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Case against one more 27 July rally activist set for September 17

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court will hear a case against alleged participant of an unauthorized Moscow rally Aidar Gubaidullin charged with violence against a policeman. The trial will begin on September 17.

17:38 10.09.2019

Russian court to reconsider Azeri opposition blogger deportation case

The St. Petersburg City Court overturned a lower court’s ruling on expulsion of Azeri opposition blogger and Azer Freedom TV journalist Elvin Isayev from Russia.

16:54 10.09.2019

Bill on fines for personal data storage breach passes first reading in State Duma

The lower house of Russian parliament passed a bill on fines of up to 18 million rubles (about $300,000) for breach of requirements for storage of personal data of Russians in the first reading on Tuesday.

15:49 10.09.2019

Investigators seek for arrest of ex-owners of Russia’s Promsvyazbank in absentia

Investigators are petitioning for the arrest of ex-owners of Promsvyazbank Alexey Ananyev and Dmitry Ananyev in absentia.

15:02 10.09.2019

Russian children’s ombudsman proposes amnesty for convicted minors and women

Russia’s child rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has forwarded a proposal for amnesty of certain inmates including minors and woman having family obligations to the State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.

14:47 10.09.2019

Ex-Leningrad Region official gets 9 years for bribery

Ex-head of a district in the Leningrad Region Petr Levin has been sentenced to 9 year in high security prison and a 10.4-million-ruble fine for bribery.

12:15 10.09.2019

Russian Civic Chamber commission reveals facts of foreign interfering in election

Facts of foreign interference in elections were revealed on the back of the single voting day held in Russia on September 8, according to the press service of the country’s Civic Chamber’s humanitarian cooperation commission.

11:23 10.09.2019

Summa Group subsidiary owes over $4 mln to Russian heat energy company

The Moscow Commercial Court has granted a claim filed by the largest regional power generating company in Russia Mosenergo seeking to add the debt of Global Electro Service, a subsidiary of Summa Group, worth over 276 million rubles (over $4 million) to the creditors’ list.

10:56 10.09.2019

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

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Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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