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One more municipal lawmaker restricted of liberty for sanitary breaches at illegal rally

The Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow on Monday sentenced municipal lawmaker Dmitry Baranovsky to 1.5 years of restriction of liberty as part of a case over violation of sanitary rules during an unauthorized rally held in the city in January.

15:08 30.08.2021

Stay of stand-up comic guilty of xenophobic jokes declared undesirable in Russia

Russia’s Interior Ministry has designated the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been earlier placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, undesirable.

14:33 30.08.2021

Case opened over organization of banned movement’s cell in Moscow detention center

Investigators have initiated probe into the organization of a cell of the banned movement Arestantskoye Ugulovnoye Yedinstvo / Criminal Unity of Inmates (AUE) in Moscow’s detention center Matrosskaya Tishina.

13:25 30.08.2021

Lawyer Tretyakov again denied review of collection of $4 mln from him

The Moscow Regional Commercial Court has repeatedly dismissed an application filed by lawyer Igor Tretyakov seeking to reconsider a ruling on the recovery of 308.5 million rubles ($4 million) from him review on new or newly discovered facts.

12:47 30.08.2021

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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