Alleged leader of Crimean cell of banned Jehovah’s Witnesses put in detentionA court in Simferopol, Crimea, on Tuesday placed alleged organizer of the Yalta cell of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia as extremist, in detention.12:09 17.08.2021
Ex-owners of VIM Airlines denied review of $400K wage recovery caseThe Commercial Court of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan has refused to reconsider a ruling on the recovery of nearly 29 million rubles ($400,000) of salary overpaid to ex-president of VIM Airlines Rashid Mursekayev and his wife Svetlana.11:56 17.08.2021
Defense lawyers complain of impossibility to contact convicted foreigner WhelanDefense lawyers for former American marine Paul Whelan sentenced to 16 years in high-security prison for espionage against Russia have filed complaints over impossibility to contact their client with the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) and the Prosecutor General’s Office.10:29 17.08.2021
Northwestern tax service official put in detention for two months in graft caseMoscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court on Monday ordered detention of acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo suspected of bribery until October 14.18:19 16.08.2021
Lawmaker challenges ruling in defamation dispute with Russian TV starThe Moscow City Duma Communist lawmaker Pavel Tarasov has challenged dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against famous Russian TV and radio host Vladimir Solovyev.17:59 16.08.2021
Ruling against Navalny’s ally in defamation dispute with businessman upheldThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering Lyubov Sobol, an associate of Alexey Navalny, to pay businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin 500,000 rubles (about $7,000) for defamation.17:11 16.08.2021
Investigators seek to detain Northwestern tax service official suspected of graftInvestigators on Monday filed a motion to put acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo suspected of bribery in detention.16:00 16.08.2021
Navalny’s spokesperson sentenced to restriction of liberty for breaching sanitary rulesMoscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court on Monday sentenced Kira Yarmysh, the spokesperson of a foundation founded by Alexey Navalny, to 1.5 years of restriction of liberty for breaching sanitary norms at an illegal rally held in Januarу.15:26 16.08.2021
Tax official arrested in Moscow on bribery allegationsActing chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of graft.14:38 16.08.2021
Russian Ombudsman, Election Commission monitor human rights during election campaignThe Office of Russia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova and Russia’s Central Election Commission cooperate in solving of citizens’ problems concerning the election campaign.12:14 16.08.2021
Former Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister challenges insolvencyEx-Deputy Agriculture Minister Alexey Bazhanov has filed an appeal against his bankruptcy and introducing of related procedures against him.10:48 16.08.2021
Navalny’s appeal against prone to escape status set for August 17The Moscow City Court has scheduled an appeal filed by Alexey Navalny against dismissal of his lawsuit over assignment of the status of a convict prone to escape to him by a penal colony for August 17.17:36 13.08.2021
Russian Cabinet proposes expanding list of persons eligible to challenge paternityThe Government Law-Making Commission has backed an initiative aimed at expanding the list of persons who have the right to apply to courts seeking to challenge paternity.15:11 13.08.2021
Mastermind of 1998 murder of Russian MP seeks for parole againMikhail Glushchenko, a former State Duma lawmaker sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of fellow parliamentarian Galina Starovoitova, has filed one more petition for parole.13:03 13.08.2021
Legislative proposal to seize debtors’ foreign travel passports reaches State DumaThe Government has submitted a draft law on the seizure of foreign travel passports from citizens having debts or other restrictions for travelling abroad to the lower house of Russian parliament.10:42 13.08.2021
Russian Supreme Court upholds own decision to keep e-learning in effectThe Russian Supreme Court has upheld its decision of April 28, 2021, to dismiss a claim of State Duma Communist MP Valery Rashkin challenging the experiment to introduce digital educational environment in certain regions of the country.18:57 12.08.2021
Moscow court detains scientist in treason case for two monthsMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Thursday ordered detention of Alexander Kuranov, CEO and Chief Structural Engineer of the Scientific Research Institute of Hypersonic, until October 9 as part of a treason case.17:19 12.08.2021
Federal Security Service seeks detention of scientist arrested on treason allegationsThe Federal Security Service (FSB) on Thursday filed a motion to detain CEO and Chief Structural Engineer of the Scientific Research Institute of Hypersonic Systems Alexander Kuranov in a treason case.16:18 12.08.2021
Russian prosecutors’ $126 mln claim against ex-Minister, Alfa-Bank set for August 20Moscow’s Gagarinsky District Court will proceed with a lawsuit initiated by prosecutors against Abyzov and Alfa-Bank seeking to recover from the defendants more than $126 million in favor of the state on August 20.15:40 12.08.2021
Russian Supreme Court dismisses drug cartel head’s complaint as to Interpol cooperation rulesThe Russian Supreme Court has dismissed an administrative claim of British citizen Leo Francis Morgan seeking recognition of the instructions on the organization of information support for cooperation through Interpol as partially invalid.13:32 12.08.2021