Replacing death penalty with life sentence doesn’t strengthen punishment - Constitutional CourtReplacing death penalty with life imprisonment is an act of pardon and cannot lead to more serious consequences for the convicted person, according to a decision of the Russian Constitutional Court, published on its official website.18:08 07.07.2021
Community service upheld for defense witness in actor Efremov case BadasyanThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the 12-month community service passed upon Tevan Badasyan, a defense witness in the deadly road traffic accident case against actor Mikhail Efremov, for intended making of false statements concerning the car crash.17:26 07.07.2021
Putin orders Cabinet to realize child benefit measures until AugustPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to pursue measures for monthly child benefits for minors aged from 3 to 7 years until August 1.15:50 07.07.2021
All-Russia People’s Front urges to improve capacities as to searching for missing personsThe All-Russia People’s Front (ONF) has proposed to improve legislation and strengthen capabilities used for finding missing people.13:34 07.07.2021
Outside firm prohibited from using Vkontakte users’ dataThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has granted an application filed by Vkontakte social network against Double Data seeking to cancel the latter company’s use of open data provided by users on the social network to sell its own services.12:03 07.07.2021
Children Ombudsman urges closer cooperation of volunteers and authorities in search for missing minorsThe mechanisms of interaction between the authorities and volunteer search teams need to be made even more effective, the Russian Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova believes.10:47 07.07.2021
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA 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 conditionsRussia'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 DumaLawmakers 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