Moskalkova exasperated by crack down on rights of Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine
A bill on indigenous peoples of Ukraine submitted by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to the Verkhovna Rada ignores Russians as natives of the country, according to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova.
Russian security service bans Ukrainian covert-ops agent from entering country for 25 years
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has put an end to intelligence and subversive activities carried out on the territory of the Russian Federation by a citizen of Ukraine Aleksey Semenyaka.
Woman charged with 2016 attack on Russian embassy in Kiev arrested in absentia
Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Russian woman Irina Belacheu accused of participation in the attack against Russia’s embassy in Kiev in March 2016.
New cases opened over publication of Nazi photo on Immortal Regiment site
Investigators opened new criminal cases against two Russian nationals and two citizens of Ukraine, who had attempted to publish photos of Nazi criminals on the Immortal Regiment website.
Russian Supreme Court upholds Ukrainian ex-minister’s sentence for terrorist calls
The Military Collegium of the Russian Supreme Court on Friday upheld sentence passed on ex-defense minister of Ukraine Anatoly Gritsenko for calls through media to blast Russian trains and cars in absentia.
Russian national suspected of treason arrested in Sevastopol
Officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) have arrested a citizen of Russia suspected of treason in Sevastopol.
Ex-Ukrainian footballer to serve 12 years in Russian prison for spying – appeal
The First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction on Monday upheld a 12-year prison sentence passed upon a former Ukrainian football player Vasily Vasilenko for espionage.
Sevastopol court gives local woman 12 years in prison for treason
The Sevastopol City Court on Monday sentenced a local woman to 12 years in penal colony for transfer of secret information to Ukrainian intelligency bodies.
Detention of blogger charged with secret data access extended until summer
Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Wednesday extended detention of blogger Andrey Pyzh, who stands charged with illegal access to the data constituting a state secret, which had been earlier extended until June 5.
Blogger accused of secret data access to stay detained until March
The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld the detention of blogger Andrey Pyzh, who stands charged with illegal access to the data constituting a state secret, which had been earlier extended until March 5.
Ukrainian accused of journalists’ murder in Donbass arrested in absentia by Moscow court
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Friday issued an arrest warrant in absentia for a serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine Vitaly Markiv, who stands charged with killing two journalists in Donbass in 2014.
Crimean blockade organizer sentenced in absentia to 19 years behind bars
The Supreme Court of Crimea has sentenced Lenur Islyamov, one of the initiators of food blockade of the peninsula and ex-board chair of Just Bank LLC, to 19 years in absentia.
Former Ukrainian football player gets 12 years in Russian prison for espionage
The Moscow City Court on Monday sentenced a former Ukrainian football player Vasily Vasilenko to 12 years behind bars for espionage.
Detention of blogger accused of secret data access extended until spring 2021
Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court has prolonged detention of blogger Andrey Pyzh charged with illegal access to the data constituting a state secret until March 5.
Moscow court detains former Odessa lawmaker charged with smuggling
Moscow’s Khoroshevsky District Court on Friday detained ex-lawmaker of Ukraine’s Odessa city council Oleg Markov in a smuggling case for two months.
Russian court sentences wanted Ukrainian businessman to 4 years for $18 mln tax evasion
Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court has sentenced Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Grigorishin in absentia to 4 years in jail for evading over 1.4 billion rubles (over 18 million) in taxes.
Two more persons charged in absentia with attack on Russian embassy in Kiev
Two Russians have been charged in absentia in a case over attack against Russia’s embassy in Kiev in March 2016.
Urals resident arrested in absentia in case over assault on Russian center in Kiev
Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant in absentia for a wanted resident of Yekaterinburg, Ural, Yury Izotov charged with assault on the Russian center of science and culture in Kiev.
Human Rights Council commission concerned with discrimination of Russians in Ukraine
The Standing Commission on International Cooperation in Human Rights of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has expressed its deep concern over violations of the rights of Russians residing in Ukraine.
Appeal against recovery of $60 mln from Ukrainian bank in favor of Moscow firm dismissed
Russia’s Supreme Court has returned a complaint of Ukrainian Prominvestbank about the recovery of a $60 million debt arising from an assignment agreement in favor of Moscow CaptialYugInvest company without consideration.