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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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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