Lithuania freezes bank accounts related to Magnitsky caseThe Lithuanian authorities have frozen several bank accounts as part of the case of embezzled budget funds, exposed by Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in the Matrosskaya Tishina prison in 2009.13:04 22.01.2013
Popular online encyclopedia may be shut down over "extremist" contentLaw enforcement agencies seek to block access to two websites after inspecting their content, the Chechen Interior Ministry reported Tuesday. The ministry has established that the Lurkmore and Imam-TV websites contain prohibited content.16:01 15.01.2013
‘Innocence of Muslims’ banned and blacklisted in RussiaThe controversial “Innocence of Muslims” film, prohibited by a Moscow district court, has been blacklisted, the Russian Justice Ministry reported on Wednesday.12:38 26.12.2012
Americans linked to Bout, Yaroshenko “kidnappings” may be blacklistedRussia’s doppelganger version of the Magnitsky List may include Americans suspected of involvement in the arrests and detentions – or, in the words of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in the “kidnapping” – of arms dealer Viktor Bout and pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, Lavrov told Euronews TV.10:26 21.12.2012
Russia calls shenanigans on Magnitsky list and vows to reactThe Magnitsky list is just for show and will have no practical effect on the visa regime between Russia and the United States, Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, said.11:45 19.11.2012
Russia's popular torrent tracker webpage blacklistedThe Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare has placed a Rutracker.org webpage containing a torrent file for The Encyclopedia of Suicides on the Russian register of blacklisted websites, reports the register's website.13:10 13.11.2012
Lurkmore editors take down controversial articleThe editors of the controversial Lurkmore website, which was blocked on Monday, have tweeted about their decision to take down a contentious article from the site.11:42 13.11.2012
Russian Internet encyclopedia blacklistedLurkmore, a popular Russian online encyclopedia, was added to the register of websites containing banned information, after which its IP address was blocked.10:55 12.11.2012
European Parliament recommends imposing Magnitsky list sanctionsDuring its plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, the members of the European Parliament approved a report containing sanction proposals regarding the Russian officials who are thought to be involved in the death of Sergei Magnitsky.11:00 24.10.2012
UK parliamentary committee calls on Cabinet to publish Magnitsky listThe House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has advised the government to publish the names of those who are barred from entering the United Kingdom for their involvement in the death of Hermitage Capital Fund lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.11:25 18.10.2012
Possible adoption of Magnitsky list should not to hinder visa discussionsThe possible enforcement of the Magnitsky list by the European Council will not affect the Russia-EU dialogue on visa-free travel, Anvar Azimov, the Foreign Ministry's ambassador.17:02 27.09.2012
UK does not impose 'Magnitsky list' visa restrictionsThe UK has not imposed visa restrictions under the "Magnitsky list," the Russian Foreign Ministry's Information and Press Department stated in a report published on Tuesday.15:48 04.09.2012
UK denies entry to human rights abusers, embassyThe UK Embassy in Russia has neither confirmed nor refuted media reports that entrance restrictions have been adopted based on the "Magnitsky list," while noting that the government as a rule denies entrance to individuals who are known to have been involved in human rights violations.16:47 03.09.2012
Russian Ambassador to UK will request Magnistky list explanationRussian Ambassador to London, Alexander Yakovenko, will demand an explanation from the Foreign Office in London regarding entry visa restrictions associated with the "Magnitsky list".11:25 03.09.2012
Internet companies to proposе on website blacklist lawThe Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC) will submit subordinate acts to the website blacklist law for approval to the Communications and Mass Media Ministry on August 27.17:59 24.08.2012
Senators endorse law blacklisting websitesThe Federation Council adopted on Wednesday a law whereby a single blacklist of websites with unlawful content will be established as of November.17:16 18.07.2012
Filtering & Blocking Internet Resources: A Global PerspectiveOn July 11, the State Duma approved in the second and third readings a law on setting up a single registry of domains and websites with illegal content. The registry will be established as of November. A draft law envisaging the blacklist was submitted to the State Duma in early June and adopted in the first reading on July 6. The list will include websites with information harmful for children, especially child pornography or promoting suicide or drugs. The Internet community reacted negatively to the bill, fearing government censorship.16:13 16.07.2012
Federation Council report won't affect Magnitsky blacklist billThe Federation Council's report on Magnitsky's case has not convinced the U.S. to cancel the adoption of Magnitsky's list. On Wednesday, a group of Federation Council members submitted a report to U.S. senators, congressmen and representatives of the state department which contained the preliminary Russian parliamentary investigation material.11:35 13.07.2012
State Duma may adopt draft law on website blacklist in first readingThe State Duma plans to consider on July 6 in its first hearing a draft law on creating a unified register of domains and websites with information prohibited for distribution, including child pornography, and information promoting drugs and suicide.14:20 03.07.2012
Magnitsky Act's sponsor may be denied entrance to RussiaU.S. Senator Ben Cardin, the sponsor of the contentious Magnitsky Act, may be denied entrance to Russia.10:29 02.07.2012