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Mistaken tax deduction applications are not fraud – Russia’s Constitutional Court

The Russian Criminal Code does not imply that citizens are to be found guilty of fraud if they could get unjustified tax benefits associated with purchase of residential properties because of mistakes made by tax authorities if such taxpayers submitted documents free of signs of forgery, according to a ruling passed by Russia’s Constitutional Court.

17:45 24.07.2020

Russian phytosanitary watchdog’s ex-official again placed under house arrest

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court on Friday against ordered Dmitry Natarov, ex-assistant to a chief of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), to be put under house arrest until August 25 in a case over bribe taking and child molestation.

17:07 24.07.2020

New Greatness extremist movement case defendants seek for acquittal

Ruslan Kostylenkov charged in a case against activists of the New Greatness (“Novoe Velichie”) extremist movement asked for acquittal or leniency of all defendants during his last statement in court on Friday.

16:58 24.07.2020

Ex-anticorruption police officer gets 4 years for abuse of power

The Moscow City Court has sentenced a former official of the Interior Ministry’s Anticorruption Directorate Sergey Uryadov to 4 years in jail for abuse of power.

16:47 24.07.2020

Parliament’s upper house backs bills on responsibility for alienation of Russia’s territory

The upper house of Russia’s parliament on Friday approved bills establishing punishments for actions aimed at cession of Russia’s territory and calls for such actions.

15:26 24.07.2020

Russia’s Federation Council approves bill on attitude development component in education

The Federation Council has approved a bill developed by President Vladimir Putin on amendments to the law on education as concerns personal development of students.

14:38 24.07.2020

September vote to last for 3 days – Russia’s Central Election Commission

Vote in September will last for three days, from September 11 to 13, according to the Central Election Commission Chair Ella Pamfilova.

13:14 24.07.2020

Antimonopoly watchdog reveals $11 mln cartel agreement at Siberian hydropower plant

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found out that two companies made an anticompetitive agreement concerning the procurement of construction works at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power project.

12:59 24.07.2020

Russia’s penitentiary official put in detention on charges of abuse of office

Chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s State Property and Housing Maintaining Sergey Verzhevikin was placed in detention until September 21, RAPSI was told in the press service of the Savelovsky District Court of Moscow on Friday. The official is charged with abuse of office resulted in grave circumstances.

11:44 24.07.2020

Moscow court upholds undesirable NGO label of Ukrainian World Congress, Free Russia

The Moscow City Court has dismissed appeals filed by Free Russia Foundation and Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) against the undesirable organization label given to them by Russian authorities.

10:59 24.07.2020

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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