Latvia to extradite the Gozi virus creator to the USThe Latvian government has decided to extradite to the US Deniss Calovskis, who is accused of cyber crime, the Latvian media reports on Tuesday.17:23 06.08.2013
Witnesses in Politkovskaya murder case to be questioned behind closed doorsFour witnesses in the Anna Politkovskaya murder case will be questioned behind closed doors, RAPSI reported from the courtroom on Tuesday.16:36 06.08.2013
Russian mass shooter's defense team seeks new psychiatric evaluationThe state-appointed lawyer of Sergei Pomazun, the infamous 'Belgorod shooter', filed a motion to conduct a new psychiatric evaluation of his client, who is on trial for killing six people.14:54 06.08.2013
Russian police smash 20-year old drug and murder gangRussian investigators said Tuesday they have charged the members a St. Petersburg crime gang suspected of carrying out a string of murders and smuggling drugs during the country’s turbulent 1990s.14:28 06.08.2013
Defense moves to place suspects in 2012 Moscow Riots under house arrestThe lawyers have asked the Zamoskvoretsky district court of Moscow to place nine suspects standing trial on charges of having organized riots in Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, under house arrest, lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI Tuesday.13:50 06.08.2013
Russian Supreme Court cuts Khodorkovsky's sentence by two monthsRussia's Supreme Court held Tuesday that the sentences of former YUKOS top manager Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev should be lowered to 10 years and 10 months, thus partially satisfying their requests on supervisory appeal.13:19 06.08.2013
Kazakhstan set on extraditing ex-banker Ablyazov - prosecutorsKazakhstan will use all legal means to return fugitive banker and former minister Mukhtar Ablyazov to his home country, following his arrest in France last week, prosecutors said on Tuesday.12:07 06.08.2013
Police in Tatarstan launches probe into illicit body parts tradeA criminal case against two forensic surgeons suspected of involvement in illicit trade of human body parts has been opened in Russia’s republic of Tatarstan, the regional investigative committee said.11:19 06.08.2013
52 convicts released under economic crime amnesty52 convicts have already been released from Russian colonies in accordance with the recently passed economic crime amnesty, the Federal Penitentiary Service reported on Monday.10:58 06.08.2013
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