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Navalny accused of creating NGO infringing on citizens' personality and rights

The Russian Investigative Committee has charged Alexey Navalny with creating a non-profit organization that infringes upon the personality and rights of citizens.

17:40 11.08.2021

Moscow court to continue jury selection in Arashukovs’ case in September

The Moscow City Court will continue jury selection in a case against Raul Arashukov, a former adviser to the head of a Gazprom subsidiary, and his son Rauf Arashukov, on September 13.

16:11 11.08.2021

Ex-CEO of state enterprise gets 4 years in jail for bribing antimonopoly officer

The Moscow Babushkinsky District Court has sentenced former head of a Dagestani state development enterprise Shamil Kadiev to 4 years in a strict regime colony for bribing ex-head of the Republican Directorate of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Kubasai Kubasayev with a Hublot wristwatch and a hunting rifle.

15:54 11.08.2021

Stand-up comic loses appeal against sentence for xenophobic jokes about Russians

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, against his sentence.

13:35 11.08.2021

Russia's human rights commissioner received over 8,000 hotline calls in 2021

Since the beginning of this year Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has received 8.246 calls via hotline.

10:59 11.08.2021

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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).

12:53 09.12.2025

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

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025