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High-ranking Moscow Region official put in detention on corruption allegations

09:55 21/02/2019 Moscow’s Presnensky District Court has placed Sergey Gribinyuchenko, ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Pushkino District suspected of receiving bribes, in detention until April 18.

Moscow Region district ex-head charged with bribery to remain in detention till May 13

10:44 13/02/2019 Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has extended the term of detention for ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun as part of a case over embezzlement and bribery until May 13.

Corruption sentence of ex-deputy governor of Vologda Region reduced by 1.5 years

12:44 11/02/2019 The Vologda Regional Court on Monday reduced sentence given to ex-deputy governor of the region Nikolay Guslinsky for taking bribes from 8 to 6.5 years in prison. Moreover, the court decreased fine imposed on the defendant from 84.7 million rubles ($1.3 million) to 39.5 million rubles (over $600,000).

Ex-regional penitentiary official put under house arrest on allegations of bribery, fraud

16:59 08/02/2019 A former chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Lipetsk Directorate has been placed under house arrest on allegations of bribery and insurance fraud.

Bribery charges brought against Moscow Region district ex-head

13:47 06/02/2019 Bribery charges have been additionally brought against ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun, who is currently under investigation on allegations of embezzlement, money laundering and illegal business activities.

Defense of ex-antimonopoly official charged with corruption given time to arrange case

16:06 04/02/2019 Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Monday postponed trial of ex-chief of the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s Dagestan Directorate Kubasay Kubasayev charged with taking 2.6 million rubles (about $40,000 at the current exchange rate) in bribes because of the defense’s unfinalized stance.

Moscow court rules Sochi vice-mayor’s detention in bribery case illegal

11:31 30/01/2019 The Moscow City court has overturned a lower court’s ruling on extension of detention for the first vice-mayor of Sochi Sergey Yurin and several other officials as part of a bribery case.

Justice Ministry proposes release from liability for corruption offences in some cases

11:56 28/01/2019 Russia’s Justice Ministry is drafting a bill releasing individuals from release from responsibility for corruption offences in certain cases.

Ex-Emergency Reserve official gets 13 years in prison for corruption

17:01 25/01/2019 A court in Russia’s Novosibirsk has given ex-deputy chief of the Federal Agency for National Emergency Reserve’s Siberian District Directorate Ilgiz Garifullin 13 years in high security prison for corruption.

Former regional anti-corruption official to go on trial on bribery charges

12:59 18/01/2019 The Arkhangelsk Regional Court will consider a criminal case against a former chief of the Interior Ministry’s regional department on economic security and corruption control, who stands charged with receiving a bribe worth over 3 million rubles (over $45,000).

Investigation into ex-governor of Russia’s Mari El Republic completed

12:03 28/12/2018 Investigation into the former governor of Russia’s Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov charged with taking bribes has been completed.

Extension of detention overturned for ex-construction official in bribery case

16:59 26/12/2018 The Moscow City Court has overturned a lower court’s ruling on extension of detention for a former deputy chief of the Federal Agency for Special Construction (Spetsstroy) Alexander Mordovets, who stands charged with receiving bribes.

Probe into bribery case against detention center’s construction contractor completed

16:20 17/12/2018 Investigation into CEO of Petroinvest company, a detention center’s construction contractor, Ruslan Khamkhokov, who stands charged with giving 388 million rubles ($6 million) in bribes to a Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) official, has been completed.

Damage caused by corruption crimes reaches $2 bln in 7 years - Russian official

16:59 07/12/2018 Damage caused by corruption-related crimes has exceeded 123 billion rubles (about $2 billion) over the past 7 years.

Russian ex-judge suspected of corruption

16:39 07/12/2018 Chairman of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has launched a criminal case against magistrate judge emeritus Elmira Ziganshina suspected of corruption.

Former investigator and attorney sentenced to 10 years for corruption

18:02 06/12/2018 The Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced former investigator Roman Boldyrev and attorney Kirill Kulyavtsev to 10 years in penal colony for corruption.

Ex-regional governor Belykh appeals sentence for corruption

17:44 29/11/2018 Ex-governor of Russia’s Kirov Region Nikita Belykh convicted of corruption has appealed his 8-year prison term in cassation instance.

Former regional official gets 11 years for corruption

15:49 23/11/2018 Ex-deputy governor of the Vladimir Region Dmitry Khvostov has received 11 years behind bars and a fine worth over 560 million rubles ($8.5 million) as part of a bribery case.

Punishment proposed for failure to prevent competing interests

10:43 23/11/2018 A bill on punishment for parliament members for failure to take measures to prevent and clear conflicts of interest submitted to the State Duma.

Moscow court upholds sentence for ex-penitentiary officials convicted of corruption

15:55 22/11/2018 The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld sentence for ex-chief of Moscow Probation Department at the Federal Penitentiary Service Yevgeny Verbetsky and his former deputy Roman Klimenko, who had been convicted of taking bribes.

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