Ex-attorney charged with fraud to be held in detention until fall – courtThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow has extended detention of the former attorney Vadim Lyalin, who stands charged with large-scale fraud, until September 15.14:09 14.06.2022
Lower house of Russian parliament passes bill on punishment for batteryThe State Duma lawmakers adopted a draft law specifying criminal liability for battery for people having conviction for other crimes committed with the use of force in the third and final reading on Tuesday.13:49 14.06.2022
Russian lawmakers advance bill banning websites advertising tobacco productsRussian lawmakers have submitted a bill to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, proposing to consider websites advertising tobacco products as information prohibited for spreading.11:12 14.06.2022
Cabinet proposes to classify information on Russia’s gold and currency reservesThe Government has submitted a bill to classify information on Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves, to the lower house of parliament.13:59 10.06.2022
Ex-Russian ecology official Oleg Mitvol detained over suspected fraudA Russian court on Friday ordered Oleg Mitvol, a former official of Russia’s environment agency Rosprirodnadzor, to be kept in custody until July 24 on charges of large-scale fraud.11:05 10.06.2022
Supreme Court upholds 20-year sentence of ex-Moscow institute’s lecturer for treasonThe Supreme Court of Russia dismissed a cassation appeal against a 20-year prison term given to the former assistant professor at the Moscow Aviation Institute Alexey Vorobyev for treason, the court’s press service told RAPSI on Thursday.17:28 09.06.2022
Punishment for defense witness in actor Efremov’s case upheldThe Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday upheld a 50,000-ruble fine (over $850 at the current exchange rate) given as a punishment Andrey Gayev, a defense witness in a case against actor Mikhail Efremov who had stated that the defendant had not driven his Jeep.16:18 09.06.2022
Journalist Kara-Murza to stay in jail over fake news allegationsMoscow’s Basmanny District Court has extended the detention of journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza (declared a foreign agent) until August 12 in a case over fake stories about Russia’s army.10:43 09.06.2022
Regional ex-deputy prosecutor gets 3 years in jail for corruptionA court in Taganrog has sentenced a former deputy prosecutor of the city Victor Plyushkin to 3 years behind bars for bribery.10:27 09.06.2022
Prosecutors seek 14 years in prison for lawmaker indicted for corruptionProsecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence lawmaker Vadim Belousov to 14 years in jail for allegedly receiving over 3 billion rubles (about $45 million) in bribes.15:42 08.06.2022
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