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Prosecution seeks 13 years in prison for Kaliningrad doctors guilty of baby’s death

Prosecutors asked the Moscow Regional Court to sentence doctors Elena Belaya and Elina Sushkevich, who used to work in Kaliningrad, a city in the western part of Russia, to 13 years in prison as the women were found guilty of the death of a baby by a jury.

12:38 31.08.2022

HIV and tuberculosis patients not to be kept in detention centers – Russian Justice Ministry

The Russian Ministry of Justice has developed a new list of serious diseases that prevent the detention of suspects and those accused of committing crimes.

17:47 26.10.2021

Russian Ombudsman speaks on growing problems faced by people with disabilities amid pandemic

The level of protection of the rights of persons with disabilities has increased significantly over the past 10 years, nevertheless, the pandemic has exacerbated some problems faced by such people, according to Russian Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova.

12:12 12.10.2021

All mass events banned in Russia over coronavirus outbreak - official

Mass events numbering more than 3,000 people have been called off in Russia because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to the head of Russia’ consumer rights watchdog (Rospotrebnadzor) Anna Popova.

17:58 04.10.2021

Convicted ex-penitentiary official Korshunov seeks release from prison through illness

Ex- deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov convicted of embezzlement has filed a motion seeking to release him because of grave illness.

13:35 04.10.2021

Russian Cabinet allocates near $41 mln for insurance payments to medical workers

An additional amount of 2.9 billion rubles (about $41 million) has been allocated for special one-time payments for health workers who help COVID-19 patients, according to an order approved by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

12:59 22.09.2021

YouTuber to stand trial for alleged spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine

Anton Myslivets, owner of a channel on YouTube and VKontakte social network, will face trial for alleged spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine.

16:05 09.09.2021

Russian prosecutors urge timely aid to disabled minors from Social Insurance Fund

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has made a submission to the Acting Head of the Social Insurance Fund Alexey Polikashin demanding him to remedy breaches of the legislation on social protection of disabled children and on the contract procurement system.

17:06 02.08.2021

Owner of Moscow Region hospice gets over 6 years in penal colony in fatal fire case

An owner of a private hospice in the Moscow Region’s town of Krasnogorsk on Monday received 6 years and 5 months in penal colony in a case over the fire that had led to the death of 12 patients.

14:01 02.08.2021

Kazan school attacker who killed nine found insane

A psychiatric examination revealed that Ilnaz Galyaviyev, who stands charged with an attack on a school in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, in May, is mentally ill.

16:26 21.07.2021

Detention centre officers ordered to report detainees’ hospitalization within 24 hours

Russia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has signed an order obliging employees of temporary detention facilities to notify relatives of first-aid dressing or hospitalization of detainees within 24 hours.

16:20 06.07.2021

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

President Putin doesn’t support mandatory vaccination, urges factor in medical exemptions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he does not support mandatory vaccination of the population, and that no one has the right to force a person to be vaccinated if doctors believe that the vaccine can harm that person.

12:54 30.06.2021

Around 3,000 disabled people turned to Russian Ombudsman in last 3 years - Moskalkova

About 3,000 mobility impaired citizens have turned to Russia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova in the last three years.

14:03 25.06.2021

Mandatory vaccination of service workers introduced in Moscow

The Moscow chief state sanitary officer Elena Andreyeva, issued an ordinance introducing compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 for service workers.

14:49 16.06.2021

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

Investigation opened into deadly fire in Russia's Ryazan hospital

A probe was launched on Wednesday after the fire situation in the hospital of N.A. Semashko in Russia’s town of Ryazan that resulted in the death of three persons.

10:59 09.06.2021

MPs back inclusion of vaccination against COVID-19 in National Vaccination Calendar

The State Duma has adopted in the first reading a bill on the inclusion of vaccination against COVID-19 in the National Calendar of Preventive Vaccinations.

17:44 08.06.2021

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

Navalny’s appeal over 2020 hospitalization dismissed by military court

The Second Western District Military Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by Alexey Navalny against investigators’ refusal to open a case over the blogger’s hospitalization from a plane last summer.

13:51 18.05.2021