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Over 3,000 materials banned in Russia found on Google servers – Civic Chamber

Members of Russia’s Civic Chamber inform that over 3,000 publications with content prohibited for dissemination in the territory of Russia have been registered on Google servers.

18:34 15.10.2020

Civic Chamber urges registry of sources for financing minors suffering from rare diseases

Member of Russia’s Civic Chamber Commission on Development of Noncommercial Sector and Support of Socially Oriented NGOs Elena Topoleva-Soldunova believes it is necessary to create a unified registry or a database for monitoring the financing of treatment of patients suffering from so called orphan diseases.

17:17 15.10.2020

Putin humanizes treatment of tax offences in Russia

President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a law envisaging that defendants charged with tax offences are not to be held criminally liable in cases where they have repaid the amounts in question in the course of court proceedings.

16:03 15.10.2020

Alleged organizer of banned religious organization arrested in Russia’s Penza

An alleged organizer of a cell of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia, has been arrested in Russia’s Penza.

15:06 15.10.2020

Bill on fines for failures to remove banned materials from sites passed in first reading

Russia’s State Duma has passed in the first reading a bill envisaging amendment of the Code of Administrative Offences as to introduction of severe administrative fines for refusals to restrict access to or remove banned content from the Internet.

14:31 15.10.2020

Russian Minors’ Ombudsman joins founding members of Сhild protection fund

Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has become one of the founding members of the Сhild protection fund, the All-Russia public private organization.

13:52 15.10.2020

Wanted founder of well-known Russian brands masqueraded in U.S. under new name

The founder of well-known brands Dovgan and Smak Herman Lillevyali charged in Russia with large-scale fraud was using a new name passport in the U.S.

12:49 15.10.2020

Russian businessman seeks $130,000 compensation for defamation from Navalny, Sobol

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin has filed defamation claims with Moscow courts demanding 5 million rubles (about $65,000) from Alexey Navalny and his associate Lyubov Sobol each.

11:21 15.10.2020

Organizers of illegal 2019 summer rallies ordered to pay Moscow restaurant over $3,000

The Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering collection of more than 240,000 rubles (over $3,000) from organizers of unauthorized rallies held in central Moscow in the summer of 2019 in favor of the restaurant Armenia.

10:30 15.10.2020

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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