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Police to set reasonable term of ban to enter Russia for comic Mirzalizade

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow on Tuesday overturned designation of the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade undesirable for life and ordered the Interior Ministry to set a reasonable term of the entry ban.

17:33 05.10.2021

Police ruling on undesirability of stand-up comic’s stay in Russia suspended

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Thursday suspended the Interior Ministry’s order designating the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been earlier placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent.

12:48 16.09.2021

Belarus denied reversal of $3.2 mln recovery ruling in favor of Russian firm

The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed a bid of the Republic of Belarus, represented by the country’s Council of Ministers, to reverse a ruling on the recovery of $3.2 million in favor of Russian construction firm Management Company Davinchi.

10:45 19.03.2021

Petition to quash recovery of $3.2 mln in favor of Russian firm returned to Belarus

The Moscow Commercial Court has returned to the Republic of Belarus, represented by the country’s Council of Ministers, its plea to reverse a ruling of a commercial court to recover $3.2 million in favor of Russian construction firm Management Company Davinchi.

17:43 14.08.2020

Human Rights Council urges Foreign Ministry negotiate release of journalists arrested in Minsk

Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has urged the Foreign Ministry to voice its official protest against arrests of Russian journalists in Belarus and immediately start negotiations on their release.

17:37 10.08.2020

Union of Journalists of Russia voices protest over arrest of media members in Belarus

The Union of Journalists of Russia has voiced protest over recent arrests of representatives of mass media in Belarus.

15:23 10.08.2020

Investigative Committee to check circumstances of arrest of Russians in Belarus

Russia’s Investigative Committee is checking circumstances of the arrest of 33 Russian nationals in Belarus.

16:24 07.08.2020

Ombudsman Moskalkova closely monitors situation around 33 Russians arrested in Belarus

Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova closely follows the situation in Belarus, where 33 Russian nationals have been arrested on suspicion of instigating mass riots.

12:17 31.07.2020

Four Russians accused of theft and gambling extradited from Belarus

Belarus has extradited four persons charged with organized group theft, illegal organization of gambling and criminal community to Russia.

17:48 21.05.2020

Rights advocate supports bill revoking Russian language exam for Ukrainians, Belarusians

A member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Alexander Brod has favored a bill giving Ukrainians and Belarusians a chance to receive Russian citizenship without a language exam.

17:22 06.11.2019

Ukrainians, Belarusians may be declared native speakers of Russian without exam - bill

Russia’s Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a bill envisages recognition of Ukrainian and Belarusian nationals fluent in Russian language as native speakers without interview passing to the State Duma.

17:45 22.10.2019

Ex-aide to Belarusian president sentenced to 12 years for bribetaking

The Supreme Court of Belarus has ordered Sergey Rovneiko, ex-aide to the country’s president Alexander Lukashenko, to be imprisoned for 12 years for receiving bribes.

14:21 05.07.2019

Russian organizer of sanctioned greengrocery supplies gets 5 years in Belarusian prison

A court in Belarus sentenced a Russian national, who had organized supplies of sanctioned fruit and vegetable products from Western Europe and Turkey to Russia, to 5 years in prison.

15:32 17.06.2019

International gang of drug traffickers apprehended in Russia - FSB

Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Belarus could apprehend an international gang of drug dealers and seized banned substances worth 80 million rubles (about $1.3 million at the current exchange rate).

13:52 29.08.2017

U.S. court upholds 180-month sentence for Belarusian arms smuggler

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld the 180-month prison sentence for Belarusian national Sergey Boltutskiy convicted of illegal trafficking of high-tech military hardware and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

16:57 08.12.2015

Criminal charges against former Uralkali CEO Baumgertner dropped

Criminal charges against Vladislav Baumgertner, former CEO of the world’s largest potash producer, Uralkali, have been dropped in Russia.

14:43 20.02.2015

Regulator reports repeated attempts to import prohibited goods via Belarus

Rosselkhoznadzor, the Russian agricultural watchdog, has reported new attempts to import prohibited fruit and vegetables via Belarus to Russia and on to other countries.

14:57 02.12.2014

Russian agriculture agency to toughen animal product transit rules

Starting November 30, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision will only allow animal products transiting Russia to Kazakhstan and other countries to cross Russia if it clears checkpoints on the Russian side of the Customs Union border, RIA Novosti reports Monday.

17:18 24.11.2014

Russia considers curbing food transit amid sanctions

Russia considers imposing restrictions on food transit from Belarus and Ukraine to Kazakhstan in order to curb possible flow of banned products from the EU, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday, citing Sergei Dankvert who heads Russia's veterinary and phytosanitary service.

12:44 30.10.2014

Union State of Russia and Belarus to lift fee for property registration

Russia's lower house of parliament, or the State Duma, has adopted a bill in the final reading lifting fee for registration of property of the union state which Russia forms with Belarus.

12:23 14.10.2014