Ex-St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region penitentiary official sentenced to 18 years in prisonFormer deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Directorate Sergey Moiseyenko has been sentenced to 18 years in a maximum security penal colony, after found guilty of receiving bribes amounting to 710 million rubles ($9.6 million at the current exchange rate) during a detention center construction.18:06 10.02.2021
Parliament’s lower house greenlights tough sanctions for Nazism rehabilitationThe State Duma passed a draft law on stiff criminal and administrative penalties for rehabilitation of Nazism with the use of Internet in the first reading on Wednesday.17:22 10.02.2021
Rights activists to turn to CoE over discrimination of Russian-speaking residents of LatviaThe Standing Commission on International Cooperation in Human Rights of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council plans to draft a letter to Russia’s Foreign Ministry, which the body is to readdress to Latvian authorities and the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner over discrimination of Russian speakers in that country, Council member Alexander Brod informs RAPSI.16:44 10.02.2021
State Duma MPs pass draft law on stiffer fines for disobedience to policeThe lower house of Russian parliament adopted a bill on stiffer administrative fines for insubordination to law enforcement officers in the third and final reading on Wednesday.16:00 10.02.2021
Moscow court orders arrest of Navalny’s associate Volkov in absentiaThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Wednesday granted an investigator’s motion and issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Leonid Volkov, the head of regional offices of Alexey Navalny, in a case over involvement of children in unlawful events.15:26 10.02.2021
Russian Human Rights Commissioner calls MPs to get on work on domestic violence billRussia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova on Wednesday called the State Duma lawmakers to continue their work on the domestic violence bill.15:05 10.02.2021
Number of alimony payment applications drops – Ombudsman MoskalkovaRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova during the State Duma Family Committee’s meeting on Wednesday reported reduction in the number of alimony obligations complaints by 40%.14:34 10.02.2021
Russia’s Ombudsman reports lower number of housing-related complaintsThe program of resettlement of residents from dilapidated housing and the Moscow renovation project are producing positive results, according to Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova.14:11 10.02.2021
American student convicted of resistance to Moscow police ordered to undergo mental examThe U.S. student Trevor Reed convicted of using violence against Moscow police has been ordered to undergo mental examination.13:57 10.02.2021
St. Petersburg court detains Uzbek citizen charged with financing terroristsThe Moskovsky District Court of St. Petersburg has detained a citizen of Uzbekistan Rafikzhon Akhmedov charged with terrorism funding until April 7.12:38 10.02.2021
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