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Extremism charges against human rights advocate over social media post dropped

The Federal Security Service’s Directorate for Russia’s Republic of Khakassia (FSB) has dropped extremism charges against human rights campaigner Lidia Bainova over a post published on VKontakte social network.

17:43 26.11.2018

Russian media watchdog launches case against Google

A directorate of Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor has launched an administrative case against Google corporation over the fact that the company is not connected to Russia’s registry of prohibited websites.

16:59 26.11.2018

Over 30,000 complaints submitted to Russian ombudsman in 2018

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received more than 30,000 complaints from citizens in 2018 and helped in the restoration of rights to 60,000 people.

15:43 26.11.2018

Kyrgyz native gets 7 years in Russia for terrorist recruitment

Kyrgyz native Atabek Rustamov has been sentenced to 7 years in penal colony for recruiting his compatriots to the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations banned in Russia.

13:59 26.11.2018

Russian antimonopoly service reveals cartel over food provision for schoolchildren

Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service’s (FAS) department for the Voronezh Region has revealed a cartel over provision of warm meals for schoolchildren.

12:59 26.11.2018

Russian court of appeals refuses to recover $5 million from Probusinessbank

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling refusing to recover over 327 million rubles (about $5 million) of losses from Probusinessbank in favor of two creditors of the bank, WAY M and NEO Engineering companies.

10:53 26.11.2018

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