Human rights activists propose amnesty for 2012 Moscow Riots suspectsHuman rights activists and lawyers have drafted a project on amnesty for suspects implicated in a Russian criminal case centering on the 2012 Moscow riots, Lev Ponomaryov, leader of the movement For Human Rights, said on Wednesday.17:30 25.09.2013
Around 300 released under economic crime amnesty in RussiaAround 300 convicts have been released in Russia in accordance with economic crime amnesty passed about three months ago, the Federal Penitentiary Service's press office reported Tuesday.13:55 24.09.2013
Russian business ombudsman urges amnesty for migrantsRussia’s business ombudsman proposed on Tuesday that the country’s authorities should declare amnesty for illegal migrants to help both the foreign workers and their employers.10:08 18.09.2013
Over 140 convicts released under economic crime amnesty in RussiaOver 140 convicts have been released from Russian colonies in accordance with economic crime amnesty passed about two months ago.18:30 27.08.2013
Draft amnesty decree forwarded to State DumaThe Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) has sent to the State Duma a draft amnesty decree arranged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Yaroslav Nilov, an LDPR party member and head of the lower house committee on public and religious organizations.16:30 22.08.2013
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
Collusion and conspiracy cases to be amnestied - officialCartel agreement cases will be amnestied, but this should be considered the last warning from the government, Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Igor Artemyev said on Thursday.14:44 11.07.2013
Navalny could be pardoned of fraud charges - business ombudsmanOpposition leader Alexei Navalny may be pardoned and the fraud charges against him may be dropped, Russian Business Ombudsman Boris Titov told reporters on Wednesday.16:43 26.06.2013
Planned economic amnesty will not free Khodorkovsky - expertMikhail Khodorkovsky, former CEO of YUKOS, once Russia's largest oil company, who has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for stealing oil and laundering the proceeds, will not be released in the planned financial amnesty.15:46 26.06.2013
Putin urges Duma to adopt amnesty for economic crimesRussian President Vladimir Putin urged the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, to grant an amnesty pardoning those with first-time convictions for economic crimes who either have reimbursed the damages, or who have expressed the willingness to do so.16:50 21.06.2013