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Less than 30 people sentenced for major bribes in Russia.
MOSCOW, February 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Less than 30 people were sentenced
in Russia in 2010 for major bribes exceeding one million rubles (35
thousand dollars), while minor bribe-takers are sentenced conditionally,
according to State Duma security committee chairman Vladimir Vasiliyev who
met Supreme Justice Vyacheslav Lebedev on Thursday.
Vasiliyev told reporters Russian courts annually consider close to
nine thousand corruption cases and two thousand of them result in a
conviction.
Vasiliyev said 25 percent of convicts comprise healthcare workers,
another 25 percent are law enforcers, including traffic police officers,
and 14 percent are municipal officials.
Out of them only 25 percent are sentenced to imprisonment while others
are sentenced conditionally, according to Vasiliyev.
He quoted the supreme justice as saying the average bribe comprised
from 500 to 10 thousand rubles (15 - 350 US dollars) last year.
"It is clear it would not be fair to punish people for such bribes
with custody. However less than 30 people were sentenced for bribes
exceeding one million rubles. It should be all vice versa," the lawmaker
said.
.Russia urges USA to release extradited mother.
WASHINGTON, February 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia urged US authorities on
Thursday to release a Russian woman who was accused of abducting her own
children and "reinstate her rights, including a repatriation possibility,"
according to a note of the Russian embassy filed to the US Department of
State on Thursday.
Aziza Mirzoyeva was extradited to the United States from Germany and
faced three years in prison for having abducted her two children and taken
them to Europe in defiance of a court ruling that left the minors in the
care of their father.
On Wednesday the federal district court in Alexandria (Virginia)
officially ceased criminal persecution of Mirzoyeva. The Russian embassy
said "that means she had been unlawfully deprived of freedom and kept for
over half a year in custody without sufficient legal grounds."
Aziza was married to a citizen of Tajikistan Tohir Mirzoyev who is
employed by the International Monetary Fund. They had two sons.
When the couple filed for divorce, a U.S. court gave the children to
Aziza. After that, with the consent of Tohir, the woman left for Canada
with children, and from there, at her sole discretion, for Russia.
Aziza was detained with her sons in Germany where she was a medical
student and the boys were returned to the ex-husband, who informed the
court he had no more claims against his ex-spouse.
Despite court ruling Mirzoyeva remains in custody as she has no US
visa and other necessary documents. Authorities say an immigration court
has now to decide on her repatriation.
.Russia calls for unbiased trial of nationals in Belarus.
MOSCOW, February 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia called on Belarussian
justice to arrange an unbiased trial of two Russian nationals accused of
participating in disorders in Minsk in December which followed the
presidential election which the opposition described as rigged.
Two Russian citizens Artem Breus and Ivan Gaponov were arrested for
alleged participation in the riots, but said there were ordinary
passers-by.
"We believe we have no right to interfere in the court proceedings,
but at the same time we cannot but see that no well-grounded charges have
been filed against our citizens," foreign ministry spokesman Alexander
Lukashevich said on Thursday adding lawyers and the accused "do not
understand what they are tried for."
"In this connection we greatly hope the Belarussian judiciary will
consider the case in an unbiased manner and pass a just ruling," the
spokesman said.
He recalled the court adjourned for a week on February 22 and quoted
trial participants as saying the break was necessary "to file some new
accusations against our citizens."
"We have been attentively following and continue to follow the course
of court hearings in Minsk and the trial initiated against two Russian
nationals Artem Breus and Ivan Gaponov," the spokesman said.
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in Russia in 2010 for major bribes exceeding one million rubles (35
thousand dollars), while minor bribe-takers are sentenced conditionally,
according to State Duma security committee chairman Vladimir Vasiliyev who
met Supreme Justice Vyacheslav Lebedev on Thursday.
Vasiliyev told reporters Russian courts annually consider close to
nine thousand corruption cases and two thousand of them result in a
conviction.
Vasiliyev said 25 percent of convicts comprise healthcare workers,
another 25 percent are law enforcers, including traffic police officers,
and 14 percent are municipal officials.
Out of them only 25 percent are sentenced to imprisonment while others
are sentenced conditionally, according to Vasiliyev.
He quoted the supreme justice as saying the average bribe comprised
from 500 to 10 thousand rubles (15 - 350 US dollars) last year.
"It is clear it would not be fair to punish people for such bribes
with custody. However less than 30 people were sentenced for bribes
exceeding one million rubles. It should be all vice versa," the lawmaker
said.
.Russia urges USA to release extradited mother.
WASHINGTON, February 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia urged US authorities on
Thursday to release a Russian woman who was accused of abducting her own
children and "reinstate her rights, including a repatriation possibility,"
according to a note of the Russian embassy filed to the US Department of
State on Thursday.
Aziza Mirzoyeva was extradited to the United States from Germany and
faced three years in prison for having abducted her two children and taken
them to Europe in defiance of a court ruling that left the minors in the
care of their father.
On Wednesday the federal district court in Alexandria (Virginia)
officially ceased criminal persecution of Mirzoyeva. The Russian embassy
said "that means she had been unlawfully deprived of freedom and kept for
over half a year in custody without sufficient legal grounds."
Aziza was married to a citizen of Tajikistan Tohir Mirzoyev who is
employed by the International Monetary Fund. They had two sons.
When the couple filed for divorce, a U.S. court gave the children to
Aziza. After that, with the consent of Tohir, the woman left for Canada
with children, and from there, at her sole discretion, for Russia.
Aziza was detained with her sons in Germany where she was a medical
student and the boys were returned to the ex-husband, who informed the
court he had no more claims against his ex-spouse.
Despite court ruling Mirzoyeva remains in custody as she has no US
visa and other necessary documents. Authorities say an immigration court
has now to decide on her repatriation.
.Russia calls for unbiased trial of nationals in Belarus.
MOSCOW, February 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia called on Belarussian
justice to arrange an unbiased trial of two Russian nationals accused of
participating in disorders in Minsk in December which followed the
presidential election which the opposition described as rigged.
Two Russian citizens Artem Breus and Ivan Gaponov were arrested for
alleged participation in the riots, but said there were ordinary
passers-by.
"We believe we have no right to interfere in the court proceedings,
but at the same time we cannot but see that no well-grounded charges have
been filed against our citizens," foreign ministry spokesman Alexander
Lukashevich said on Thursday adding lawyers and the accused "do not
understand what they are tried for."
"In this connection we greatly hope the Belarussian judiciary will
consider the case in an unbiased manner and pass a just ruling," the
spokesman said.
He recalled the court adjourned for a week on February 22 and quoted
trial participants as saying the break was necessary "to file some new
accusations against our citizens."
"We have been attentively following and continue to follow the course
of court hearings in Minsk and the trial initiated against two Russian
nationals Artem Breus and Ivan Gaponov," the spokesman said.
-0-nec
