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LPR Head signs law on referendum as to region's accession to Russian Federation

The Head of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Leonid Pasechnik, has signed the law on a referendum on the issue of the region’s accession to the Russian Federation on Tuesday.

15:18 20.09.2022

LPR Supreme Court sentenced two OSCE ex-employees to 13 years jail term each for treason

The Supreme Court of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) has found two local residents and former employees of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) guilty of treason and sentenced each man to 13 years in custody.

12:47 20.09.2022

Iran becomes full-fledged member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The Islamic Republic of Iran changed its observer status to full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); the respective document was signed on Wednesday evening.

14:15 15.09.2022

Russia’s Supreme Court bans activities of Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation granted a move of the Prosecutor General's Office to recognize the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan as a terrorist organization and banned its activities in Russia.

13:17 14.09.2022

Commission on rehabilitation of victims of Ukrainian repressions to be established in DPR

A commission on rehabilitation of the victims of Ukrainian nationalist ideology, subjected to repression in the territories that have come under the control of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) is to be established in the region.

16:56 12.09.2022

Moscow Commercial Court introduces monitoring of Google’s Russian structure

The Moscow Commercial Court has introduced a six-month monitoring procedure against Google LLC (Google's Russian subsidiary).

15:58 12.09.2022

Ukrainian serviceman sentenced to 7 years in LPR prison for preparing act of sabotage

The Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) considered the case of a Ukrainian serviceman charged with preparing an act of sabotage on the territory of the LPR and sentenced him to seven years in prison.

10:40 09.09.2022

Investigation into 24 ultra-nationalist Ukrainian battalion members completed in DPR

Investigating authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have completed a probe into 24 members of the Ukrainian battalion Azov, designated in the Russian Federation as a terrorist organization.

16:40 07.09.2022

Google remedies antitrust violations in Google Play – Russian antimonopoly watchdog

Google LLC has remedied breaches of Russian fair competition laws regarding its restrictions on making payments to application developers from Russia, the press service of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) informs.

12:19 07.09.2022

Kaliningrad doctors get 9.5 and 9 years in prison for baby’s death

The Moscow Regional Court sentenced doctors Elena Belaya and Elina Sushkevich, who used to work in Kaliningrad, a city in the western part of Russia, to 9.5 and 9 years in a general regime colony in a case where they were found guilty by a jury of the death of a baby.

17:07 06.09.2022

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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