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Motion to dismiss the prosecutor in Politkovskaya murder trial rejected

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday denied a motion filed by the defense team representing the suspects in the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya to dismiss prosecutor Maria Semyonenko.

16:06 24.09.2013

Opposition lawmaker appeals $83k payment to Skolkovo Foundation

State Duma lawmaker Ilya Ponomaryov appealed the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow’s ruling ordering him to pay 2,728 million rubles ($82,776) to the Skolkovo Foundation, Russia's high-tech development center.

15:28 24.09.2013

More 2012 Moscow Riots suspects turn to the ECHR

Two additional suspects implicated in a Russian criminal case centering on the 2012 Moscow riots have turned to the European Court of Human Rights, (ECHR) joining the seven others who have already filed applications raising various complaints relating to the conditions of their detention and to their ongoing custody, defense attorney Dmitry Arganovskiy told RAPSI Tuesday.

14:47 24.09.2013

ECHR holds Italy responsible for violating ex-news director’s free expression rights

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held on Tuesday that Italy had violated the free expression rights of Italian former newspaper director Maurizio Belpietro in connection with his conviction for defamation, arising from an article published in the national daily he had served at the helm of.

14:08 24.09.2013

Around 300 released under economic crime amnesty in Russia

Around 300 convicts have been released in Russia in accordance with economic crime amnesty passed about three months ago, the Federal Penitentiary Service's press office reported Tuesday.

13:55 24.09.2013

Russia seizing 10 times more cocaine at border – drug police

Russia’s seizures of cocaine on its borders have risen tenfold this year, the head of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) said this week.

12:39 24.09.2013

Greenpeace activists to be charged with maritime piracy in Russia

Federal investigators have launched a maritime piracy case days after Greenpeace activists attempted to board a Gazprom oil rig in the Barents Sea, Russian Investigative Committee’s spokesman Vladmiri Markin told journalists Tuesday.

11:52 24.09.2013

Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova put in solitary

Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been put in solitary for the duration of inspection after the complaints about threats directed against her.

11:07 24.09.2013

Public should consider divorce tax raise – PM Medvedev

A legislative initiative to sharply raise the state duty on divorce should be put to public consideration, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said.

10:23 24.09.2013

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

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