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Defendants in Moscow court building arson to spend 4 years each behind bars

The Dorogomilovsky District Court in Moscow has sentenced two defendants in a case over arson of another Moscow district court to four years in a penal colony each.

19:08 14.09.2020

Highest instance approves case initiation against Novosibirsk Regional Court ex-Chair

The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld a decision of the Higher Judges' Qualifications Board granting the launch of a criminal case against the former Chair of the Novosibirsk Regional Court Rimma Shatovkina.

16:39 14.09.2020

Russian lawyers propose to recognize ownership of social media profiles

The Russian Bar Association for Human Rights (RBAHR) believes it is necessary to introduce ownership rights as to social media accounts of authenticated users.

15:03 14.09.2020

Leningrad Region official suspected of $9 mln embezzlement

Alexander Boluchevsky, Chairman of the finance committee of the Leningrad Region’s Vyborg district administration, has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 700 million rubles (over $9 million).

14:16 14.09.2020

Former Norilsk Mayor to stand negligence trial over fuel spillage disaster

The Norilsk City Court in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Krai will try former Mayor of Norilsk Rinat Akhmetchin charged with negligence over the fuel spillage disaster in the region has been completed.

13:51 14.09.2020

Russian rights activists register about 3,000 pieces of fake news during single voting day

About three thousand pieces of fake news about the single election day have been registered over almost two weeks of monitoring.

12:27 14.09.2020

Eleven Russian children taken from Syria returned to relatives

Eleven Russian children transferred from Syria on Sunday met with their relatives, the press service of Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova told RAPSI.

11:00 14.09.2020

Thirty electoral rights violation complaints filed with Russian ombudsman in three days

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received thirty complaints of violation of electoral rights of citizens during preparation and on the single voting day.

10:22 14.09.2020

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

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