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Moscow court to proceed to asset seizure claim against FSB colonel’s family in week

Moscow’s Golovinsky District Court on Friday will continue hearing a prosecutors’ claim to forfeit assets worth over 6.3 billion rubles (over $85 million) from relatives of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin charged with bribery in a week.

18:09 01.11.2019

Russia’s business ombudsman to keep supporting convicted London List businessman

The office of Russia’s Business Rights Commissioner Boris Titov is to continue legal and information support of Andrey Kakovkin, sentenced to 3 years in prison for fraud.

17:21 01.11.2019

Russian Supreme Court orders liquidation of human rights NGO

The Supreme Court on Friday granted a Justice Ministry’s move to wind up the Russian civic movement For Human Rights (Za prava cheloveka) headed by human rights advocate Lev Ponomaryov.

16:08 01.11.2019

Microloans against housing property legislatively banned in Russian Federation

Starting November 1, microfinance companies will be banned from accommodating borrowers with loans on the housing security. A relevant law took effect in Russia.

15:25 01.11.2019

Suspect in murder of child in Russian kindergarten detained

A court in Russia’s Nenets Autonomous Area on Friday placed a suspect in the murder of a 6-year-old boy in a kindergarten in detention upon a motion filed by investigators.

14:12 01.11.2019

Sovereign Internet law comes into force in Russia

The law ensuring security and availability of the Russian Internet (Runet) in case of its isolation from the global network came into force on Friday.

13:10 01.11.2019

Foreign agent status of Navalny’s foundation upheld by Moscow court

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Friday refused to overturn the Justice Ministry’s decision to include a foundation established by opposition figure Alexey Navalny in the list of NGOs acting as foreign agents.

12:02 01.11.2019

St. Petersburg lawyer ordered to serve 9.5-year prison term for extortion

Attorney of the St. Petersburg Bar Association Sergey Yegiazaryan has been sentenced to 9.5 years in a high-security prison for extortion and robbery.

11:24 01.11.2019

Firm formerly controlled by Browder again denied recovery of claim against HSBC in full

The Sixteenth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld recovery of 388,400 rubles ($6,000) from HSBC Bank and HSBC Management in favor of a firm believed to be formerly controlled by William Browder’s Hermitage Capital Management, denying to grant its claim in full.

10:54 01.11.2019

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Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

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