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Russian football stars Kokorin, Mamayev sentenced to imprisonment

Zenit St. Petersburg’s football player Alexander Kokorin and Krasnodar’s Pavel Mamayev on Wednesday received 18 and 17 months in penal colony respectively.

16:51 08.05.2019

Politkovskaya murder case convict denied parole

A court in Ryazan on Wednesday refused to release the former police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who was convicted of organizing the surveillance of journalist Anna Politkovskaya killed in 2006, on parole.

15:48 08.05.2019

Gazprom subsidiary seeks for bankruptcy of notorious Moscow confectionary

Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Moscow, a subsidiary of Russia's oil giant Gazprom, has filed a bankruptcy petition against Menshevik confectionary, which became the scene of shooting that led to the death of a guard in 2017.

13:57 08.05.2019

Navalny’s appeal against ruling in favor of Crimean meat plant set for May 28

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will consider an appeal against an order to remove and refute information on the Crimean meat processing plant Druzhba Narodov distributed by Russian opposition blogger Alexey Navalny on May 28.

12:45 08.05.2019

Russian ombudsman to seek deportation of pilot Yaroshenko from U.S. for health reasons

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova would ask U.S. authorities to deport convicted pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko on health grounds.

11:30 08.05.2019

Pokemon Go player’s conviction of extremism expunged - attorney

The Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg has expunged videoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky’s conviction of extremism, lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov has told RAPSI.

10:06 08.05.2019

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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