Petition for change in preventive punishment for Pavel Fedulyev dismissed

Verkh-Isetskiy Court of Yekaterinburg is expected to proceed with the criminal case of Vyacheslav Borisov, head of Ural Investment and Construction Company Ltd., on August 21, 2007. Mr. Borisov is charged with large-scale fraud; he was detained in May 2007, after nearly a year of his hiding from the authorities. The first court hearing took place on June 28, 2007; the hearing was taken up by examining the first victim - one of the company’s co-investors. Then the proceedings were put off until August 21, 2007 because the judge was going on vacation. Earlier on, the trial had been put off due

‘The court hearing regarding the criminal suit of Ural Investment and Construction Company Vyacheslav Borisov CEO (involving accusations of large-scale fraud) that has been scheduled for June 6, 2007 had to be postponed due to the accused’ illness,’ Vasiliy Ganzhin, head of Right to a Dwelling, a non-governmental organization, said to UrBC. ‘Verkh-Isetskiy Court of Yekaterinburg decided to put the hearing off and meet again on June 14, 2007. Mr. Borisov is kept in detention at the moment,’ Mr. Ganzhin said.

April 24, 2014. Tverskoy Court of Moscow extended eco-activist Igor Zhitenev's detention until July 22, 2014, In Protection of Khoper, a website, states. Igor Zhitenev is accused of extorting money from Ural Mining & Mountain Company representative (the charge is based on Article 163 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code). The claim against him and Mikhail Bezmensky was laid by UMMC Counselor to Director-General Petr Yamov. Eco-activists pointed out that Zhitenev's lawyer was not actually present at the court hearing where it was decided to extend the detention period.

Sverdlovsk Region Court keeps handling the case of Pavel Fedulev, a local entrepreneur. Their press officer reports the last hearing was taken up by the prosecution reading out the indictment; the examination of witnesses was scheduled for 10 AM on August 8, 2007. Mr. Fedulev is accused of attempted fraud, falsification of evidence, forgery, and mass riots (Articles 30 (part 1), 159 (part 4), 33 (part 3), 303 (part 3), 327 (part 2), and 212 (part 1) of Russian Criminal Code).

The examination of witnesses regarding the case of Pavel Fedulev (a local entrepreneur) that was supposed to have taken place at 10 AM on August 8, 2007 was never actually carried out. The spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region Court reports the trial of Mr. Fedulev was postponed indefinitely due to the judge’s illness. Mr. Fedulev is accused of attempted fraud, falsification of evidence, forgery, and mass riots (Articles 30 (part 1), 159 (part 4), 33 (part 3), 303 (part 3), 327 (part 2), and 212 (part 1) of Russian Criminal Code).