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Eight people fined for breaching coronavirus lockdown in Moscow

Moscow courts on Monday fined eight people for violating the coronavirus lockdown.

17:40 13.04.2020

President Putin instructs Cabinet to assist socially-oriented NGOs

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to take steps to provide assistance to socially-oriented non-governmental (NGOs) organizations helping citizens amid the pandemic by May 15, the Presidential press-service informs.

16:29 13.04.2020

Russian rights advocates urge measures preventing riots in prisons and detention centers

Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has voiced its opinion that courts need to resume hearings on paroles, mitigating of punishments and transfers to corrective labor in order to bar riots in detention facilities.

15:53 13.04.2020

Espionage trial of foreign citizen Whelan to continue on April 20

The Moscow City Court will continue hearing of a case against a foreign citizen Paul Whelan charged with espionage against Russia on April 20.

13:45 13.04.2020

Defendants in theater embezzlement case contest against trial during pandemic

Defendants in the Seventh Studio embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov have argued against hearings during the coronavirus outbreak.

12:37 13.04.2020

Participant of illegal Moscow 27 July rally released after sentence mitigation

The Moscow City Court on Monday reduced a 1-year sentence given to activist Nikita Chirtsov for using force against a police officer during an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27 by one month. Chirtsov was released in the court due to the actual serving out the sentence.

12:10 13.04.2020

Ex-chief of Russian penal colony detained in torture case

A court in Russia’s Republic of Karelia has ordered the former chief of a local penal colony Ivan Savelyev to be put in detention in a torture case.

10:59 13.04.2020

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

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Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

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