One more Russian awarded compensation for illegal prosecution for extremismA court in St. Petersburg has ordered the Finance Ministry to pay activist Dina Garina 30,000 rubles (nearly $500) in compensation for moral harm caused by unjustified prosecution for extremism.14:14 03.07.2019
Finance Ministry ordered to pay Russian citizen $800 for unjustified prosecutionA court in Abakan, the capital city of the Russian Republic of Khakassia, has ordered the Finance Ministry to pay the local citizen Artem Yurchenko 50,000 rubles (about $800) in compensation for unjustified prosecution in the extremism case.16:27 26.06.2019
Chief accountant of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology released from detentionSakhib Aliyev, chief accountant of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg charged with extremism and illegal business, has been released from detention and put under house arrest until August 19.18:14 14.05.2019
Pokemon Go player’s conviction of extremism expunged - attorneyThe Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg has expunged videoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky’s conviction of extremism, lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov has told RAPSI.10:06 08.05.2019
Detention of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology leaders extended once moreThe St. Petersburg City Court has again extended detention for the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg leader Ivan Matsitsky and the religious group’s chief accountant Sakhib Aliyev charged with extremism and illegal business operations.13:40 19.04.2019
Two Ukrainians accused of attack on Russian cultural center in Kiev arrested in absentiaA court has issued an arrest warrant for two alleged members of Ukraine’s nationalist organization S14 charged with attacking the Russian center of science and culture in Kiev in absentia.13:00 22.03.2019
St. Petersburg court to review Pokemon Go player’s petition to mitigate sentenceA court in St. Petersburg is to examine a petition of videoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky seeking a mitigation of a suspended term he was given for playing Pokemon Go in a church.17:44 28.02.2019
Russian nationalist Demushkin convicted of extremism releasedA court in the Vladimir Region has granted early release for Russian nationalist Dmitry Demushkin sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for inciting racial hatred and enmity online.10:46 21.02.2019
Russia’s "Crossbow Coup" plotter leaves prisonRussian military intelligence colonel Vladimir Kvachkov was released from a prison in Russia’s Republic of Mordovia on Tuesday.13:14 19.02.2019
Russian female activist discharged from liability for extremismA court has released Russian civic activist Oksana Pokhodun, who had been earlier convicted of extremism, from responsibility and punishment.13:07 14.02.2019
"Crossbow Coup" plotter to be released as extremism case droppedA court in Russia’s Republic of Mordovia has dropped an extremism case against retired Russian military intelligence colonel Vladimir Kvachkov. He is expected to be released from the colony on February 19.12:40 07.02.2019
One more extremism case over social media posts droppedThe North Caucasus District Military Court has dropped an extremism case against activist Yevgeny Karakashev that had been initially launched over his publications on VKontakte social network.18:03 25.01.2019
Extremism convict sentenced over social media posts granted releaseA court in the city of Cheboksary on Tuesday ordered release of activist Alexey Mironov, who had been convicted of extremism and calling for a coup over his publications on VKontakte social network.17:42 22.01.2019
Extremism case over social media reposts closed in CrimeaThe Investigative Committee’s Main Investigation Directorate for Crimea has closed an extremism case against a local woman Elina Mamedova over reposts she had made on VKontakte social network.13:58 17.01.2019
Extremism case against Urals resident dropped owing to legislation amendmentsA court in Yekaterinburg, a city in Russia’s Urals, has dropped an extremism case against local citizen Vladimir Munuylenko.10:32 09.01.2019
Bill on certain prison conditions for terror convicts wins Russian senators’ approvalA package of draft laws aimed to prevent the spreading of radical extremist ideologies in places of confinement has been approved by the upper house of Russian parliament, the Federation Council.19:20 21.12.2018
Federation Council approves bill on mitigated punishment for extremismRussia’s Federation Council has approved a bill mitigating punishment for extremism and incitement of hatred and enmity.12:33 21.12.2018
Lower house of Russian parliament adopts bill to mitigate punishment for extremismThe State Duma passed in the third and final reading on Wednesday a bill mitigating punishment for extremism and incitement of hatred and enmity.12:59 19.12.2018
Supreme Court upholds acquittal of Russian rights advocate in Holocaust denial caseThe Supreme Court has upheld a verdict against rights advocate living in Russia's Perm Roman Yushkov, who had received a 2-year suspended sentence for rousing hatred but had been acquitted in the Holocaust denial case.14:58 29.11.2018
Supreme Court upholds 11-year term for Russian man convicted of plotting terror attackThe Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an 11-year prison sentence passed on Russian citizen Maxim Martynov for plotting a terrorist attack in one of shopping malls in Rostov Region.15:30 27.11.2018