Profile: Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik caseWhile Anders Behring Breivik has confessed to having killed eight people in an Oslo bombing, and having gunned down another 69 at a nearby youth summer camp in 2011, he has refrained from admitting guilt for the crimes that he has been charged with in this connection.15:00 23.08.2012
Profile: the Pussy Riot caseAccording to advocacy website freepussyriot.org, Pussy Riot is a punk rock collective that formed in October 2011 with the aim of protesting policies unfavorable to such human rights principles as gender equality, democracy, and freedom of expression.15:20 20.08.2012
Profile: the case against Mixed Martial Arts champ Rasul MirzayevUndefeated Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) featherweight champion Rasul “Black Tiger” Mirzayev stands accused of having negligently caused the death of 19-year-old student Ivan Agafonov after inflicting grave injuries in a street brawl near Moscow's Garazh night club on August 15, 2011. Mirzayev, a 26-year-old Dagestan native, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.13:05 14.08.2012
Criminal charges mount after discovery of children hidden undergroundLegal consequences are mounting up in the aftermath of the shocking discovery by authorities last week of nearly 70 devotees of an obscure sect that had been living underground in total isolation from society for the past decade in the Russian region of Tatarstan.18:57 09.08.2012
New judicial salary scheme to cost taxpayers $2 blnThe Finance Ministry has proposed steps to increase the salaries of judges. If adopted, the legislation will require 65.7 billion rubles ($2 billion) from the federal budget for the judiciary in 2013.12:12 18.07.2012
Russia must wait until fall to secure ECHR representationA routine rotation of judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has spiraled into a scandal for Russia. Oddly enough, this ambiguous development was provoked by the European institutions themselves when the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) postponed its appointment of a Russian judge to the court until October.09:51 09.07.2012
Russian law and unfair competitionAnton Ivanov, Supreme Commercial Court Chairman, in his speech at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum brought up an issue that is rarely discussed at such events due to its sensitive nature. Ivanov spoke about unfair competition among judicial systems, and has broken the phenomenon down into five specific categories. Competitive environment09:59 25.05.2012
European Court of Human Rights hardly to charge feesWill the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) start rendering its services for money? What are the reasons behind the court’s overload and the ways to deal with it? What difficulties does the ECHR face when interacting with national courts? ECHR Registrar, Erik Fribergh, spoke about these questions in an exclusive interview with the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI).12:05 07.05.2012
The Charles Taylor verdict: the rule of law over impunityThe Special Court for Sierra Leone held former Liberian president Charles Taylor guilty for aiding and abetting in the commission of 11 acts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and serious violations of international humanitarian law.11:49 28.04.2012
Rusal spat and fair market principlesRussian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg’s Sual Partners launched arbitration proceedings against EN+, Glencore, UC Rusal (Jersey) and its major shareholder Oleg Deripaska.10:44 10.04.2012
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022