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MPs back inclusion of vaccination against COVID-19 in National Vaccination Calendar

The State Duma has adopted in the first reading a bill on the inclusion of vaccination against COVID-19 in the National Calendar of Preventive Vaccinations.

17:44 08.06.2021

Charges brought against former director of undesirable NGO

Investigators have brought charges against Andrey Pivovarov, a former director of Otkrytaya Rossia (OR), an organization registered in Great Britain and recognized in Russia as undesirable.

17:27 08.06.2021

Moscow Business Ombudsman to follow up cases of detained entrepreneurs

Moscow Business Rights Commissioner Tatiana Mineyeva and Deputy Moscow Prosecutor Sergey Savenkov are planning to visit businessmen awaiting trial in pretrial detention during the year.

16:25 08.06.2021

Bill empowering prosecutors to represent Russia in ECHR passes first reading in State Duma

A legislative proposal to empower the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts passed its first reading in the State Duma on Tuesday.

15:00 08.06.2021

State Duma MPs push idea to ban public identification of USSR with Third Reich

The lower house of Russian parliament passed a draft law banning the public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II in the second reading on Tuesday.

14:45 08.06.2021

Sentence of opposition activist Sobol for illegal entry into dwelling upheld

Moscow’s Perovsky District Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal lodged against sentence given to opposition figure Lyubov Sobol for forcible violation of inviolability of dwelling.

13:53 08.06.2021

Son of ex-Prime Minister of Russia’s Dagestan acquitted of student murder

Moscow’s Nikulinsky District Court on Tuesday basing on the jurors’ verdict acquitted Murtuzali Medzhidov, the son of ex-head of Dagestan’s government Mukhtar Medzhidov, of murder of a female student of Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs.

11:37 08.06.2021

Russian attorney placed in detention in $55,000 bribery case

A court in Russia’s Novorossiysk has detained attorney Dmitry Novikov as part of a 4 milllion-ruble ($55,000) graft case until August 3.

10:59 08.06.2021

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Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violations

A Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.

17:20 17.01.2023

Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

Russia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.

15:29 13.01.2023

Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022