Heads of Russian and Finnish Supreme Courts to exchange experience on ecology casesChairman of Russia’s Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev and his colleague, chairman of Finland’s Supreme Court Timo Esko, will exchange their opinions on legal protection in cases related to ecology and land use.17:45 11.12.2017
Ex-official of Russia’s Drug Control Service gets 7 years in prisonEx-chief of a regional office of the defunct Federal Drug Control Service Kirill Kalinin has been sentenced to 7 years in a high-security prison for extortion of a 10-million-ruble bribe (about $170,000).15:59 11.12.2017
Alleged accomplice of ex-official charged with embezzlement to stay in detentionThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling extending detention for entrepreneur Marina Dyukova, an alleged accomplice of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) ex-Deputy chief Oleg Korshunov, charged with large scale embezzlement.14:40 11.12.2017
Moscow court sentences Estonian businessman to 12 years in prison for espionageThe Moscow City Court has sentenced an Estonian businessman Raivo Susi to 12 years in a high security penal colony for espionage.13:40 11.12.2017
Case over non-return of ancient icons to Russia sent back to prosecutorsMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Monday ruled to send a case against ex-director of private non-profit Museum of Russian Icons Elena Knyazeva, who allegedly failed to return 16 orthodox icons of XVI-XVIII centuries to Russia, back to prosecutors.11:45 11.12.2017
Former head of DS-Bank arrested in $10 million embezzlement caseFormer head of Russia’s DS-Bank Fyodor Tsyrulnik, who had been put on the international wanted list on charges of embezzling 585 million rubles (nearly $10 million), was arrested after voluntarily returning to Russia.10:59 11.12.2017
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