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Manifestation of humanism: experts comment on pretrial restraint law

The introduction of a fast-track pretrial restraint review for severely ill suspects should ease overcrowding in pre-trial detention centers, experts told RAPSI on Wednesday.

13:21 05.07.2017

The Big Four divided over FATCA interpretation in Russia - report

The world’s four largest audit firms, which provide services under the FATCA norms, have provided contradictory consultations to their Russian clients.

10:20 08.12.2014

Ukraine won't secure interim relief in proceedings against Russia - opinion

Ukraine is unlikely to secure interim relief in arbitral proceedings against Russia over gas deliveries, Vsevolod Miller, a lawyer at Moscow-based Yukov and Partners law firm, told RAPSI.

16:18 08.10.2014

Snowden believes US intelligence follows him in Moscow

Edward Snowden believes US intelligence agencies spy on him in Russia where he was granted a three-year residence permit earlier this month.

11:15 14.08.2014

Arafat died a natural death – Russian expert

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died a natural death, Vladimir Uiba, head of Russia’s Federal Medical-Biological Agency, told journalists on Thursday.

14:55 26.12.2013

Snowden unlikely to move freely around Russia even with asylum granted

The decision on fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's future being in Russia will be made by the Federal Migration Service and the Border Guard Service of Russia, based on security risks evaluation, says former deputy migration head Vladimir Volokh.

10:53 24.07.2013

Russian notaries reluctant to embrace modern technology

Russian notaries are several years behind their colleagues from former Soviet republics in the use of modern information technology and digital document management systems, said chair of the Federal Notary Chamber Maria Sazonova.

12:03 17.05.2013

Belgorod shooter to undergo psychiatric examination

"Belgorod shooter" Sergei Pomazun, suspected of killing six people, will undergo a psychiatric examination in the next few days.

12:13 30.04.2013

Report claims Russia’s Communist Party won 2011 polls

The announcement of a report casting fresh doubt on the results of Russia’s 2011 parliamentary polls drew a dismissive response from the pro-Kremlin ruling party and the country’s top election official on Wednesday, while also causing a flurry of speculation about motives, as the study reportedly emerged from a think-tank headed by an official close to President Vladimir Putin.

11:26 14.03.2013

Magnitsky did not sign detention treatment waiver, expert

An expert stated on Tuesday in the Tverskoy District Court that Sergei Magnitsky did not sign the consent form to be taken to the Matrosskaya Tishina detention ward for treatment where he later died.

17:38 18.12.2012

Russia's legal service standards must be reformed - MCBA chairman

The system of rendering legal services in Russia needs to be reformed, Chairman of the Moscow City Bar Association (MCBA) Henry Reznik said at the "Dialogues on the Future" Second International Legal Congress.

12:39 11.12.2012

No sense in considering Russian commercial disputes abroad, court chairman

Russian commercial disputes should not be heard by international courts outside of the country, Alexei Kostin, the chairman of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's International Commercial Arbitration Court, said at a news conference on international arbitration practice in Moscow on Friday.

18:20 07.12.2012

Journalist union speaks out against limiting media access to courts

The Russian Union of Journalists has negatively assessed the State Duma's possible adoption of a law limiting media access to trials.

18:08 07.12.2012

Russian Chief Bailiff proposes electronic debt sale system

MOSCOW, December 7 - RAPSI. Artur Parfenchikov, the Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service, hopes that a system of electronic bids to sell the property of debtors will be introduced soon, Parfenchikov said at the meeting of the Coordination Council of Russian Human Rights Commissioners.

15:36 07.12.2012

Non-execution of rulings should be subject to criminal liability, bailiff

Russian Chief Bailiff Artur Parfenchikov has proposed introducing criminal liability for the failure to execute a court ruling.

14:00 07.12.2012

Fifth expert appraisal ready in notorious MMA fighter case

The Russian Healthcare Ministry has put together a fifth expert appraisal in the case against mixed martial artist Rasul Mirzayev, who is accused of punching 19-year-old student Ivan Agafonov to death, and has submitted it to the court.

14:20 14.11.2012

Political experts criticize bill targeting anonymous online postings

Political experts regard a bill proposing to impose administrative and criminal liability for statements posted anonymously on the Internet as dubious, saying that a great part of the society would be angered by it.

11:02 30.08.2012

Court wants new examination in Mirzayev case

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court has ordered a new examination in the case of mixed martial artist Rasul Mirzayev, who is believed to have killed 19-year-old student Ivan Agafonov with a blow to the head outside a nightclub in Moscow

17:58 16.08.2012

Mirzayev's trial postponed until August 16, court

An expert interrogation in the case against a renowned martial artist has been postponed until August 16, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) on Tuesday. Top fighter Rasul Mirzayev is being tried for allegedly killing a Moscow resident outside a nightclub in the capital with a blow to the head.

17:32 14.08.2012

Quoting witnesses verbatim is detrimental to administering justice

The verbatim quotation of witnesses testimonies at high-profile trials in the media may be detrimental to judicial proceedings. Therefore these trials ought to be held behind closed doors, says government representative in higher courts Mikhail Barshchevsky.

11:10 01.08.2012