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Ex-chair of St. Petersburg Legal Committee fined for abuse of office

Ex-chair of the Legal Committee of St. Petersburg has been sentenced to a 50,000-ruble (about $800) fine for abuse of authority.

17:26 11.09.2019

Russia’s lower house of parliament adopts bill on drone use in first reading

The State Duma passed a bill regulating the law enforcement bodies’ power to repress the use of air drones by citizens for unlawful purposes in the first reading on Wednesday.

16:11 11.09.2019

Bill on criminal punishment for false expert findings backed by State Duma committee

The State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation on Wednesday recommended that the MPs pass in the first reading a bill on criminal punishment for knowingly false expert findings.

15:33 11.09.2019

State Duma committees to consider initiative on amnesty for minor and female convicts

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has ordered authorized committees to consider a proposal to pardon certain inmates including minors and woman having family obligations made by children’s ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova.

14:48 11.09.2019

Russian citizen gets 5 years in Estonian prison for spying - report

A court in Estonia sentenced a Russian national, whose name was not disclosed, to 5 years in prison for espionage.

13:30 11.09.2019

Judge proposes to return Serebrennikov embezzlement case to prosecutors

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Wednesday raised the question of return of an embezzlement case involving theater director Kirill Serebrennikov to prosecutors.

11:47 11.09.2019

Tax evasion trial of businessman Polonsky’s colleague set for September 20

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court scheduled hearing of a case against Stanislav Seroka, ex-deputy board chair of Mirax Group (renamed as Potok) corporation, founded by notorious tycoon Sergey Polonsky, for September 20.

10:59 11.09.2019

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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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