner extended

10:50 10/01/2019 The Moscow Commercial Court has extended for six months bankruptcy proceedings against a former co-owner of Vneshprombank Georgy Bedzhamov charged with embezzlement.

Russian Supreme Court resumes case of Bolotnaya activist following ECHR ruling

12:56 21/11/2018 Following a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Supreme Court of Russia has resumed proceedings in a criminal case against opposition activist Stepan Zimin convicted of participation in the Bolotnaya Square riots in central Moscow in 2012.

Moscow court refuses to release ex-Sochi official charged with bribery

16:00 19/11/2018 The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld detention until December 15 for ex-official of Sochi administration and Legis Imperium company CEO Andrey Leventyuk as part of a corruption case.

Co-owner of e-commerce giant Ulmart released on $370k bail

19:41 12/11/2018 A co-owner of Russian Internet retailer Ulmart Dmitry Kostygin, who stands charged with fraud, has been released from house arrest on a 25-million-ruble bail ($370,000).

Summa Group owners accused of one more embezzlement count

18:02 01/11/2018 Summa Group owner Ziyavudin Magomedov and his brother, the company’s co-owner Magomed Magomedov, who are charged with organizing a criminal gang and embezzlement, have been additionally accused by investigators of stealing 300 million rubles ($4.6 million).

Banker suspected of bribing Zakharchenko to stay detained until early December

16:52 29/10/2018 The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld detention of Interprogress bank board member Valery Markelov, who had allegedly given a bribe to ex-Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko.

Russian ombudsman proposes to draft Electoral Code

13:42 29/10/2018 Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova during an elections conference on Monday proposed to develop an Electoral Code to put all relevant regulations in order.

Enhanced nutritional standards to be set for minors and pregnant women in custody

16:42 04/10/2018 The Justice Ministry has issued an order to set enhanced nutritional standards for pregnant women, nursing mothers and minors held in penitentiary facilities.

Serebrennikov to remain under house arrest until October 19

15:30 04/10/2018 The Moscow City Court has upheld extension of house arrest for the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov charged with embezzlement until October 19.

Alleged murderer of Moscow police officer detained for 2 months

14:34 05/09/2018 Moscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Wednesday ordered detention of Nurlan Muratov, who had allegedly killed a police officer at a Moscow metro station, until November 3.

Motion to review ruling on confiscation of Zakharchenko’s property denied

11:56 23/08/2018 Moscow’s Nikulinsky District Court has declined to reconsider a ruling on forfeiture of property worth nearly 9 billion rubles ($131 million at the current exchange rate) owned by the former Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with corruption crimes and his relatives to the State.

Investigators seek to extend detention of alleged Norwegian spy until October

16:28 17/07/2018 Investigators have filed a motion with Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court seeking to extend detention of Norwegian citizen Frode Berg charged with espionage until October 5.

Prosecutor seeks 4 years for Hermitage Museum ex-deputy director in embezzlement case

13:25 13/07/2018 A prosecutor on Friday asked the Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg to sentence ex-deputy director of the Hermitage Museum Mikhail Novikov charged with embezzlement money allocated restoration of the museum’s facilities to 4 years in prison.

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