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Russia’s human rights advocates turn to Moscow prosecutor over Ustinov case

The Presidential Council for Human Rights has asked Moscow Prosecutor Denis Popov to pay attention to the criminal case of actor Pavel Ustinov, who had been earlier found guilty of inflicting bodily harm to law enforcement officer during an unauthorized rally.

17:53 23.09.2019

Appeal against construction developer’s detention to be heard on September 25

The Moscow City Court on Monday held that an appeal against extension of detention of owner of Optima Development construction company Albert Khudoyan charged with 2-billion-ruble embezzlement (over $31 million) be considered on September 25.

17:22 23.09.2019

Executives of aircraft interior equipment producer to stay detained in embezzlement case

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld extension of detention of CEO of VEMINA Aviaprestige industrial holding Vitaly Romanyuk and the enterprise’s executive director Sergey Davydov in a large-scale embezzlement case, up to a year, until October 10.

15:40 23.09.2019

Blogger appeals against sentence for threats against law enforcement officers' children

Blogger Vladislav Sinitsa has appealed against his sentence for calls for violence against children of law enforcement officers. The Moscow City Court will hear the appeal on October 15.

13:27 23.09.2019

Russian MPs propose to isolate convicted crime bosses from other prisoners

A group of Russian MPs submitted a bill on separate confinement of people convicted of occupying a top position in the criminal hierarchy to the State Duma.

12:49 23.09.2019

Ex-footballers of Russian national team seek to join claims against Interior Ministry

Former players of Russia’s national football team have asked Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court to join their civil claims seeking to recover in total 260 million rubles (about $4 million) from the Interior Ministry for allegedly unsatisfactory probe into fraud at Zamoskvoretsky bank.

11:51 23.09.2019

Russia’s tax service demands $1.5 mln from ex-FIFA World Cup IT contractor

The Federal Tax Service has asserted two claims totaling to nearly 95 million rubles (about $1.5 million) against Asteros company, a former IT contractor of FIFA-2018.

10:48 23.09.2019

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

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