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Woman charged with 2016 attack on Russian embassy in Kiev arrested in absentia

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Russian woman Irina Belacheu accused of participation in the attack against Russia’s embassy in Kiev in March 2016.

16:36 01.06.2021

Ex-Transaero receiver released of serving sentence in $15 million embezzlement case

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday held to release former court-appointed receiver of Transaero air carrier Mikhail Kotov of serving a sentence for 1-billion-ruble embezzlement (about $15 million) and abuse of office.

16:01 01.06.2021

Sentence of videographer of Navalny’s foundation in extremism case reduced by month

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday reduced a two-year jail sentence imposed on Pavel Zelensky, a camera-control engineer of a foundation founded by Alexey Navalny and recognized as foreign agent, for calls for extremism by one month.

15:00 01.06.2021

Ex-director of undesirable NGO comes under investigation in Russia

A probe has been initiated in the Krasnodar Region into Andrey Pivovarov, a former director of Otkrytaya Rossia (OR), an organization registered in Great Britain and recognized in Russia as undesirable.

14:48 01.06.2021

Chair of banned Majlis of Crimean Tatars sentenced to 6-year imprisonment in absentia

The Supreme Court of Crimea on Tuesday sentenced Refat Chubarov, chairman of Majlis of Crimean Tatars banned in Russia as extremist, to 6 years in prison in absentia for organizing mass riots.

13:59 01.06.2021

Cassation upholds 11-year sentence of former vice-governor of Kurgan for $70k graft

The Seventh Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday upheld an 11-year prison sentence passed on the former deputy Governor of Russia’s Kurgan Region Roman Vanyukov for taking bribes worth over 5 million rubles ($70,000).

11:37 01.06.2021

Two men suspected of publication of Nazi photo on Immortal Regiment site plead guilty

Two suspects in a case over publishing photos of Nazi criminals on the Immortal Regiment website acknowledged themselves in the wrong.

10:25 01.06.2021

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Russian President signs decree on external debt payment

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing a new temporary procedure of payment of the country’s foreign debt. The document was published on the official website of legal information.

17:20 22.06.2022

Bill on liability for digital rights violation submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov has introduced a bill to supplement the national Code of Administrative Offenses with an article on the violation of digital rights before the lower house of Russia's parliament.

12:45 23.06.2022

Environmental violations up in Russia by almost 3 times — Supreme Court head

The number of cases related to violations of the environmental legislation has increased in Russia by almost 3 times over the past 10 years, the Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said during the presidium meeting on Friday.

15:36 24.06.2022