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Russian Supreme Court bans denial of conviction expungement for not guilty plea

The Supreme Court of Russia has prohibited lower courts to deny expungement of record if a convict had pleaded not guilty.

13:21 07.06.2022

Number of convicts cut in half in Russia in last 20 years – statistics

The number of convicts whose sentences had come into effect reduced nearly by 50% in the Russian Federation in the last 20 years, according to the official statistics of the Supreme Court’s Justice Department.

12:59 23.06.2020

State Duma backs election ballot ban for average gravity crimes convicts

The State Duma passed a bill banning persons convicted of crimes of average gravity to stand as candidates in any election in a final third reading on Wednesday.

15:27 13.05.2020

Convicted orphans may be relieved from reimbursement of household costs - bill

Lawmakers from the United Russia party have submitted a bill on certain benefits for convicted orphaned children to the State Duma.

17:37 04.10.2019

Bill on non-serious crimes convicts’ labour passed by State Duma

The State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament, adopted a bill allowing non-serious crimes convicts to be used as labour outside penal colonies in a final third reading on Tuesday.

14:59 09.07.2019

Leningrad Region ombudsman seeks to cease convicts’ transfers to other regions

Ombudsman of the Leningrad Region Sergey Shabanov has asked the Federal Penitentiary Service’s director Gennady Kornienko to give up on the practice of transfer of convicts, whose sentence has not taken effect, to detention centers in other regions.

13:25 07.06.2019

State Duma committee backs bill on certain prison conditions for terror convicts

The State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation recommended during its Tuesday session that the lower house MPs adopt a package of bills to prevent the spreading of radical extremist ideologies in places of confinement in the first reading.

17:46 04.12.2018

Russian businessman to defend his innocence in court

Businessman Alexei Kozlov, who was convicted for fraud but later released by the Supreme Court, said he will defend his innocence.

16:33 22.09.2011