Student cleared of Moscow riots charges appeals against sentence for extremismStudent Yegor Zhukov has filed an appeal against a 3-year suspended term given to him for calls for extremism through YouTube.19:09 16.12.2019
Fines to be introduced in Russia for violation of anti-terrorism security requirementsA bill on fines of up to 500,000 rubles ($8,000) for violation of anti-terrorism security requirements has become law. A version of the document signed by President of Russia Vladimir Putin has been published on the official website of legal information.18:16 16.12.2019
Putin tightens penalties for failure to comply with Russian bailiff’s demandsPresident Vladimir Putin has enacted a bill setting stricter responsibility of debtors for failures to comply with requests of bailiffs where such a failure may result in danger to life and health of people into law.17:05 16.12.2019
Ex-Defense Ministry’s auditor gets 10 years in prison for $175,000 graftMoscow’s Kuzminsky District Court on Monday convicted ex-Director of the Russian Defense Ministry’s state contract audit department Maxim Kuksin, of receiving bribes worth over 11 million rubles ($175,000) and sentenced him to 10 years in a high-security prison.16:28 16.12.2019
Russian President puts restrictions on ex-security employees’ departure abroadRussian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a bill on temporary restriction on departure of leaving the country of ex-employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) into law.15:52 16.12.2019
Ex-Moscow Region Finance Minister to be imprisoned for 14 years for $220 mln embezzlementThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Monday sentenced the former Finance Minister of the Moscow Region Alexey Kuznetsov to 14 years in penal colony for embezzlement of 14 billion rubles (about $220 million).14:25 16.12.2019
St. Petersburg court upholds detention of history professor accused of student murderThe St. Petersburg City Court on Monday upheld detention of Oleg Sokolov, the St. Petersburg State University’s history professor, who stands charged with the murder of his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko.13:49 16.12.2019
Ex-member of Moscow public monitoring committee gets suspended term for fraudA former member of the Moscow public monitoring committee Denis Nabiullin received a 4-year suspended sentence in a fraud case on Monday, RAPSI reports from the Presnensky District Court of Moscow.13:14 16.12.2019
Illegal summer rally participant Surovtsev to stay detained until late JanuaryThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld detention of a participant of the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27 Sergey Surovtsev, who had allegedly beaten a National Guard officer with a metal guardrail, until January 27.12:08 16.12.2019
Fraud probe completed into Moscow Region district ex-headInvestigation into ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun has been completed, the Investigative Committee’s press service reports Monday.11:31 16.12.2019
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