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Mother of Russian pilot jailed in United States asks to swap him for US citizen

The mother of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was sentenced to 20 years in jail in the United States for involvement in conspiring to smuggle drugs, has asked the US authorities to exchange her son for any US citizen serving a sentence in Russia.

18:26 07.05.2013

Putin signs bill banning foreign bank accounts for cabinet ministers

President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill prohibiting cabinet ministers and their family members from possessing foreign bank accounts and bonds abroad.

18:03 07.05.2013

Prosecutor General's Office handles Pussy Riot Tolokonnikova's complaint

The Prosecutor General's Office has forwarded a complaint filed by Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova who is serving a two-year sentence for a "punk prayer" on inhumane conditions in Penal Colony No. 14. to the Mordovian Prosecutor Generals Office, her attorney Dmitry Dinze told RAPSI.

17:50 07.05.2013

Chechen War colonel's killer sentenced to 15 years

The Moscow City Court has sentenced Yusup Temerkhanov, who was charged with killing former Russian Colonel Yury Budanov, to 15 years in prison, RAPSI learned in the courtroom.

17:27 07.05.2013

Media magnate accused of battery allowed to go to London

The Ostankinsky District Court has allowed businessman Alexander Lebedev, who has been accused of beating another businessman, Sergei Polonsky, to travel to London for several days, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Tuesday.

16:54 07.05.2013

Intellectual property suit against McDonald's to be heard in June

The Moscow Commercial Court will hear the 790,000 ruble ($25,420) lawsuit that the Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS) filed against Moscow-McDonald's on June 6, the court told RAPSI on Tuesday.

16:10 07.05.2013

Russian orphan convicted of shoplifting after fleeing US

Alexander Abnosov (Joshua Alexander Salotti), a Russian orphan adopted by American parents who made international headlines recently when he chose to return to his native country as a teenager amid allegations of parental mistreatment has been convicted of shoplifting and sentenced to 200 hours of punitive labor.

15:22 07.05.2013

UN experts asked to testify in Russian “foreign agent” trial

The Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center (ADC Memorial), a Russian human rights NGO, has asked the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) to testify in court in connection with the case to label the NGO as a "foreign agent" in accordance with the federal law.

14:52 07.05.2013

US Senate passes bill allowing states to tax online sales

The US Senate has passed a bill that, if enacted, will give states the power to enforce sales tax laws on online purchases. The bill is pending the lower house hearing.

14:17 07.05.2013

Russian opposition activist sentenced for drug trafficking appeals to ECHR

Taisia Osipova, an activist in the unregistered The Other Russia opposition party, has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights over her eight-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, her attorney Irina Khrunova said on Tuesday.

13:42 07.05.2013

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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