Man convicted of female blogger murder to serve 9-year prison termThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld a 9-year high-security prison sentence given to the Moscow Region resident Maxim Gareyev for killing female blogger Yekaterina Semochkina.19:09 28.07.2020
New charges brought against ex-head of Komi Republic Gaizer – Investigative CommitteeRussia’s Investigative Committee has presented its final version of office abuse charges brought against ex-head of Russia’s Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer, who had been earlier found guilty of fraud, money laundering and corruption.18:46 28.07.2020
Opposition figure Udaltsov detained for 10 days for organizing illegal rallyMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Tuesday detained the Left Front leader, opposition figure Sergey Udaltsov for 10 days for organization of an unauthorized rally in Moscow.18:03 28.07.2020
Ex-journalist Safronov scuttles plea deal with investigators in treason caseEx-journalist Ivan Safronov charged with treason has refused to sign a plea deal with investigators.17:52 28.07.2020
Navalny’s foundation fined for breaching foreign agent law regulationsMoscow’s Simonovsky District Court on Tuesday fined Alexey Navalny’s foundation 600,000 rubles for violating requirements of NGO declared foreign agents.16:25 28.07.2020
Prosecutor demands 5.5 years in jail for former head of Russian Authors’ SocietyA prosecutor on Tuesday asked the Presnensky District Court of Moscow to sentence ex-Director General of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) Sergey Fedotov to 5.5 years in jail in a case over embezzling more than 762 million rubles (over $10.5 million at the current exchange rate).15:43 28.07.2020
Russian prosecutors seek seizure of Arashukovs’ property worth $21 mln in civil suitRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has initiated a civil lawsuit against ex-senator Rauf Arashukov, his father Raul Arashukov, and their relatives seeking seizure of their assets in the amount of almost 1.5 billion rubles (about $21 million).15:06 28.07.2020
Four alleged participants of Moscow mass ethnic conflicts put in detentionFour persons allegedly involved in the mass inter-ethnic clashes in several Moscow districts have been placed in detention.13:24 28.07.2020
Russian restaurateur Beloivan put on federal wanted list in new tax evasion caseRussia’s Investigative Committee has put the Tavern Taras Bulba restaurant chain owner Yury Beloivan on the federal wanted list in yet another criminal case, where he stands charged with tax evasion amounting to 57 million rubles (about $800,000).12:38 28.07.2020
Navalny’s associate fined $1,400 once more for foreign agent law violationLawyer Ivan Zhdanov has been again fined 100,000 rubles ($1,400) for publishing posts on the Instagram account of Alexey Navalny’s foundation without noting that the materials had been distributed by a foreign agent.11:18 28.07.2020
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