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Russian state depository challenges sanctions in European Court of Justice

Russia’s National Settlement Depository has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg to overturn European Union sanctions imposed on it, the NSD said on Friday.

14:57 12.08.2022

Russia lodges protest with EU over transit ban to Kaliningrad region

Russia has lodged a strong protest with the European Union against a rail blockade imposed on the transit through Lithuania’s territory of a large range of goods between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the territory of the Russian Federation.

15:02 21.06.2022

Discrediting of State Duma elections coordinated from USA, EU, Ukraine - senators

Actions aimed to discredit the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation is coordinated with direct participation of the US Department of State, according to a press release published by the working group under the Federation Council commission on monitoring attempts of external interference in elections.

15:06 18.06.2021

Qatar Airways ex-manager gets suspended sentence in Moscow for abuse of office

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court on Thursday passed a 2-year suspended sentence upon a former sales manager of the Eastern Europe representative office of Qatar Airways Rostislav Petrov for abuse of power.

15:29 25.02.2021

Human Rights Council Chair ready to work with EU in health care and digitalization spheres

Chair of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev voiced his readiness to cooperate with the European Union in the areas of health care and digitalization in the course of his online meeting with Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation Markus Ederer.

16:02 24.12.2020

Putin: CEPEJ calls Russian system of justice most effective

European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) in its report recognized Russian legal system as one of the most effective in Europe, President of Russia Vladimir Putin said during the meeting with members of the Human Rights Council on Thursday.

17:01 10.12.2020

Russian prosecutors declare NGO registered in Belgium undesirable

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia has declared the international NGO European Endowment for Democracy registered in Belgium undesirable in the Russian Federation.

17:16 11.03.2020

Gregor Strojin: «Regulation should not inhibit technological development, but address its effects»

During its meeting in September 2019, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe set up an Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence – CAHAI. The main task of the Committee, which held its first plenary meeting in November, is to examine the feasibility and potential elements of a legal framework for the development, design and application of artificial intelligence, based on the of broad multi-stakeholder consultations and Council of Europe’s standards on human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Gregor Strojin, President of the CAHAI, in his interview to RAPSI provides insight on the approach of the Council of Europe to regulation of artificial intelligence and the existing difficulties.

16:34 20.12.2019

Putin extends counter measures in response to EU sanctions until late 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree extending special economic measures for security reasons until December 31,2020.

18:08 24.06.2019

European prosecutors complied with 78 Russia’s requests in 2018 – official

EU countries complied with 78 requests lodged by Russian prosecutors during this year.

17:46 23.10.2018

Telegram turns to ECHR over decoding messages

Telegram Messenger LLP has filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against an 800,000-ruble fine ($14,000) imposed on the company for refusal to provide information on user messages decoding to the Federal Security Service (FSB).

10:48 22.03.2018

Russia ratifies Convention on counterfeiting of medical products

Russian Health Minister Veronica Skvortsova has presented the Council of Europe’s Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland a document on ratification of the Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health.

13:43 21.03.2018

EU court dismisses lawsuit of Ukraine’s ex-minister over freezing of assets

The European Court of Justice has dismissed an action filed by former Minister for Revenue and Duties of Ukraine Oleksandr Klimenko, to annul acts of the Council of Europe prolonging freezing of his assets.

10:52 09.11.2017

Russia violated rights of imprisoned Dagestan ex-mayor Amirov - ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that the rights of former mayor of Dagestan's capital Makhachkala, Said Amirov, who had received life sentence for terrorism, had been violated.

17:29 17.10.2017

Venice Commission stresses importance of ECHR judgment execution

The Venice Commission, an advisory body of the Council of Europe, composed of independent experts in the field of constitutional law, has reminded several countries including Russia of the importance of executing judgments delivered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

14:24 12.10.2017

EU Court of Justice dismisses “Karelia” trademark claim

The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed an application to register “Karelia” trademark filed by a resident of Greece Ino Karelia because of similarities to a region of the same name located on the border between Russia and Finland, the court’s ruling reads on Wednesday.

12:39 11.10.2017

Russia ratifies Convention on laundering of proceeds from crime - CoE

Russia has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism.

15:10 29.09.2017

Four EU countries worried about restrictive language policy in Ukraine

Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Hungary have asked Ukraine to prevent introduction of restrictions on educational languages in the country proposed by a bill already passed by the parliament in the second reading.

13:49 15.09.2017

European Union extends individual sanctions over crisis in Ukraine

The Council of the European Union has prolonged individual restrictive measures against number of persons and companies over crisis in Ukraine until March 15, 2018.

17:26 14.09.2017

EU prolongs economic sanctions against Russia until January 31, 2018

The European Union has prolonged sanctions, targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy, until January 31 of the next year.

14:52 28.06.2017