October 9th, 2018President and co-owner of Compulink, one of Russia’s largest group of IT companies, Mikhail Lyashch has been charged with embezzlement, RAPSI correspondent reports from the Moscow City Court.
Lyashch was arrested on September 21 on suspicion of large-scale embezzlement. Following his arrest, Compulink released a statement saying...
September 11th, 2018The Moscow City Court has upheld extension of detention for the former Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko charged with corruption crimes, the court’s press service has told RAPSI.
On July 12, the Investigative Committee reported transfer of 9 billion rubles ($131 million) owned by Zakharchenko and his relatives to...
July 20th, 2018The Moscow District Military Court has sentenced Vyacheslav Varchuk, the former commander-in-chief of the Interior Ministry’s internal troops, to 6 years in a high security penal colony for taking an especially large-scale bribe, RAPSI correspondent reports from the courtroom.
The defendant was also fined 20 million rubles...
July 17th, 2018Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court has ruled to detain Yury Malyshev, the Federal Air Transport Agency’s (Rosaviation) deputy head, who stands charged with taking bribes, the court’s spokesperson Yulia Kotomina has told RAPSI.
Malyshev has been put in detention until September 8. The official could face up to 15 years in prison...
July 2nd, 2018Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree approving a national plan for fighting corruption in Russia between 2018 and 2020, the Russian government said Saturday.
The decree was published on Russia's legal information portal.
According to the decree, the heads of federal executive bodies and other federal authorities...
June 18th, 2018Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Thursday denounced the high cost of hosting the World Cup, alleging that much of the money was embezzled by businessmen seen to be close to President Vladimir Putin.
During a live video broadcast shortly after Russia's punishing 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia, Navalny -- known for anti-corruption...
March 29th, 2018MPs are to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK, including property bought with suspected Russian "dirty money".
It follows claims that £4.4bn of UK property may have been bought with suspicious wealth, with more than a fifth, or £880m, purchased by Russians.
UK and Russia relations are at a low point after a nerve agent...
February 19th, 2018Boris Johnson is to come under pressure this week to target Russian officials involved in corruption and human rights abuses with a tough new sanctions regime akin to co-ordinated measures taken by the US and Canada.
A cross-party group of senior MPs, led by Andrew Mitchell, a former Conservative chief whip, is preparing to back a...
February 5th, 2018Russian oligarchs suspected of involvement in organised crime will be forced to explain to authorities how they are funding their lavish lifestyle, the Government has said.
Security minister Ben Wallace said new powers set to come into force next week will be used as part of a crackdown on gangsters.
Foreign criminals and corrupt...
December 28th, 2017A lawyer at the Rosneft oil giant has been detained on suspicion of accepting a bribe from a notorious Russian criminal boss.
The mafia boss, known as “Shakro the Young,” is standing trial together with his accomplices for their alleged involvement in a 2015 shootout at a Moscow restaurant. Shakro has been called “the leader of...
