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National Center of Sport Arbitration starts hearing labor and anti-doping cases

The National Center of Sport Arbitration has become fully operational in 2021 and is ready to hear sports and anti-doping cases. Applications from athletes, coaches and staff members will be accepted free of charge.

19:39 21.05.2021

Russian Supreme Court upholds Ukrainian ex-minister’s sentence for terrorist calls

The Military Collegium of the Russian Supreme Court on Friday upheld sentence passed on ex-defense minister of Ukraine Anatoly Gritsenko for calls through media to blast Russian trains and cars in absentia.

17:36 21.05.2021

Russian Justice Ministry to complete Prison of the Future project by 2024

It is planned that the Prison of the Future project envisaging development of a complex facility combining a pretrial detention center, correctional institutions of different types, a prison, courtrooms, offices of prosecutors and lawyers, sports grounds and a production base is to be implemented in Russia by 2024, Deputy Justice Minister Yevgeniy Zabarchuk said at The Modernization of National Prison Estates discussion session at the St.

15:00 21.05.2021

E-justice used in over 400,000 cases examined in Russia

In 2020, electronic justice systems were used when considering more than 400,000 cases in Russian courts, Alexey Solokhin, Counselor to the Department of Systematization of Legislation and Analysis of Judicial Practice of the Russian Supreme Court said at the Digitalization and Cybersecurity in Courts track of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) 9 ¾.

13:44 21.05.2021

Ex-owner of Promsvyazbank challenges seizure of assets worth $1.5 billion

Ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananyev has lodged an appeal against court refusal to overturn seizure of his monetary assets and other property worth over 113 billion rubles ($1.5 billion).

12:57 21.05.2021

Ex-top managers of Otkritie must pay $4 mln to bank - court

The Moscow District Commercial Court has dismissed cassation appeals lodged by former top managers of the Financial Corporation Otkritie against recovery of 289.5 billion rubles (about $4 million at the current exchange rate) from them in favor of the bank.

11:40 21.05.2021

Former owners of VIM Airlines declared bankrupt

The Moscow Commercial Court has declared ex-president of VIM Airlines Rashid Mursekayev and his wife Svetlana bankrupt.

10:29 21.05.2021

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Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violations

A Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.

17:20 17.01.2023

Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

Russia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.

15:29 13.01.2023

Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022