Moscow court refuses to free attorney accused of obstructing justice from detentionThe Moscow City Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by attorney Dagir Khasavov detained on charges of obstruction of justice to place him under house arrest.18:02 13.03.2020
Appeals against sentence of footballers Kokorin, Mamayev for hooliganism set for AprilThe Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction will consider appeals against sentence of football players Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev in the hooliganism case on April 20.17:48 13.03.2020
Ex-board member of Inter RAO to remain in detention in espionage case till mid-JuneThe Moscow City Court on Friday extended detention of ex-board member of Inter RAO energy holding Karina Tsurkan charged with espionage for three months.17:21 13.03.2020
Drug possession case against Russian man closed following ECHR rulingThe Timiryazevsky District Court of Moscow dropped prosecution of Alexander Borisov, who had been charged with illegal storage of psychotropic substances on a large scale following a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).16:17 13.03.2020
Former Russian military official gets twelvefold fine for taking $3,000 bribeA former chief of a military representative office of the Russian Defense Ministry Alexander Kuzmin has been sentenced to a 2.5-million-ruble (about $35,000) fine for receiving a 200,000-ruble bribe (nearly $3,000).15:03 13.03.2020
Ex-president of Bank of Moscow gets 14 years in absentia for $200 mln embezzlementMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Friday sentenced ex-president of the Bank of Moscow Andrey Borodin to 14 years in prison in absentia for embezzling over 14.5 billion rubles (about $200 million at the current exchange rate).14:34 13.03.2020
Crimean resident accused of treason to stay in detention for 3 more monthsThe Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow has extended detention of Crimean resident Ivan Yatskin charged with treason until June 16.12:46 13.03.2020
Serebrennikov embezzlement case to resume on March 19Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court postponed reopening of the embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov until March 19 as a required expert examination had not been completed.11:39 13.03.2020
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