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Ex-Minister Mikhail Abyzov Jailed 14 Years Over U.S. Solar Investments

Abyzov was already serving a 12-year prison sentence handed down in 2023 after he was found guilty of defrauding two Siberian energy companies, founding...

Finland Jails Russian Captain and Azerbaijani Crew Member Over Baltic Sea Cable Damage

The Helsinki District Court said the two men acted intentionally when their ship dragged an anchor chain and shank along the seabed, damaging an underwater...

U.S. Will Drop Smuggling Charges Against Russian-Born Harvard Medical School Scientist

Prosecutors dropped the charges after a federal judge cleared the way for Kseniia Petrova to obtain evidence supporting her claim that she was being vindictively...

Ex-Communist Party Lawmaker in Murmansk Accused of Passing Sensitive Information to Ukraine

Police arrested 76-year-old Gennady Stepakhno on Oct. 9, after which a judge ruled that he be placed in pre-trial detention for two months.

Moscow Judge Sentences Exiled Libertarian Mikhail Svetov to One Year in Prison

Svetov, who left Russia in 2021, was found guilty in absentia of violating the country’s “foreign agent” law.

IT Worker Jailed 13 Years in Russia After Binance Revealed He Donated Money to Ukraine

Binance provided Russian investigators with Yury Belenky's transaction history last year, including records of transfers to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns...

Award-Winning Production Designer Dies at Moscow Hospital After Arrest for Treason

Alexander Kondratov was best known for his work as an art and production designer for the 2007 post-World War II detective drama “Liquidation.”

Moscow Court Upholds Detention of Political Analyst Alexander Kynev Despite Serious Injury

Kynev’s defense team has warned that he faces permanent disability without proper medical care and crutches while in detention.

Russian Courts Paralyzed by Yandex Cloud Outages After Drone Attacks – Vyorstka

Key Yandex services did not appear to be fully restored as of Friday evening, as the Kremlin sought to play down the attacks’ effects.

Moscow Court Places Prominent Economist Under House Arrest in Bribery Case

This is Sinelniov-Murylev’s second criminal prosecution in recent years. In March 2025, he was convicted of large-scale embezzlement and abuse of power...

Yabloko Leader Demands Investigation After Political Analyst Was Reportedly Tortured During Arrest

Rights groups have said that Alexander Kynev was hospitalized at a medical facility inside a Moscow detention center for bone fractures and other injuries...

Moscow Police Arrest Political Expert Alexander Kynev on Drug Charges

Kynev is a veteran political consultant and independent elections expert who used to teach at the Higher School of Economics.

Czech Man Jailed 13 Days for Red Square Protest

Court authorities said the man, Michal Plamenek, held up a sign whose inscription was “aimed at discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.”

Moscow Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Zhanna Nemtsova

Nemtsova, who has lived in Europe for several years, faces charges of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization.

Culinary Historian Pavel Syutkin Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison Over Bucha Posts

Syutkin and his wife wrote a weekly cooking column for The Moscow Times until Russia banned it as “undesirable” in July 2024.

Former Rosnano Executive Jailed 9 Years for Embezzlement

A judge found Andrei Kushanryov guilty of embezzling billions of rubles meant for the development of a high-tech memory chip.

Prosecutors Seek 8-Year Prison Sentence for Culinary Historian Pavel Syutkin

Pavel Syutkin was arrested last October over Telegram posts about atrocities committed against civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.

Investigators Drop Murder Charges Against St. Petersburg Businessman Ilya Traber

Traber was arrested in June and charged with ordering the murder of a local politician and business rival outside his home in the Leningrad region.

Moscow Court Jails Ex-Ukrainian Presidential Aide Oleksiy Arestovych 11 Years in Absentia

A judge found Arestovych guilty of spreading false information about the Russian military and publicly calling for terrorism.

St. Petersburg Businessman Ilya Traber Released From Detention – Fontanka

The businessman still faces charges of organized murder and arms trafficking, local media reported.

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