Australia-based company fined 500,000 rubles for violating personal data lawA magistrate court in Moscow has fined Australia-based company that operates a freelance marketplace website Freelancer.com 500,000 rubles (about $8,000) for violating personal data legislation.11:23 17.08.2022
Ex-Russian TV journalist fined for discrediting Russian armyFormer Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova was fined 40,000 rubles (about $650 at the current exchange rate) after being found guilty of discrediting the country's armed forces in social media post.16:15 08.08.2022
Number of administrative offence complaints increased in 2020 – Russian OmbudsmanThe number of administrative case complaints submitted to the Federal Ombudsman has increased due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Tatiana Moskalkova.13:58 01.04.2021
Facebook, Twitter, Google face administrative hearing over information blocking breachesA magistrate court in Moscow will consider nine administrative protocols against Facebook, Twitter and Google issued over failures to delete information calling teenagers to participate in illegal actions.13:35 09.03.2021
Fines planned for CSPs failing to pass traffic from foreign satellites through Russian earth stationsA bill amending Russia’s Code of Administrative Offences to the effect that domestic communications service providers (CSPs) are to be fined if failing to pass traffic from foreign satellites through Russian earth-based stations has been developed, according to Chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev.17:01 24.12.2020
Russia’s Business Ombudsman negatively responds to draft Code of Administrative OffencesRussia’s Business Rights Commissioner Boris Titov has submitted to the Justice Ministry a negative opinion as to the draft new Code of Administrative Offences.14:43 04.06.2020
New Russian Code on Administrative Offenses to take effect in 2021The new Code on Administrative Offenses of Russia will become effective on January 1, 2021.15:42 10.06.2019
New concept of Russian administrative code approved by governmentRussian government has approved a new concept of the Code on Administrative Offenses.12:29 05.06.2019
Moscow theater closed for 3 months for failure to adhere to fire safety rulesThe Moscow Presnensky District Court has ordered a city theater to stop performances for 90 days.17:52 30.04.2019
Repeated motions may be treated as contempt – Russian Supreme CourtRepeated filing of the same motion after it was dismissed during review of an administrative case may be classified as show of contempt of a court.11:54 01.06.2017
Muscovite jailed for staging protest, holding 'Je suis Charlie' posterMoscow's Tverskoy District Court on Friday sentenced Muscovite Mark Galperin to 8 days in jail for staging an unuathorised protest in the city, holding 'Je suis Charlie' poster.15:41 16.01.2015
Sakharov Center faces $7,500 fine for alleged violation of NGO lawThe Sakharov Center, one of the leading Russian NGOs which which houses a museum of dissidence, faces a fine of up to $7,500 for allegedly violating an NGO law.13:23 15.01.2015
State Duma adopts party financing control billThe State Duma has adopted in its third and final reading the bill increasing fines for illegal contributions to political parties and bribing voters, RIA Novosti reports on Friday.17:35 14.11.2014
Moscow is closing McDonald's restaurantsMoscow courts have ruled Wednesday to shut down for 90 days two McDonald’s restaurants in central Moscow over sanitary violations.13:56 27.08.2014
Tax officials could be fined for damages and losses they cause to taxpayersTax officials could be fined for damages and losses they have caused to innocent individuals, read the amendments to the Administrative Offenses Code that were submitted to the State Duma on Monday, the lower house has written on its website.14:57 09.06.2014
Constitutional Court approves supervision of repeat offendersRussia’s Constitutional Court has ruled against a suit that questioned the provisions of a law on the post-prison administrative supervision of offenders, reads the ruling published on the court’s website on Wednesday.17:30 28.05.2014
Over 120 NGOs fail to comply with Russian ‘foreign agent’ law in 2013Russia's Ministry of Justice has found that 122 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) failed during the course of 2013 to reveal their foreign sources of finance, in violation of the “foreign agent” law.18:03 13.03.2014
Femen activists detained for topless protest in Kiev fined, releasedThree Femen activists and a photographer for the "Russian Reporter" magazine that were detained on Saturday, have been released by the courts' order, a Kiev police spokesman told RIA Novosti11:46 29.07.2013
Russia raises air pollution fines for businessesPresident Vladimir Putin has signed changes to the Administrative Offenses Code significantly raising fines for environmental pollution, the Natural Resources Ministry reports on Monday.16:18 08.07.2013
Justice Ministry may ask court to shut down voters' rights associationThe Justice Ministry will ask the courts to shut down the Golos voters' rights association if it fails to register as a foreign agent by an approved deadline, says Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov.12:23 15.05.2013