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Assault on Russian speakers abroad may result in ban on entry into Russia – State Duma

Lawmakers on Monday proposed to prohibit people committing assaults on Russian-speaking persons abroad from entering Russia.

15:07 09.08.2021

Eurasian Alliance of Ombudsmen to be extended – Moskalkova

The Eurasian Alliance of Ombudsmen has great possibilities for provision of assistance to people and will be extended, according to the Russian human rights commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova.

16:37 16.09.2019

Former president of Kirgizia charged with grave crimes - report

Ex-president of the Kyrgyz Republic Almazbek Atambayev has been charged with committing extremely serious crimes including killing a law enforcement officer and organization of hostage taking.

16:38 13.08.2019

Kyrgyz native gets 7 years in Russia for terrorist recruitment

Kyrgyz native Atabek Rustamov has been sentenced to 7 years in penal colony for recruiting his compatriots to the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations banned in Russia.

13:59 26.11.2018

Russian court mitigates sentence for defendant who failed to report terrorist recruitment

A court in St. Petersburg has mitigated sentence for Kyrgyzstan native Iskander Nurbayev, who was found guilty of failing to report to the police that he was subjected to recruitment to terrorist organizations.

16:33 30.08.2018

Kyrgyz citizen gets 12 years in prison for plotting terror attacks in Russia

The Moscow District Military Court has sentenced a 23-year old Kyrgyz citizen to 12 years in high-security prison for justifying terrorism and plotting terrorist attacks in Russia.

16:21 20.12.2017

Citizen of Kyrgyzstan sentenced to 4 years for recruiting terrorists for ISIS

The Far Eastern District Military Court has sentenced a citizen of Kyrgyzstan to four years in a penal colony for inducing local residents to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization prohibited in Russia.

10:57 13.10.2017

Russian ombudsman Moskalkova raises problem of detainee rights

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has raised problems of the country’s penitentiary system during the international forum of ombudsmen held in the Kyrgyz Republic.

17:26 07.09.2017

Russian human rights commissioner proposes creation of world ombudsmen database

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has proposed to create a single electronic information and legal base of ombudsmen.

13:10 06.09.2017

Prosecutor seeks 10 years in prison for alleged member of militant Islamist group

Prosecutor has demanded 10 years in prison for Kyrgyzstan national Islamdzon Zakhidov charged with fighting in Syria on the side of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization banned in Russia.

13:45 16.02.2017

Moscow court to consider case of man who allegedly fought for terrorists in Syria

The Moscow District Military Court on Monday will review a criminal case against Kyrgyzstan national Islamdzon Zakhidov charged with fighting in Syria on the side of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization banned in Russia.

11:45 13.02.2017

Kyrgyzaltyn board chairman sentenced to three years in Centerra Gold case

Dilger Japarov, former board chairman of Kyrgyzaltyn JSC, Kyrgyzstan's state-owned mining company, has been sentenced to three years in prison for complicity in illegal dividend payment worth $200 million to Centerra Gold.

16:54 14.12.2015

New charges brought against ex-president of Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office brought corruption charges against former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev who had been already sentenced to life in absentia for helping mastermind the murder of protesters during the 2010 coup.

16:58 23.11.2015

Former Kyrgyz MP suspected of assisting Islamic State militants

A former member of parliament has been arrested in Kyrgyzstan on suspicion of assisting the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS), RIA Novosti reported on Monday, citing Kyrgyz security services.

11:34 20.07.2015

Kyrgyzstan claims ancient gold jewelry sold at Sotheby’s was taken illegally

The authorities of Kyrgyzstan suspect that a 5th-century Eastern Hunnic gold collar, Umutkor, sold by Sotheby’s was taken from the country illegally, the local 24.kg news agency reported on Friday, citing the Ministry of Culture.

15:56 05.12.2014

Russia slips in Transparency International's 2014 corruption index

Russia has fallen nine places for the past year to 136th out of 175 countries in Transparency International's 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), a ranking of public sector corruption.

07:01 03.12.2014

Nephew of ex-president of Kyrgyzstan released from prison

Sanjar Bakiev, the nephew of the former president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiev, has completed his prison term after being convicted of organizing mass riots, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing the Kyrgyz penal service.

10:42 20.11.2014

Son of ousted Kyrgyz president given life sentence for embezzling $63 million

The son of the former president of Kyrgyzstan, Maxim Bakiyev, has been given a life sentence in absentia for embezzling $63 million from the shareholders of AsiaUniversalBank (AUB), the Supreme Court’s press service announced on Thursday.

18:02 23.10.2014

Kyrgyz Prosecutor General asks UK to extradite son of ousted president Bakiev

Kyrgyz authorities have again asked London to extradite the son of the country’s former president, Kurmanbek Bakiev, RIA Novosti reported Thursday citing the republic’s Prosecutor General Aida Salyanova.

16:20 09.10.2014

Kyrgyz public officials to report on expenses

Government officials in Kyrgyzstan will have to report their expenses in addition to their income and include the expenses of their close relatives, RIA Novosti reports this Monday.

14:17 22.09.2014