European Parliament slams Russian courts for Navalny brothers’ verdictThe European Parliament has accused Russia of using the judicial system as a political tool and said that the verdict for the Navalny brothers has political motives.13:58 15.01.2015
Russia's Supreme Court upholds sentence for Syria recruitersRussia’s Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday an appeal filed by Russian nationals Vadim Gusev and Yevgeny Sidorov who were sentenced for recruiting mercenaries to fight in Syria.13:16 14.01.2015
Moscow court declines to hear Oleg Navalny's motion for releaseMoscow's Tverskoy District Court declined on Wednesday to hear a motion for release from pretrial detention center filed by Oleg Navalny, the younger brother of anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny.11:32 14.01.2015
Russian opposition activist Udaltsov sentenced to 4.5. years turns to ECHRRussian opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov, who was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for organizing the Bolotnaya Square protests in central Moscow in May 2012, filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights.16:32 13.01.2015
Navalny, his brother appeal against sentence in Yves Rocher caseRussian opposition stalwart Alexei Navalny, his brother Oleg have appealed against the sentence handed down in the Yves Rocher embezzlement case.12:59 12.01.2015
Two more members of extremist Islamic organization sentenced in TatarstanThe Supreme Court of Tatarstan, a predominantly Muslim republic in Russia, has handed down guilty verdicts on two members of an extremist Islamic group.14:50 30.12.2014
The Navalny brothers sentenced in Yves Rocher caseOpposition activist Alexei Navalny received suspended sentence of 3.5 years in the Yves Rocher embezzlement case. His brother Oleg sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.11:45 30.12.2014
Opposition activist Navalny to be sentenced on December 30 in Yves Rocher caseMoscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court will pass sentence on opposition activist Alexei Navalny in the Yves Rocher embezzlement case on December 30.17:20 29.12.2014
Russian national sentenced to 11 years for joining terrorist group in TatarstanThe Supreme Court of Russia's republic of Tatarstan has sentenced Rais Shaidullin to eleven years in prison for having joined a terrorist group and abetting terrorism.15:06 26.12.2014
Seven men indicted, sentenced in Siberian plant disaster that left 75 deadA court in the Siberian city of Sayanogorsk has sentenced seven men, four of whom received various terms in prison over the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant disaster in 2009.13:57 24.12.2014
Russia’s Supreme Court upholds sentence against Navalny in Kirovles caseRussia’s Supreme Court has refused to review the sentence of opposition leader Alexei Navalny for the embezzlement of funds from Kirovles Company, the court told RAPSI on Monday.15:09 15.12.2014
Russian Supreme Court upholds sentences for four Hizb ut-Tahrir membersRussia’s Supreme Court has upheld the verdicts for members of Islamic terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, who received long prison sentences for an attempt to seize power in Russia.16:35 11.12.2014
Russian student faces up to 2 years in US jail for making explosivesThe United States authorities have sent an opinion to a Pennsylvania federal court on the case of Russian Federation citizen Vladislav Miftakhov, born in 1995, who is accused of building bombs without a federal license, in which they are asking for a prison sentence of two years for him. According to case materials in the possession of RAPSI, the defense has no objection.18:52 05.12.2014
Suspected German ISIS member sentenced to three yearsA court in Frankfurt has handed down a prison sentence to Kreshnik Berisha for fighting on the side of terrorists in Syria, Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper writes on Friday.15:23 05.12.2014
Bout’s former associate sentenced to five years in US prisonA New York court has sentenced the associate of convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout, Richard Chichakli, to five years in prison on conspiracy and wire fraud charges.12:06 05.12.2014
US prosecutors ask for up to 9 years in jail for accused partner of Viktor BoutUS prosecutors are pushing for a prison sentence for Richard Chichakli, who was convicted in December 2013 of conspiring with Russian national Viktor Bout to buy aircraft in violation of sanctions imposed on them by US authorities.12:24 25.11.2014
News of the World ex-editor released from jail earlyThe former editor of the British tabloid, News of the World, Andy Coulson, who was sentenced to 18 months for tapping into the phones of the royal family, has been released after five months in prison, RIA Novosti reports this Friday.14:16 21.11.2014
Russian national released from Thai prison after 12 yearsMarat Minlikeyev, a Russian national convicted and sentenced to 34 years by a Thai court for a bank robbery in which a police officer was killed in 2003, has been released on parole, RIA Novosti reports citing Head of the Consular Department of the Russian Embassy in Bangkok Vladimir Sosnov.11:30 21.11.2014
Russian Brighton Beach restaurateur sentenced to 9 years for fraudMichael Levitis, the owner of New York's most famous Russian restaurant Rasputin and participant of Russian Dolls reality show, was sentenced to nine years in prison following his guilty plea in debt relief scam, reads the statement of the Southern District of New York DA Office released on Wednesday.11:36 20.11.2014
Nephew of ex-president of Kyrgyzstan released from prisonSanjar Bakiev, the nephew of the former president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiev, has completed his prison term after being convicted of organizing mass riots, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing the Kyrgyz penal service.10:42 20.11.2014