Ex-President of Transnistria sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime

Ex-President of Transnistria sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime Moscow. 21 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — conviction of a former head of the Republic declared in absentia, as he is outside of the country. The court sentenced the former President of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic Yevgeny Shevchuk to 16 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony and a fine in the amount of 600 million Transnistrian rubles (about 2.5 billion Russian rubles — Interfax), reports on Saturday channel “Transnistrian”. Shevchuk Yevgeny Vasilyevich found guilty of all incriminating him episodes of crimes: two counts of receiving a bribe in the large size and three counts of abuse of power.Alexander Storesonline management of Prosecutor’s office of PMR The Supreme court denied Shevchuk of state awards and has forbidden to occupy the government positions for five years after release. Sentence imposed in absentia, as Shevchuk is outside of the country. The

In Saint-Petersburg caught fire warehouse with pyrotechnics

In Saint-Petersburg caught fire warehouse with pyrotechnics TASS, December 21. The source said that the fire is assigned the increased level of complexity. During the download an error has occurred. The fire occurred in a warehouse with fireworks in St. Petersburg, said on Friday, TASS a source in the emergency services. “In a warehouse in Chemical alley in the centre of Petersburg there was a fire in a warehouse with fireworks” — said the Agency interlocutor. As the source said, data on victims did not arrive. He also added that the fire occurred in a building with an area of 2.4 thousand sq. m. “At the scene there were explosions of pyrotechnics, now they seems to be stopped”, — said the Agency interlocutor. Houses closer than 1 km to the place of fire in a warehouse with fireworks in St. Petersburg no, said the press service of the city of

The Russian Embassy in DR Congo confirmed the death of three Russian pilots in a plane crash

The Russian Embassy in DR Congo confirmed the death of three Russian pilots in a plane crash PRETORIA, 21 Dec. /Offset. TASS Alexander Panov/. The identity of the victims are currently installed. Three dead crew members of the cargo plane An-26, the victim in Thursday’s crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), were Russian citizens. This was reported by TASS by telephone on Friday, the Russian Ambassador to the DRC Alex Senderov. The identity of the dead pilots currently specified. “The names we will announce later when we will have the official papers, but can accurately report that they were Russian citizens. Unfortunately, this information was confirmed. Their bodies were found and taken to the morgue,” said the diplomat. Embassy of the Russian Federation will return the bodies to their homeland. Owned by Gomair An-26 took delivery to the regions of the DR Congo electoral materials for the presidential

Europe threatened Moscow criminal trial over Kadyrov

Europe threatened Moscow criminal trial over Kadyrov The permanent Council of the OSCE presented the report on human rights violations in Chechnya, prepared in the framework of the initiated against Russia, “Moscow mechanism”, writes “Novaya Gazeta”. Moscow proposed to seriously investigate the actions of the administration and law enforcement agencies of the Republic. Otherwise it will be engaged international experts who will bring the matter to the International criminal court in the Hague. The report refers to illegal detentions and torture of members of the LGBTI community, the author of the document — Professor of international law at the Austrian University of Graz Wolfgang Benedek — points to such facts as clear, compelling, systematic and massive. Persecuted people, according to Benedek, kept in secret prisons, deprived of any legal protection. In some cases, as noted in the report, the Chechen security forces carried out the detention and torture for seeking

The government did not support the introduction of the concept of “criminal misconduct”

The government did not support the introduction of the concept of “criminal misconduct” The Russian government gave a negative opinion on the Supreme court developed a draft law in Russian law introduced the concept of “criminal misconduct”. According to the White house innovation “will entail an additional burden on employees of criminally-Executive system” and may require additional expenditures from the budget. “It should be noted that the proposed changes in part of the exoneration of the perpetrator of a criminal offense are not in conformity with article 52 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, because it does not take into account the interests of victims who, as a result of Commission of the criminal offense caused damage”, — stated in the document (.pdf), signed by Vice-Prime Minister, the head of the government of Konstantin Chuichenko. NewsCrime becomes a misdemeanor Attention to the negative feedback drew the newspaper “Vedomosti”. A

Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev was released after 16 days of arrest

Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev was released after 16 days of arrest Moscow. 21 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — the head of the movement “For human rights” Lev Ponomarev on Friday were released after serving administrative detention, he is appointed, for organizing an unsanctioned rally. As the correspondent of “Interfax”, the police officer on duty in the detention center number 1 for the detention of persons arrested in administrative order of the Main Department of interior Ministry in Moscow told reporters that Ponomarev was released at 10:00. Himself a human rights activist on the phone told reporters that at the moment he was released from OVD petty-bourgeois, where he was taken around 8:30 in the morning. “I refused to go. I was taken by force. Now I was thrown to the street with four bags. I go home, then go to the office”, he said. Administrative arrest The Tver court 5 Dec