Jehovah’s Witnesses turn to Council of Europe over Russia’s refusal to execute ECHR rulingThe Jehovah’s Witnesses organization banned in Russia as extremist has filed a complaint with the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe over Moscow’s refusal to implement a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).15:46 22.05.2017
President Putin appoints new Representative of Russia at ECHRPresident Vladimir Putin has appointed Deputy Justice Minister Mikhail Galperin as Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).16:50 19.05.2017
ECHR awards €95,000 to three Russian citizens for ill-treatment by policeThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday awarded €95,000 in compensation to three Russian nationals, who had complained of ill-treatment by police.13:31 02.05.2017
Bill on ratification of protocol over ECHR subsidiarity signed into lawRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on ratification of the protocol №. 15, introducing changes to the European Convention on Human Rights and modifying the role of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).11:11 02.05.2017
Federation Council approves ratification of protocol over ECHR subsidiarityThe Federation Council of Russia has approved ratification of the protocol №. 15, introducing changes to the European Convention on Human Rights and modifying the role of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).16:05 26.04.2017
French court releases Moscow Region ex-official Kuznetsov from jail - reportA court in Lyon has released former Moscow Region finance minister Alexey Kuznetsov, who faces extradition to Russia, from jail.14:52 13.04.2017
ECHR orders Russia to pay about €3 mln to Beslan terror attack victimsThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has awarded about €3 million in compensation to victims of terror attack on a school in the Russian town of Beslan.12:28 13.04.2017
State Duma ratifies protocol over ECHR subsidiarityThe State Duma has ratified the protocol №. 15, introducing changes to the European Convention on Human Rights and modifying the role of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).15:00 12.04.2017
Rights of Russian citizen forcibly placed in psychiatric hospital violated - ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held that rights of a Russian national, who had been involuntary placed in a psychiatric facility, were violated, and awarded €1,500 in compensation to him.13:25 04.04.2017
Crimean Tatar Majlis files appeal with ECHR over ban in RussiaThe Majlis of Crimean Tatars, an organization declared extremist in Russia, has filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).18:05 30.03.2017
Russia’s representative at ECHR Matyushkin relieved of his postPresident Vladimir Putin has dismissed Deputy Justice Minister Georgy Matyushkin from the post of Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).15:56 29.03.2017
ECHR proceeds with 49 appeals filed by Russian NGOs over “foreign agents” lawThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has combined forty-nine appeals filed by sixty-one Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) over the national “foreign agents” law and has communicated them.10:59 29.03.2017
Four defendants in Nemtsov murder case file appeals with ECHRAppeals filed by four defendants in the case on killing opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, over alleged tortures and unreasonable stay in detention were transferred to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).13:30 24.03.2017
ECHR grants €122,300 to 17 Russian convicts over poor conditions of detentionThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has admitted the rights of 17 Russian convicts, who complained of the inadequate conditions of their detention to be violated. The total amount of compensation granted after the ECHR has examined two joint cases made 122,300 euros.14:56 21.03.2017
President Putin submits protocol over ECHR subsidiarity to State DumaRussian President Vladimir Putin has filed the protocol №. 15, introducing changes to the European Convention of Human Rights, with the State Duma.17:40 15.03.2017
ECHR awards €50,000 to Chechen militant sentenced to life for murdersThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has awarded €50,000 in compensation to Chechen militant Arsan Mukayev sentenced to life in prison for murdering members of the Russian armed forces and law enforcement officers.12:58 14.03.2017
ECHR refuses to review case of Moscow riots activist BelousovThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) dismissed an application filed by Russia seeking to review a case of Yaroslav Belousov, who had been sentenced for participation in Moscow's 2012 Bolotnaya riots.10:49 14.03.2017
Navalny’s associate files complaint with ECHR over his sentence – reportRussian opposition activist and accomplice of Aleksey Navalny, Leonid Volkov, filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over the sentence he had received for obstruction of journalists’ activity.11:20 09.03.2017
Russian opposition activist Dadin files appeal with ECHR over imprisonmentRussian activist Ildar Dadin, who was the first person convicted of numerous violations of protest laws and acquitted later, filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over unlawful stay in a penal colony.17:05 07.03.2017
ECHR grants €15,000 to Kazakh national for violation of his family rights by RussiaThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia violated right to respect for family life of a Kazakh national Murat Kamenov, who was banned from entering Russia in 2014.15:58 07.03.2017