Trial & Litigation

Administrative detention must not be applied to single fathers – Moskalkova

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova believes that such punishment as administrative detention must not be applied to single fathers having children under 14.

16:12 01.04.2021

Russia’s industry official arrested in Moscow on abuse of office allegations

The director of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Metallurgy and Building Materials Department Pavel Servatinsky has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of abuse of office.

15:49 01.04.2021

Ex-president of MAST-Bank gets 8.5 years for $73.5 mln embezzlement

Moscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court on Thursday sentenced ex-president of now insolvent MAST-Bank Yury Pirogov to 8.5 years in penal colony for embezzling over 5.6 billion rubles ($73.5 million at the current exchange rate).

14:26 01.04.2021

Number of administrative offence complaints increased in 2020 – Russian Ombudsman

The number of administrative case complaints submitted to the Federal Ombudsman has increased due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Tatiana Moskalkova.

13:58 01.04.2021

Federal Security Service arrests sellers of fake PCR tests needed to enter Russia

The border guards of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) directorate of the Novosibirsk Region have arrested sellers of fake PCR tests, which were bought by foreigners in order to enter the territory of the Russian Federation.

12:23 01.04.2021

Participant of illegal Moscow rally gets one year in colony for assault on policeman

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Thursday sentenced a participant of the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on January 23 Alexey Milyayev to one year in penal colony for assault on a police officer.

10:37 01.04.2021

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

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Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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