One of alleged leaders of Moscow cell of Jehovah’s Witnesses put under house arrestMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Thursday placed Sergey Shatalov, one of alleged organizers of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia, under house arrest until January 23.19:07 26.11.2020
Moscow court satisfies VTB claim as to recovery of $873M from companyThe Moscow Commercial Court has ruled in favor of VTB bank answering its claim to recover $873 million from company Otkrytye Promyshlennye Investitsii (OPI) under a loan agreement.18:00 26.11.2020
Russia’s Ombudsman Moskalkova reports rise in complaints filed by inmatesThe number of complaints submitted by persons held in penitentiary facilities to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has increased.17:45 26.11.2020
Prosecutors demand 14-year imprisonment for ex-policeman in slave labour caseProsecutors have demanded 14 years in high-security penal colony for ex-police officer Dinar Gafiyatov accused of slave labour on a farm belonging to his father in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan.17:22 26.11.2020
Sentence of former Russian penitentiary official for embezzlement upheldThe Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday dismissed an appeal against sentence given to ex-deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov in a 263-million-ruble (about $3.5 million) embezzlement case.16:24 26.11.2020
Ex-advisor of former Crimean deputy prime minister gets suspended term for briberyYaroslav Slivka, a former advisor of detained ex-Crimea’s deputy prime minister Vitaly Nakhlupin, has received a 6.5-year suspended sentence, RAPSI has been told in the press service of Moscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court.15:10 26.11.2020
Leader of Russia’s cell of banned Aum Shinrikyo imprisoned for 15 yearsThe South District Military Court has senteced Mikhail Ustyantsev, an organizer of a Russian cell of Aum Shinrikyo organization prohibited in Russia, to 15 years in high-security prison.13:03 26.11.2020
Russian minors from Syria taken into relatives’ care – Child Rights CommissionerChildren, who had been earlier sent away from Syria to Russia, were taken into their relatives’ care, according to Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova.11:11 26.11.2020
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