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Russia’s Justice Ministry proposes parole for women with children under 4 years old

The Russian Ministry of Justice has drafted a bill providing for the possibility of release on parole and mitigation of yet not served sentence terms for women convicted of minor crimes and having children under the age of four.

14:24 04.10.2022

Urals photographer convicted of killing model wife granted parole

The Chkalovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg granted a petition for parole filed by Urals photographer Dmitry Loshagin, who had been convicted of killing his wife, model Yulia Prokopyeva.

18:16 15.06.2022

Parole ruling in favor of Urals photographer convicted of killing model wife overturned

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court on Monday overturned a lower instance’s ruling granting parole to Urals photographer Dmitry Loshagin, sentenced to 10 years in high-security colony for killing his wife, model Yulia Prokopyeva.

17:40 20.09.2021

Parole of ex-Senator Torlopov overturned by Supreme Court of Russia’s Komi Republic

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi has overturned a lower court decision to grant parole to former senator Vladimir Torlopov, who was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison in the case of ex-head of the Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer.

13:49 17.09.2021

Mastermind of 1998 murder of Russian MP seeks for parole again

Mikhail Glushchenko, a former State Duma lawmaker sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of fellow parliamentarian Galina Starovoitova, has filed one more petition for parole.

13:03 13.08.2021

Urals court grants parole to photographer convicted of killing model wife

Urals photographer, Dmitry Loshagin, sentenced to 10 years in high-security colony for killing his wife, model Yulia Prokopyeva, was granted parole on Tuesday.

10:40 03.08.2021

Moscow rally activist convicted of throwing refuse bin at policeman loses parole bid

A court in the Bryansk Region dismissed a petition for parole filed by convict Yevgeny Kovalenko, who had thrown a garbage can refuse bin at a National Guard officer at an unauthorized rally on July 27, 2019, in Moscow.

17:52 19.01.2021

Participant of illegal 2019 July rally Malyshevsky loses parole application

Activist Eduard Malyshevsky imprisoned for assault on a police officer at the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27, 2019 was denied release on parole on Friday.

17:53 27.11.2020

Participant of illegal 2019 Moscow rally Beglets goes at large

Activist Danila Beglets, who had been convicted of using violence against a police officer at an unauthorized rally in Moscow on July 27, 2019, was released from a penal colony in the town of Mtsensk in the Oryol Region on Monday.

15:09 02.11.2020

Refusal to release activist convicted of assault on officer on parole upheld

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s refusal to release activist Kirill Zhukov, who had committed an assault on a National Guard officer during an unauthorized rally in Moscow on July 27, 2019, on parole.

14:04 22.10.2020

Activist convicted of assault on officer at illegal 2019 Moscow rally denied parole

A court in Russia’s Nizhny Tagil has refused to release activist Kirill Zhukov, who had committed an assault on a National Guard officer during an unauthorized rally in Moscow on July 27, 2019, on parole.

13:01 20.08.2020

Parole petition of mastermind of 1998 murder of Russian MP withdrawn

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg has granted a motion to withdraw a parole petition filed by Mikhail Glushchenko, a former State Duma lawmaker sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of fellow parliamentarian Galina Starovoitova.

16:46 11.06.2020

Convicted mastermind of 1998 murder of Russian MP abandons parole petition

Mikhail Glushchenko, a former State Duma lawmaker sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of fellow parliamentarian Galina Starovoitova, has withdrawn his petition for parole.

17:44 09.06.2020

Convicted mastermind of 1998 murder of Russian MP seeks for parole

Mikhail Glushchenko, a former State Duma lawmaker sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of fellow parliamentarian Galina Starovoitova has filed a petition for parole.

17:51 20.05.2020

Former high-ranking investigator Lamonov released on parole

Russia’s former high-ranking investigator Alexander Lamonov convicted in a 32 million-ruble ($430,000 at the current exchange rate) bribery case has been released on parole.

12:58 06.05.2020

Russian Supreme Court classifies parole and asset seizure motions as urgent cases

Petitions for seizure of assets, release on parole and replaceing unsered term with a lesser sentence are cases requiring urgent consideration, the Supreme Court of Russia states in its second judicial review released during the coronavirus pandemic.

11:49 30.04.2020

Russian rights advocates push for more releases on parole during pandemic

Members of the Presidential Council for Human Rights plan to turn to the Supreme Court of Russia with the request to recommend courts to extend the practice of releases on parole during the coronavirus pandemic.

14:34 23.04.2020

Ombudsman Moskalkova proposes to review parole terms amid pandemic

Russia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova proposed during the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 9 ½: The Rule of Corona on Friday to revise the terms for release on parole at time of the spread of coronavirus epidemic.

17:16 10.04.2020

Appeals court reverses early release of Russian penitentiary service’s ex-director Reimer

The Kaliningrad City Court has reversed a lower court’s order releasing ex-director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer convicted of embezzlement on parole.

17:47 27.03.2020

Ex-Russian penitentiary official convicted of graft seeks for parole

Ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov convicted of taking about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during a detention center construction has filed a petition for parole with the Kolpinsky District Court of St. Petersburg.

11:44 04.03.2020