Appeal against Irkutsk lawmaker's detention in embezzlement case set for October 26The Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against detention of Andrey Levchenko, lawmaker of the Irkutsk Region Legislative Assembly and son of a former regional Governor, who stands charged with embezzling over 185 million rubles (about $2.5 million), on October 26.18:00 20.10.2020
New embezzlement trial of ex-Deputy Culture Minister to start in late OctoberThe Krasnogorsk Town Court near Moscow will begin considering a new case against ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov over the 800 million-ruble (over $11 million) organized embezzlement allocated for restoration of the Hermitage Museum in late October.16:45 20.10.2020
Appeals against sentence of actor Efremov postponed until October 22The Moscow City Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of appeals against sentence of actor Mikhail Efremov convicted of committing a fatal road traffic accident under the influence of alcohol until October 22.15:02 20.10.2020
Russian Supreme Court upholds acquittal of ex- confectionary owner in murder caseThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on Tuesday upheld acquittal of ex-owner of Moscow’s confectionary Menshevik Ilya Averyanov of murder.14:53 20.10.2020
Russian businessman Prigozhin accuses one more opposition figure of defamationBusinessman Yevgeny Prigozhin has lodged a 5 million-ruble defamation lawsuit (about $65,000) against Leonid Volkov, an associate of opposition blogger Alexey Navalny.13:27 20.10.2020
Ombudsman Titov asks Prosecutor General to take Baring Vostok defense position into accountRussia’s Business Rights Commissioner Boris Titov asked Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov to note that investigators had rejected new documents submitted by defense in the Baring Vostok case.12:38 20.10.2020
Russian Justice Ministry proposes signing of Convention on Recognition of Foreign JudgmentsRussia’s Justice Ministry has asked the Government to pass a recommendation to sign the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters.11:44 20.10.2020
Moscow Commercial Court seizes $1 bln assets belonging to four bankersThe Moscow Commercial Court has attached assets worth over 85 billion rubles ($1 billion) owned by Mikail Shishkhanov, ex-president of Binbank and owner of Rost Bank, and three other bankers.10:21 20.10.2020
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