American couple pleads guilty to abusing Russian adopteeTwo Americans, accused of abusing their Russian foster child, have pleaded guilty in court. Matthew and Amy Kathleen Sweeney adopted nine-year-old Daniil Kruchin in 2006.12:14 24.07.2013
ACLU calls for new investigations into Todashev deathThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wants two US states, Florida and Massachusetts, to open their own investigations into the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shooting death of a Chechen immigrant acquainted with one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.11:19 24.07.2013
Snowden unlikely to move freely around Russia even with asylum grantedThe decision on fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's future being in Russia will be made by the Federal Migration Service and the Border Guard Service of Russia, based on security risks evaluation, says former deputy migration head Vladimir Volokh.10:53 24.07.2013
Putin signs bill increasing tax on luxury cars into lawPresident Vladimir Putin has signed the law increasing the tax on cars worth 3 million rubles ($92,849) or more. The bill has been drafted by the Finance Ministry in response to President Vladimir Putin's state of the nation address.10:24 24.07.2013
Portugal violated journalist’s free expression rights – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that Portugal breached the rights of journalist Afonso Joaquim Sampaio e Paiva de Melo to freedom of expression, as guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights.18:04 23.07.2013
Russian Far East court says library exploited American specialistRussia's Primorye territory regional court rejected and appeal filed by the Maxim Gorky Memorial Library, and ruled that the library unlawfully exploited an American citizen.17:42 23.07.2013
US company's appeal in row with Russia's leading social network rejectedThe Thirteenth Commercial Court of Appeals rejected an appeal filed by the US Talk Fusion against the dismissal of the lawsuit aimed at the Russian VKontakte company and against self-employed businessman Igor Vulfovic.17:03 23.07.2013
Economic amnesty may exclude Navalny and Khodorkovsky - ombudsmanEconomic amnesty is a measure which applies to the whole system, it would be very difficult to apply its rules to any person in particular, business rights ombudsman Boris Titov told a news conference on Tuesday.16:25 23.07.2013
Mother turns to Hague Convention to compel return of sons from RussiaAn American mother living in England has turned to an international treaty that only recently entered into force in Russia in order to compel the return of her young sons, who have been living with their father in Russia since they failed to return from what was meant to be a brief Christmas holiday, RAPSI has learned from the mother's London-based solicitor Carolina Marin Pedreno, a partner at law firm Dawson Cornwell.15:34 23.07.2013
116 orphans adopted in Russia after US adoption ban - ombudsmanMore than 100 Russian orphans, who have not been adopted by Americans because of the Dima Yakovlev law, found adoptive parents in Russia, Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov told journalists on Tuesday.14:43 23.07.2013
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