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Brittney Griner's defence team appeals 9-year sentence

American basketball player Brittney Griner's defence has appealed against her nine-year jail sentence for drugs possession and trafficking.

12:29 15.08.2022

American basketball player gets 9 years in Russian jail for drug smuggling

A court in Khimki, a town in the Moscow Region, on Thursday sentenced Brittney Yevette Griner, an American professional basketball player, to 9 years in penal colony for drug trafficking.

19:49 04.08.2022

YouTube blogger Yury Dud fined $1,400 for drug propaganda

Moscow's Zyuzinsky District Court on Wednesday fined prominent Russian YouTube blogger Yury Dud 100,000 rubles ($1,400) in a drug propaganda case.

13:11 20.10.2021

Drug propaganda case hearing against YouTube blogger Yury Dud to be resumed in October

Moscow’s Zyuzinsky District Court will resume hearing of a case against prominent Russian YouTube blogger Yury Dud over drug propaganda on October 20.

16:52 28.09.2021

Russian leader legislatively decriminalizes inadvertent drug circulation violations

An initiative on the humanization of criminal legislation in relation to persons who had committed violations of the rules for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the course of medical activities, which inadvertently entailed loss thereof was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

16:43 01.07.2021

Number of online drug crimes up by 2.5 times – Russia’s Interior Ministry

Over the past three years, the number of registered drug crimes committed with the use of modern technologies has increased by 2.5 times, Russia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has said addressing a meeting of the State Anti-Drug Committee.

15:40 25.06.2021

Decriminalization of inadvertent drug circulation violations approved by Russia’s MPs

The lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma, on Wednesday finally adopted a government bill on the humanization of criminal legislation in relation to persons who had committed violations of the rules for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the course of medical activities.

15:07 09.06.2021

Golunov seeks trial for instignator of crime against him

Journalist Ivan Golunov believes an instignator of the crime against him will be brought to liability.

15:07 28.05.2021

Five ex-policemen ordered to imprisonment for planting drugs on journalist Golunov

The Moscow City Court on Friday convicted ex-police officers charged with planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from 5 to 12 years.

14:12 28.05.2021

State Duma committee backs decriminalization of inadvertent drug circulation violations

The State Duma Committee for State Construction and Legislation on Thursday recommended that lawmakers should pass a government bill on the humanization of criminal legislation in relation to persons who had committed violations of the rules for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the course of medical activities, which inadvertently entailed loss thereof.

15:09 27.05.2021

Sentencing of ex-policemen accused of planting drugs on journalist Golunov set for May 28

15:39 30.04.2021

Prosecutors seek long prison terms for ex-policemen accused of planting drugs on Golunov

Prosecution on Tuesday demanded prison terms ranging from 7 to 16 years for ex-police officers charged with planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov.

16:13 27.04.2021

Hearing of oral arguments in journalist drug planting case to be held behind closed doors

Oral arguments in a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov will be heard behind closed doors.

15:12 27.04.2021

Rapper gets 4 years in custody for road traffic accident in central Moscow

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow on Thursday ordered rapper Elmin Guliyev to serve 4 years in penal colony for hitting pedestrians by car in the city center under the influence of drugs.

14:15 15.04.2021

Prosecutor demands over 4 years in jail for rapper involved in car crash in central Moscow

A prosecutor on Wednesday asked the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow to sentence rapper Elmin Guliyev accused of hitting pedestrians by car in the city center to 4 years and 4 months in penal colony.

16:35 14.04.2021

Bill decriminalizing inadvertent drug circulation violations by doctors undergoes first stage

A government draft law on the humanization of criminal legislation in relation to persons who have committed violations of the rules for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the course of medical activities, which inadvertently entailed loss thereof, passed its first reading in State Duma on Wednesday.

16:57 07.04.2021

Rules for initiating drug cases to be toughened in Russia

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law envisaging that the discovery of narcotic drugs in the body of a person would not to be a basis for initiating a criminal case.

17:01 05.04.2021

Rapper charged in central Moscow car crash case to stay detained for another six months

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow on Friday extended detention of rapper Elmin Guliyev charged with hitting pedestrians by car in central Moscow for six months.

17:34 02.04.2021

Russia’s senators approve draft law toughening rules for initiating drug cases

The Federation Council has approved a draft law envisaging that the discovery of narcotic drugs in the body of a person is not to be a basis for initiating a criminal case.

16:52 31.03.2021

Trial of rapper involved in central Moscow car crash to start on April 2

Moscow’s Khamovnichesky District Court will proceed with a case against rapper Elmin Guliyev charged with hitting pedestrians by car in central Moscow on April 2.

11:05 29.03.2021