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Manifestation of humanism: experts comment on pretrial restraint law

13:21 05/07/2017 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.

The Big Four divided over FATCA interpretation in Russia - report

10:20 08/12/2014 The world’s four largest audit firms, which provide services under the FATCA norms, have provided contradictory consultations to their Russian clients.

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

16:18 08/10/2014 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.

Snowden believes US intelligence follows him in Moscow

11:15 14/08/2014 Edward Snowden believes US intelligence agencies spy on him in Russia where he was granted a three-year residence permit earlier this month.

Arafat died a natural death – Russian expert

14:55 26/12/2013 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died a natural death, Vladimir Uiba, head of Russia’s Federal Medical-Biological Agency, told journalists on Thursday.

Snowden unlikely to move freely around Russia even with asylum granted

10:53 24/07/2013 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.

Russian notaries reluctant to embrace modern technology

12:03 17/05/2013 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.

Belgorod shooter to undergo psychiatric examination

12:13 30/04/2013 "Belgorod shooter" Sergei Pomazun, suspected of killing six people, will undergo a psychiatric examination in the next few days.

Report claims Russia’s Communist Party won 2011 polls

11:26 14/03/2013 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.

Magnitsky did not sign detention treatment waiver, expert

17:38 18/12/2012 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.

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

12:39 11/12/2012 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.

No sense in considering Russian commercial disputes abroad, court chairman

18:20 07/12/2012 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.

Journalist union speaks out against limiting media access to courts

18:08 07/12/2012 The Russian Union of Journalists has negatively assessed the State Duma's possible adoption of a law limiting media access to trials.

Russian Chief Bailiff proposes electronic debt sale system

15:36 07/12/2012 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.

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

14:00 07/12/2012 Russian Chief Bailiff Artur Parfenchikov has proposed introducing criminal liability for the failure to execute a court ruling.

Fifth expert appraisal ready in notorious MMA fighter case

14:20 14/11/2012 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.

Political experts criticize bill targeting anonymous online postings

11:02 30/08/2012 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.

Court wants new examination in Mirzayev case

17:58 16/08/2012 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

Mirzayev's trial postponed until August 16, court

17:32 14/08/2012 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.

Quoting witnesses verbatim is detrimental to administering justice

11:10 01/08/2012 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.

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