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Polish journalist files slander lawsuit against Echo of Moscow Radio and Khodorkovsky

Polish journalist Maciej Wiśniowski has turned to the Moscow Presnensky District Court to seek a 2 million rubles ($27,000) compensation for moral harm from Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) Radio and ex-Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who, he alleges, disseminated false information injurious to his honor and dignity.

15:28 25.01.2021

Russian prosecutors ask Poland to provide records of Kaczynski phone call before 2010 air crash

Russian prosecutors have requested the Polish Justice Ministry to provide audio and verbatim records of a telephone conversation of the former President of Poland Lech Kaczynski and his brother before an air crash in Smolensk in 2010.

14:44 25.11.2020

Russia’s rights activist urges probe into desecration of WW2 memorial in Poland

Member of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council Standing Commission on International Cooperation in Human Rights Alexander Brod believes Russia’s Investigative Committee must react to the desecration of a memorial of Soviet Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky in Poland.

16:14 05.08.2020

Co-owner of ill-fated Kemerovo mall extradited from Poland – prosecutors

A co-owner of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that became a site of deadly fire killing 60 people in March 2018 has been extradited from Poland, a statement published on Tuesday on the official website of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office reads.

18:06 24.03.2020

Escaped Russian convict extradited from Poland

Polish authorities extradited Russian man Yevgeny Ivanov, who had earlier escaped from custody.

15:18 11.12.2019

Russian Supreme Court upholds 14-year sentence of Polish national for espionage

The Supreme Court of Russia has dismissed an appeal against a14-year prison sentence passed on Polish citizen Marian Radzaevsky for espionage.

12:46 16.09.2019

Polish national gets 14 years in Russian prison for espionage

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday found Polish citizen Marian Radzaevsky guilty of espionage and sentenced him to 14 years behind bars.

11:58 25.06.2019

Russian organizer of sanctioned greengrocery supplies gets 5 years in Belarusian prison

A court in Belarus sentenced a Russian national, who had organized supplies of sanctioned fruit and vegetable products from Western Europe and Turkey to Russia, to 5 years in prison.

15:32 17.06.2019

Russia seeks extradition of burnt-out Kemerovo mall’s owner from Poland

Russian authorities are seeking extradition of Vyacheslav Vishnevsky, ex-CEO of the Kemerovo confectionary complex and owner of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that became a site of deadly fire last year. Vishnevsky has been arrested in Poland.

11:46 25.03.2019

Russian human rights watchdog calls Poland to prevent destruction of unique nature wonder

The Russian Council for Human Rights (CHR) is seriously concerned with possible negative environmental effects resulting from the construction by Poland of a shipping canal across the Vistula Spit.

11:57 27.02.2019

Poland extradites false healer charged with fraud to Russia

Authorities of Poland have extradited false healer Alla Narushevichene, who is charged with large-scale fraud, to Russia.

15:49 16.04.2018

Russian court suspends activity of "Polish Community" Association

The Dzerzhinksy District Court of St. Petersburg has ruled to indefinitely terminate activity of Polish NGO "Polish Community" Association (Wspólnota Polska) because of fire safety violations in the building used by the organization.

16:53 26.06.2017

Russian national charged with embezzlement extradited from Poland

Russian national Dmitry Smirnov, charged with embezzlement of nearly two million rubles ($35,700), was extradited from Poland on Monday.

15:57 15.05.2017

Poland suspects Russian air controllers of provoking Kaczynski’s plane crash - report

Three Russian nationals, who had controlled in 2010 the flight of then President of Poland Lech Kaczynski’s plane, are suspected of intended provoking the air crash.

13:50 03.04.2017

Russia ordered to pay Poland $2 mln for use of building

The Warsaw District Court has ordered Russia to pay 7.8 million zloty (about $2 million) to Poland for non-contractual use of a building in Warsaw.

17:49 09.11.2016

Russian national charged in Poland with launching unmanned aerial vehicle

Russian national who had allegedly launched a drone in Warsaw was arrested and charged with violation of Aviation law by Polish authorities.

16:55 27.09.2016

Russian nationals detained in Poland on charges of aiding and abetting ISIS - report

A court in Bialystok, the largest city in northeastern Poland, ordered detention of four Russian nationals from Chechnya charged with accessory in financing and recruiting militants for extremist organizations operating in Iraq and Syria including the Islamic State.

15:49 09.09.2016

Polish Justice Minister appeals court’s ruling in Polanski’s case

Poland’s Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro is going to appeal with the Supreme Court a ruling in the extradition case of film director Roman Polanski.

10:55 31.05.2016

Polish officer gets 6 years in prison for espionage on behalf of Russia

The District Military Court in Warsaw has found Lieutenant Colonel Zbigniew J. guilty of spying for Russian military intelligence (GRU) and sentenced him to 6 years in prison.

17:10 30.05.2016

Polish trial opens for officer accused of espionage on behalf of Russia

The trial of a Polish army officer, who stands charged with spying for Russian military intelligence (GRU), has begun in Warsaw.

14:22 06.04.2016