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Arizona gunman pleads guilty to mass shooting

Jared Loughner pleaded guilty Tuesday to having carried out a mass shooting that left six dead and 13 injured, including US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, at a community event in Tuscon, Arizona last year. In exchange for his guilty plea, the prosecution offered a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, thus - for their part - taking the death penalty off the table, according to a release issued by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

15:16 08.08.2012

Pussy Riot sentence to be announced on August 17

The Khamovnichesky District Court will announce on August 17 the sentence of the Pussy Riot punk rock band members accused of disorderly conduct at Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral.

14:31 08.08.2012

Four individuals found guilty in second 2010 riot case

The Tverskoy District Court found four people guilty in the second Manezh Square riots case.

14:00 08.08.2012

Woman seeks compensation after crash with Medvedev's autocade

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky resident Olga Kuklina, whose car was damaged on July 4 after a collision with a car in Dmitry Medvedev's cortege, has gone to court seeking compensation for the damage.

13:37 08.08.2012

Disgruntled Christian seeks $950 compensation from Pussy Riot

A Novosibirsk resident has sued members of the Pussy Riot band and is seeking compensation for moral harm which was allegedly inflicted upon her by the performance at the Christ the Savior Cathedral, Margarita Sokolova, a representative of a Novosibirsk law firm which prepared the suit.

12:56 08.08.2012

Prosecutors fail to make effective use of potential to combat corruption

Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika believes that prosecutors are not making sufficient use of their supervisory potential to combat corruption.

12:21 08.08.2012

Khodorkovsky partner to be released next year

The Velsk Court in the Arkhangelsk Region has reduced the prison term of former Menatep head Platon Lebedev, sentenced to 13 years in prison, by three years and four months.

11:49 08.08.2012

Magnitsky - Browder tax evasion case assigned to new investigator

Russia's Investigative Department reports that the Hermitage Capital tax evasion case is being reassigned to a new investigator. William Browder and auditor Sergei Magnitsky are named as the primary suspects in the case.

11:27 08.08.2012

Pussy Riot's eighth day of trial - live coverage

RAPSI resumes its live English-language coverage of the Pussy Riot trial as closing arguments begin on Wednesday, on the eighth day of hearings on the merits.

11:16 08.08.2012

Russia submits 2008 South Ossetian conflict materials to ICC

The International Criminal Court needs to investigate the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia; Russia is doing its best to make this happen, says Vladimir Markin, the official spokesperson for the Investigative Committee.

10:43 08.08.2012

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025