Russia’s Interior Ministry opens case against three defense witnesses of actor EfremovCriminal cases were launched against three persons witnessing in defense of actor Mikhail Efremov, who had been earlier sentenced for a fatal crash incident.17:47 20.11.2020
Russia’s civic activist urges cooperation of politicians, rights advocates to fight neo-NazismRussia and foreign countries need to join efforts of politicians, human rights activists, and experts as to the monitoring of manifestations of resurgence of neo-Nazi phenomena and improve relevant mechanisms aimed to counter this problem, Russia’s Civic Chamber member Alexander Brod believes.17:29 20.11.2020
Prosecution demands 20 years in prison for Moscow Region district ex-head ShestunA prosecutor has demanded a 20-year penal colony sentence for ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun, according to his wife Yulia Shestun.14:56 20.11.2020
Businessman Kerimov’s defamation suit against media grantedMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Friday granted a defamation claim of businessman Suleyman Kerimov against Forbes magazine, newspapers Vedomosti and Sobesednik and Facebook used Narine Davydova.13:59 20.11.2020
Moscow court detains former Odessa lawmaker charged with smugglingMoscow’s Khoroshevsky District Court on Friday detained ex-lawmaker of Ukraine’s Odessa city council Oleg Markov in a smuggling case for two months.12:50 20.11.2020
Russian man jailed for 13 years for links with U.S. Intelligence AgencyEx-employee of an operator of the Northern Fleet’s ships Yury Yeshchenko has received 13 years in high-security prison for cooperating with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).12:25 20.11.2020
New case opened against Russian blogger convicted of justifying terrorismRussia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) asked the Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow to arrest blogger from Tyumen Alexey Kungurov, who had been earlier convicted of justifying terrorism, as part of a new case in absentia.10:58 20.11.2020
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