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St. Petersburg court declares books by U.S. missionary Branham extremist

Brochures authored by XX century missionary William Branham have been defined as extremist literature and banned for dissemination in the territory of the Russian Federation.

19:19 21.05.2020

Four Russians accused of theft and gambling extradited from Belarus

Belarus has extradited four persons charged with organized group theft, illegal organization of gambling and criminal community to Russia.

17:48 21.05.2020

Former Moscow Region official gets 6-year suspended term for $565k extortion

A former deputy head of the Moscow Region town of Zvenigorod Oleg Mochalkin has received a 6-year suspended sentence for extorting more than 40 million rubles ($565,000) from his chief.

16:09 21.05.2020

Ex-penitentiary employee ordered to 5-year jail for taking bribes from inmate

A court in the Tula Region has sentenced a former penitentiary officer to 5 years in jail for receiving bribes from an inmate.

15:15 21.05.2020

Man accused of false terrorist report of bomb in Russian Constitutional Court faces trial

A criminal case against a man, who had reported planting of a bomb in the Russian Constitutional Court, reached the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg.

14:14 21.05.2020

One more case opened in Russia over Nazism rehabilitation at Immortal Regiment event

Tula Region investigators opened a case over rehabilitation of Nazism against a young woman, who had allegedly published a photo of Adolf Hitler on the website of the Immortal Regiment movement.

12:37 21.05.2020

Rolf car dealer manager’s house arrest extended for month in $60 mln siphoning case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday extended house arrest of Anatoly Kairo, the development department director of the major car dealer Rolf involved in a case over siphoning 4 billion rubles (about $60 million) abroad, until June 25.

11:33 21.05.2020

Executives of insolvent Tatfondbank suspected of $600 mln embezzlement

A criminal case has been opened against executives of the bankrupt Tatfondbank on suspicion of embezzling more than 41 billion rubles (about $600 million) belonging to the credit organization.

10:51 21.05.2020

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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.

17:20 17.01.2023

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.

15:29 13.01.2023

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.

16:17 12.10.2022