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Russia’s Ombudsman proposes amnesty for minor and medium crimes convicts

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova during the Council of Ombudsmen held in Krasnoyarsk on Thursday proposed to proclaim amnesty for people convicted of minor and medium-gravity crimes.

11:32 20.05.2021

State Duma committees to consider initiative on amnesty for minor and female convicts

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has ordered authorized committees to consider a proposal to pardon certain inmates including minors and woman having family obligations made by children’s ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova.

14:48 11.09.2019

Russian business ombudsman proposes pardon for economic crime convicts

Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov has suggested that entrepreneurs convicted of committing economic crimes of low-to-medium severity be pardoned.

10:50 04.09.2019

Bills extending timeline for capital amnesty reach Russia’s State Duma

A package of bills extending the timeline for capital amnesty in Russia has reached the State Duma.

14:59 31.01.2018

Chairman of Russian Human Rights Council backs idea of amnesty in 2018

Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has endorsed an idea to declare major amnesty in 2018.

15:53 19.12.2017

Russian government will not extend capital amnesty – Minister of Finance

Russian government doesn't have a plan to extend “capital amnesty” expiring on July 1, 2016.

16:52 28.04.2016

Russian lawmakers propose to extend capital amnesty until June 2017

A group of lawmakers representing the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) submitted to the State Duma a bill that would extend “capital amnesty” until June 30, 2017.

18:06 21.04.2016

Russian upper house approves extension of capital amnesty

The Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, at the end-of-year meeting on Friday approved a bill that would extend “capital amnesty” until July 1, 2016.

13:02 25.12.2015

Russian government approves extension of capital amnesty for six months

Russian government on Thursday approved a bill that extends “capital amnesty” for six months.

16:03 10.12.2015

Putin proposes to extend capital amnesty for six months

President Vladimir Putin in his annual address to members of the parliament on Thursday suggested to extend “capital amnesty” for six months.

15:25 03.12.2015

Full amnesty for capital returning to Russia – Putin

President Vladimir Putin in his annual address to members of the parliament on Thursday proposed total amnesty for capital returning to Russia.

13:35 04.12.2014

State Duma says amnesty for AFK Sistema head possible

Vladimir Yevtushenkov, the board chairman and largest beneficiary of AFK Sistema, can be amnestied ‘in theory’ under special cicumstances, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday citing Pavel Krasheninnikov, chair of the State Duma Committee on Civil, Criminal, Commercial and Procedural Legislation.

17:31 02.12.2014

Russian Supreme Court refuses to vindicate Hans Piekenbrock

Russia’s Supreme Court has dismissed an application seeking vindication for Hans Piekenbrock, deputy head of Nazi Germany’s military intelligence, who was sentenced in 1952 to 25 years in prison, the court told RAPSI.

11:21 11.11.2014

Russian senators propose amnesty for returning finances

Members of Russia’s Upper House, the Federation Council, have submitted a bill proposing six months tax amnesty for returning or legalization of foreign assets in Russia, RIA Novosti reports on Wednesday.

17:14 05.11.2014

Russia considers 'offshore amnesty' - report

Russian authorities are considering amnesty aimed at moving assets from tax havens to the country, Izvestia newspaper reports, citing an undisclosed source with direct knowledge of the matter.

11:14 09.10.2014

ECHR accepts complaints from two amnestied Bolotnaya defendants

The European Court of Human Rights has accepted complaints from two amnestied defendants in the Bolotnaya Square riot case, Vladimir Akimenkov and Leonid Kovyazin, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI on Wednesday.

14:56 16.07.2014

Over 25,000 convicts released under presidential amnesty in Russia

Over 25,000 convicts have been already released in Russia in accordance with the presidential amnesty, which has been arranged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, member of Russia’s Civic Chamber Maria Kannabikh announced Monday during the All-Russian video conference on the executive bodies’ cooperation with the civic institutions in the field of the convicts’ rights protection.

12:55 02.06.2014

About 23,000 convicts released under presidential amnesty in Russia

Around 23,000 convicts have been released in Russia in accordance with the presidential amnesty, which has been arranged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service announced Tuesday.

12:07 20.05.2014

Over 21,000 convicts released under presidential amnesty in Russia

More than 21,000 convicts have been released in Russia in accordance with the presidential amnesty, which has been arranged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service announced Monday.

15:47 21.04.2014

Russia’s ex-defense minister was pardoned legally - attorney

Former Russian defense minister Anatoly Serdyukov has been legally pardoned, attorney Genrikh Padva told RIA Novosti . According to the attorney, this decision can’t be put into question.

11:09 21.04.2014