Four Jehovah's Witnesses followers face trial in Russia on extremism chargesFour residents of Russia’s Orenburg Region will go on trial on charges of creating, financing and participating in an extremist organization.17:39 11.12.2019
State Duma fixes fines for anti-terrorism security requirements violationsThe State Duma adopted a bill on fines of up to 500,000 rubles ($8,000) for violation of anti-terrorism security requirements in a final third reading on Wednesday.13:42 04.12.2019
Russian Constitutional Court confirms owners’ right to provide houses for acts of worshipRussia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that religious services and ceremonies in dwelling houses situated on plots of land for subsidiary farming are to be freely held with consent of owners.15:00 14.11.2019
Criminal prosecution of priest whose child died of AIDS terminatedA criminal case against priest Georgy Sychev and his wife charged with the AIDS-caused death of their daughter due to maltreatment had been dropped because of the expiry of the period of limitations, Igor Sidorenko, an assistant of the priest, told RAPSI on Monday.16:52 30.09.2019
Russian abbot’s murder of July 2016 solved - investigatorsInvestigators have solved the murder of abbot Daniil committed in Russia’s Yaroslavl Region in July 2016.14:11 27.09.2019
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
Ex-museum director’s acquittal of non-return of ancient icons from U.S. to Russia upheldThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld acquittal of ex-director of a private non-profit Museum of Russian Icons Elena Knyazeva in a case over failure to return 16 orthodox icons of XVI-XVIII centuries from the U.S. to Russia.17:28 03.04.2019
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
Ex-museum director acquitted of non-return of ancient icons to RussiaMoscow’s Presnensky District Court has acquitted ex-director of a private non-profit Museum of Russian Icons Elena Knyazeva in a case over failure to return 16 orthodox icons of XVI-XVIII centuries to Russia.13:48 04.02.2019
Penalty imposed on microlender for using prayer in advertisement upheldThe Eighteen Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a claim lodged by a microfinance lender seeking a decision that it was unlawfully penalized for using Christian symbols in its advertisement.13:22 16.11.2018
Leaders of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology to stay in detention for four more monthsDetention of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg leader Ivan Matsitsky and chief accountant of the religious group Sakhib Aliyev charged with extremism and illegal business operations on Thursday was extended until February 20.16:59 18.10.2018
Moscow court convicts 8 members of banned extremist organization Tablighi JamaatThe Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced 8 members of the extremist organization Tablighi Jamaat banned in Russia to prison terms varying from 4 to 6.5 years.16:59 17.09.2018
One more case opened against St. Petersburg Church of ScientologyA criminal case on money laundering has been opened against one of the leaders of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg.12:22 06.04.2018
FSB officers raid St. Petersburg Church of ScientologySearches are conducted at the premises of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg.12:51 28.03.2018
South Korean woman fined for illegal missionary activity in RussiaA court of Chelyabinsk has fined a woman having the nationality of South Korea 30,000 rubles (about $530) for illegal missionary activity in Russia.10:45 07.03.2018
Russian Supreme Court refuses to review sentence of Pokemon Go playerThe Supreme Court of Russia has refused to review the sentence of videoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who had received a suspended term for playing Pokemon Go in a church.16:26 14.02.2018
Russian court closes proceedings in Jesus Christ caricature caseA court in Russia’s city of Sochi has dropped a case against local resident Viktor Nochevnov, charged with wounding religious feelings by reposting caricatures of Jesus Christ on a social media platform.12:59 18.01.2018
Case over non-return of ancient icons to Russia sent back to prosecutorsMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Monday ruled to send a case against ex-director of private non-profit Museum of Russian Icons Elena Knyazeva, who allegedly failed to return 16 orthodox icons of XVI-XVIII centuries to Russia, back to prosecutors.11:45 11.12.2017
Member of Tablighi Jamaat extremist organization sentenced to two yearsA member of the extremist organization Tablighi Jamaat Kubanytchbek Sadyrov has been sentenced to two years in a penal colony.12:41 29.11.2017