North Ossetia officials detained on $2.5 mln embezzlement allegationsMoscow’s Basmanny District Court has placed ex-chairman of the North Ossetia government Sergey Takoyev and the republican Tourism Minister Alan Diambekov, who are charged with embezzling 180 million rubles (about $2.5 million) of budget funds, in detention until October 10.10:57 12.08.2021
Navalny accused of creating NGO infringing on citizens' personality and rightsThe Russian Investigative Committee has charged Alexey Navalny with creating a non-profit organization that infringes upon the personality and rights of citizens.17:40 11.08.2021
Moscow court to continue jury selection in Arashukovs’ case in SeptemberThe Moscow City Court will continue jury selection in a case against Raul Arashukov, a former adviser to the head of a Gazprom subsidiary, and his son Rauf Arashukov, on September 13.16:11 11.08.2021
Ex-CEO of state enterprise gets 4 years in jail for bribing antimonopoly officerThe Moscow Babushkinsky District Court has sentenced former head of a Dagestani state development enterprise Shamil Kadiev to 4 years in a strict regime colony for bribing ex-head of the Republican Directorate of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Kubasai Kubasayev with a Hublot wristwatch and a hunting rifle.15:54 11.08.2021
Stand-up comic loses appeal against sentence for xenophobic jokes about RussiansThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, against his sentence.13:35 11.08.2021
Federal Ombudsman appreciates Russia’s human rights systemFederal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova believes the institution of ombudsmen enables all citizens to seek justice in Russia.12:46 11.08.2021
Russia's human rights commissioner received over 8,000 hotline calls in 2021Since the beginning of this year Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has received 8.246 calls via hotline.10:59 11.08.2021
Supreme Court upholds ruling in favor of Apple in dispute with Russian inventorThe Russian Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit lodged by businessman and inventor Artashes Ikonomov against Apple over alleged violation of his right to a utility model by a lower court.17:32 10.08.2021
Stand-up comic appeals sentence for xenophobic jokes about RussiansStand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, appealed his sentence.16:27 10.08.2021
Navalny’s defamation lawsuit against President’s spokesman dismissedThe Presnensky District Court of Moscow has dismissed Alexey Navalny's defamation claim against the Russian President’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov and ITAR-TASS.14:49 10.08.2021
New criminal case opened of Navalny’s allies Zhdanov and VolkovInvestigators have launched a new criminal case against Ivan Zhdanov, ex-director of the foundation founded by Alexey Navalny, and another blogger’s ally Leonid Volkov, over alleged funding of an extremist organization.12:01 10.08.2021
Sberbank demands $700k debt from ex-owner of Spartak hockey clubRussia's Sberbank has filed an application with the Moscow Commercial Court seeking to include 50-million-ruble debt (about $700,000) of the late insolvent businessman and former vice-president and owner of Spartak hockey club Gelani Tovbulatov in the creditors’ list.10:55 10.08.2021
Stand-up comic detained for 10 days for xenophobic jokes about RussiansMoscow’s Tagansky District Court on Monday placed stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent.16:52 09.08.2021
Assault on Russian speakers abroad may result in ban on entry into Russia – State DumaLawmakers on Monday proposed to prohibit people committing assaults on Russian-speaking persons abroad from entering Russia.15:07 09.08.2021
St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack case sentence comes into forceSentence delivered in case over a suicide bomber terror attack committed in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017 came into force on Monday.14:44 09.08.2021
Businessman Baturin to stay detained in fraud attempt case until SeptemberThe Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed an appeal against detention of businessman Viktor Baturin, who stands charged with attempted fraud.13:10 09.08.2021
Investigators seek to detain ex-chair of Krasnodar court charged with fraud attemptInvestigators seek to place a former chairman of the Oktyabrsky District Court in Krasnodar Gennady Bairak charged with attempted fraud and abuse of power in detention.17:54 06.08.2021
Investigators launch case over road accident involving Russians in TurkeyThe Investigative Committee for the Russian Samara Region has opened a criminal case over the deaths of three Russian tourists in a road accident that occurred in Turkish Antalya.16:38 06.08.2021
Navalny’s brother gets suspended sentence in sanitary code breach caseOleg Navalny, the brother of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny, on Friday received 1-year suspended sentence for abetting breaching of sanitary and epidemiological norms during an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on January 23.15:05 06.08.2021
Former Russian official fails to challenge anti-corruption rules, prosecutors’ powersFormer deputy head of the Komi Republic, Alexander Burov, attempted to challenge almost all anti-corruption provisions of the Civil Code, as well as some regulations set by federal anti-corruption laws; however, the Constitutional Court dismissed his complaint.14:02 06.08.2021