Alexei Navalny, the opposition candidate for Moscow’s mayor who was just beaten in Sunday’s election (according to official results) had proposed a hard limit on the cost of cars purchased for public officials. The Minister for Open Government, Mikhail Abyzov, then said that he also wanted to impose a limit on the costs of these […]
Alexei Navalny, the leading opposition candidate in the Moscow mayoral race, has been extremely critical of incumbent Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Sobyanin, who claims to make less money than many of his deputies, has been accused by Navalny of spending much more each year than he reportedly makes. Furthermore, Navalny has recently been blogging about Sobyanin’s daughter […]
Sergei Polonsky is wanted in connection with a £120m fraud case involving luxury real estate. He was recently released from prison in Cambodia, and is suspected of hiding in Israel. Polonsky is also the key witness against Alexander Lebedev, another wealthy businessman who is being charged with “hooliganism motivated by political hatred,” after he threw punches at […]
Alexei Navalny, candidate for Moscow’s mayor, writes about the daughter of the current mayor and the extravagant lifestyle of the Sobyanins. – Ed. Oh, Sergei Semyonovich [Sobyanin], so it’s that eternal lying of the “civil servants” – it’s like a quagmire. Acting Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has stated that the apartment in the center of Moscow was […]
Vladimir Yakunin, the head of Russian Railways, has been accused by opposition leader Alexei Navalny of spending more money than he makes each year. Furthermore, Navalny has helped show how Yakunin has used his family members to build a complex financial web, one that appears to be designed to hide where money is coming for and where […]
Oboronsevis, a firm with ties to the former Defense Minister, has illegally been granted contracts for arms recycling and disposal – contracts, it seems, that it has either subcontracted (for profit) or not completed. The Oboronservis case was opened in the fall of 2012. According to the investigation, real estate and land owned by the […]
The Oboronservis case was opened in the fall of 2012. According to the investigation, real estate and land owned by the Ministry of Defense was sold off at reduced prices through a holding company (“Expert”) created to hide the officers’ economic activity. Oboronservis has been tied to several newsworthy scandals involving corruption and the military which led to the […]
The Oboronservis case was opened in the fall of 2012. According to the investigation, real estate and land owned by the Ministry of Defense was sold off at reduced prices through a holding company (“Expert”) created to hide the officers’ economic activity. Today, the CEO of another company, Mira, has been sentenced in the case. […]
Vladimir Yakunin, the head of Russian Railways, has been accused by opposition leader Alexei Navalny of spending more money than he makes each year. Now, the government has approved a list of organizations whose managers will report their income and major expenses. Of the major state-owned companies only Russian Railways is on that list. – […]
The Soviet District Court for the City of Tula found Vyacheslav Dudka, the former governor of Tula Region, guilty of of taking bribes, and sentenced him to 9.5 years in a maximum security penal colony, RIA Novosti reported on Monday, July 22. Earlier on Monday, the court found Mr. Dudka guilty of accepting a bribe […]
