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Prison refuses to support Pussy Riot Tolokonnikova's parole bid

A commission that assesses prison inmate behavior has decided against supporting Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's bid for parole, chairman of Mordovia's public monitoring committee Gennady Morozov told RIA Novosti.

20:12 14.03.2013

ECHR holds France wrongly punished Sarkozy-satirizing socialist

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that France violated Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights – which protects the Freedom of Expression – by convicting a man who had held up a satirical placard during a visit by then-president Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008.

18:40 14.03.2013

Moscow Commercial Court bans gray market imports of Guinness to Russia

The Moscow Commercial Court has banned Aqualife, a gray market importer of Guinness, from importing and distributing the beer in Russia.

18:29 14.03.2013

Russian tycoon still detained in Cambodia, his friends released on bail

Russian nationals detained in Cambodia last December along with Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky, were temporarily released on bail by the court of Sihanoukville, a Cambodian resort town.

18:07 14.03.2013

Disgraced lawmaker Gennady Gudkov, his son expelled from party

The bureau of the supreme council of A Just Russia has voted to expell former MP Gennady Gudkov stripped of his mandate last year and his son Dmitry who is a lawmaker now from the party.

17:47 14.03.2013

First verdict in Politkovskaya murder comes into force

The Supreme Court's criminal cases board has dismissed the appeal in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, RAPSI reports from the hearing on Thursday. Former police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.

17:26 14.03.2013

Moscow Court to decide on veterinary use of ketamine

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow will hear a lawsuit filed by Kirill Plemyashov, Chairman of the Russian Veterinary Trade Union, against the Ministry of Agriculture on the ministry’s negligence in resolving the legal status of ketamine as a veterinary drug.

17:06 14.03.2013

Anti-pedophile group chief requests inquiry into ombudsman's activities

Sergei Zhuk, the leader of the Head Hunters informal anti-pedophile community, has asked the Prosecutor General's Office to look into the activity of Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, and to open seven criminal cases against him.

16:56 14.03.2013

Russia not to introduce visas for Central Asian countries

Russia does not plan to introduce visas for the citizens of Central Asian countries, Russian Ambassador at Large Anvar Azimov said on Thursday. His statement on the Dozhd TV channel was misinterpreted, he said.

16:42 14.03.2013

Russian army generals testify against ousted defense minister

Several Russian Army generals have testified against ex-Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov in the case of a large-scale property scandal that served to oust Serdyukov from his post and instigate a reshuffling within the Ministry last November.

16:08 14.03.2013

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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