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Six members of Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Russia face trial

A court in the city of Ulyanovsk will consider a criminal case against six members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office reports Wednesday.

17:04 15.04.2020

Moscow court fines beauty shop owner $700 for violating antivirus regulations

The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has fined the owner of a beauty salon 50,000 rubles (about $700), since it continued to provide services to clients in violation to the lockdown orders from the capital’s authorities.

15:11 15.04.2020

Probe into 2019 deadly plane fire at Moscow airport completed

Investigation into aircraft captain Denis Yevdokimov over the deadly fire on board a passenger aircraft Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ-100) at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport that had killed 41 people was completed.

14:26 15.04.2020

St. Petersburg court refuses to overturn coronavirus observatory isolation order

A court in St. Petersburg on Wednesday refused to overturn an order of Russia’s consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor obliging a Russian citizen, who had arrived from abroad, to be isolated for medical observation.

12:58 15.04.2020

Ex-Deputy PM assistant to stay detained till July in tourism bribery case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Wednesday extended detention of Anastasia Alekseyeva, ex-assistant of the former Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, in a tourism bribery case for three months.

11:59 15.04.2020

Probe opened into mass COVID-19 infection in Leningrad Region migrant hostel

A criminal case over sanitary and epidemiological violations resulted in the coronavirus mass infection has been opened in the Leningrad Region. The probe was launched after coronavirus 35 residents of a local migrant hostel had been tested positive for coronavirus.

10:50 15.04.2020

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Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violations

A 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.

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Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

Russia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.

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Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers 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.

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