Navalny ordered to pay $7,000 to businessman Prigozhin in defamation disputeMoscow’s Lyublinsky District Court ordered Alexey Navalny to pay businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin 500,000 rubles (about $7,000), therefore granting the entrepreneur’s defamation claim filed against the blogger.16:20 05.03.2021
Government brings bill on unified list of socially oriented NGOs before State DumaThe Government has submitted a bill consolidating existing registers of socially oriented NGOs and NGOs of the same kind mostly affected by the coronavirus pandemic to Russia’s lower house of parliament.15:12 05.03.2021
Russian President welcomes bill on use of geolocation data in search for missing personsPresident Vladimir Putin has backed an initiative permitting the use of geolocation data in order to facilitate search for missing persons.14:53 05.03.2021
Jail sentence of regional official convicted of abuse of office upheldThe First Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Friday dismissed an appeal against a 2.5-year sentence passed on Andrey Kulikov, ex-head of Engels, the municipal district in Russia’s Saratov Region, for abuse of office.13:16 05.03.2021
Moscow court upholds 15-day detention of journalist calling to take part in illegal ralliesThe Moscow City Court on Friday upheld the 15-day detention of journalist and municipal lawmaker Ilya Azar 150,000 rubles ($2,000) for calls to participate in unauthorized rallies.12:18 05.03.2021
St. Petersburg court seizes property of Transaero ex-CEO Burdin worth $3.3 billionThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has satisfied a move of the bankruptcy receiver of Transaero air carrier seeking to seize funds and other property of the former general director of the company Alexander Burdin in the amount of 245 billion rubles ($3.3 billion).10:37 05.03.2021
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