Number of convictions for corruption down in Russia - Supreme CourtThe number of people convicted for corruption is declining steadily, Chairman of Russia's Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev said at a conference of judges in Moscow on Tuesday.15:24 19.02.2013
Russian courts of general jurisdiction acquitted 5% of defendants in 2012The Russian courts of general jurisdiction heard cases against around one million people in 2012 and acquitted 5% of the defendants.12:23 19.02.2013
Russia needs a firm criminal justice policy - Supreme Court chairmanProposals to develop a criminal justice policy should be discussed, as unstable legislation has a negative effect on law enforcement practice, says Vyacheslav Lebedev, chairman of Russia's Supreme Court.10:17 19.02.2013
Lawmaker contests dismissal without required procedureFormer State Duma Deputy Gennady Gudkov has stated that he was unlawfully stripped of his mandate during an appeals hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday. The required procedure was not followed, he said.16:29 11.02.2013
Russian scientists get 12 years for selling missile secrets to ChinaThe Russian Supreme Court has upheld the ruling against two professors from the Baltic State Technical University (Voenmekh) who were sentenced to 12.5 and 12 years respectively for passing classified information about the Bulava missile to Chinese secret services.10:45 06.02.2013
Administrative boards to hear disputes between citizens and authoritiesThe Supreme Court will submit a bill to the State Duma to amend federal constitutional laws on the courts of general jurisdiction and military tribunals. The amendments will establish special administrative case boards for hearing disputes between citizens and authorities.13:29 05.02.2013
Latvian Supreme Court approves malware creator's extradition to USDeniss Calovskis, Latvian national, must be extradited to the United States to face charges for cyber crimes, the Latvian Supreme Court ordered Thursday.17:36 31.01.2013
Supreme Court upholds sentence of attempted Red Square bomberThe Supreme Court's Judicial Panel for Criminal Affairs has upheld the prison sentence of Ilyas Saidov on Wednesday, who was convicted of planning an explosion on Moscow's Red Square.16:33 23.01.2013
Lithuania upholds conviction of Socialist for denying Soviet aggressionThe Lithuanian Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's conviction of Lituanian Socialist People's Front party leader Algirdas Paleckis for having denied the fact of "Soviet aggression against Lithuania and its people." Paleckis was the first person in Lithuanian history to be charged with denying Soviet aggression, a crime stipulated in the Criminal Code.11:03 23.01.2013
Russian children adopted by Americans before January 1 will go to the USRussian children whose adoptions were approved by the courts before January 1, 2013, must go to their adoptive parents in the United States, as ruled by the Russian Supreme Court.10:09 23.01.2013
Moscow shopping center bomber's case to be reconsideredThe Supreme Court's Judicial Panel for Criminal Affairs has submitted for review the case against a student who was earlier sentenced to six years in prison for organizing a blast on Manezh Square in Moscow in 2007.17:08 16.01.2013
Russia's Dagestan Supreme Court judge murderedMagomed Magomedov, a judge at Russia's Republic of Dagestan Supreme Court, has been killed in the republic's capital city of Makhachkala.10:10 16.01.2013
Egyptian police officers allowed beardsThe Egyptian Supreme Court's board has declared that police officers have the right to have beards, the board's spokesperson told journalists.11:45 14.01.2013
Supreme Court requests data on Lebedev’s parole denialThe Supreme Court has requested the Velsk District Court to provide it with the data on Platon Lebedev’s parole denial.14:01 25.12.2012
Russia's Supreme Court backs bill on life isolation of pedophilesRussia's Supreme Court has backed the bill allowing to banish pedophiles to reservations after they are released from prison.12:49 24.12.2012
Disgraced MP Gudkov to appeal loss of power in Supreme Court Jan. 16The Supreme Court on January 16 will hold preliminary hearings for former State Duma Deputy Gennady Gudkov's appeal of the loss of his parliamentary seat, his attorney Vadim Prokhorov told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) Friday. In mid-September, the Duma stripped Gudkov of his mandate after the investigative authorities accused him of engaging in commercial activities in violation of Russian law.17:02 21.12.2012
Supreme Court head proposes decriminalizing minor crimesSupreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev has proposed decriminalizing minor crimes stipulating a prison sentence of less than three years.17:57 18.12.2012
Half of bribery cases punished by fines, unable to pay imprisonedRussian courts sentence more than half of those found guilty of bribes to fines, but many of them are unable to pay and are thus forced to serve prison terms.10:29 17.12.2012
Former MP disputes resolution to strip him of mandate in Supreme CourtFormer State Duma Deputy Gennady Gudkov of A Just Russia party has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court against the rescinding of his mandate.16:03 13.12.2012
Aeroflot website hacker appeals against errors in investigators materialsLyudmila Aivar, the attorney of ChronoPay founder Pavel Vrublevsky, has filed a supervisory appeal with the Supreme Court, claiming that there were errors made in the case of the hacker attack on Aeroflot's website. The attorney told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) that they requested to return the case to the prosecutor's office so as to have the investigators' violations rectified.14:22 13.12.2012