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Russian Supreme Court refuses to review sentence of Pokemon Go player

The Supreme Court of Russia has refused to review the sentence of videoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who had received a suspended term for playing Pokemon Go in a church.

16:26 14.02.2018

Russian Supreme Court upholds sentence for man convicted for ISIS propaganda

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a 7-year prison sentence passed on a Tajik native Siyevushi Khalilov for propaganda of ideas of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization prohibited in Russia.

12:59 13.02.2018

Most hackers in Russia are given probation terms

Russian courts have convicted 35 hackers in the first half of 2017, a report prepared by the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court reads.

14:39 01.02.2018

Russian courts convicted 13 persons of divulging state secrets in first half of 2017

Russian courts have convicted thirteen persons of divulging state secrets in the first half of 2017, a report prepared by the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court reads on Wednesday.

11:59 31.01.2018

Bill on appeals courts submitted to Russia’s State Duma

The Supreme Court of Russia has submitted a bill on creation of independent cassation and appeals courts of general jurisdiction to the State Duma.

13:59 26.01.2018

Russian Supreme Court upholds sentence of "Crossbow Coup" plotter for inciting hatred

The Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday upheld a 1.5-year prison sentence given to retired Russian military intelligence colonel Vladimir Kvachkov, who is currently serving a term for attempted instigation of an armed riot, for inciting hatred and enmity.

13:39 28.12.2017

Russian Supreme Court recognizes Transaero’s $655.8 mln debt before Irish firm

The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld a lower court’s ruling including a 38.3 billion-ruble (about $655.8 million) debt owed by bankrupt Transaero airline before Irish company VEBL-767-300 in the creditors demands list.

10:01 22.12.2017

Russian Supreme Court reduces sentence of top anti-corruption official by 10 years

The Supreme Court of Russia has mitigated the sentence of ex-head of the Interior Ministry's Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department, Denis Sugrobov, reducing it from 22 to 12 years in a high security penal colony.

16:33 19.12.2017

Russian citizens’ alimony debt reaches over $1.7 bln – Supreme Court

Amount of alimony debt has reached more than 100 billion rubles ($1.7 billion) in Russia.

11:54 19.12.2017

Gambling and alcohol abuse may deprive seniors of alimony from children – Supreme Court

Addiction to gambling or alcohol may deprive senior parents of alimony from children, the clarification issued by the Russian Supreme Court’s board reads.

10:45 19.12.2017

Russian Supreme Court approves bill on protection of children from pedophilia

Russia’s Supreme Court has approved a bill on improvement of measures taken to protect children from sexual abuse, including pedophilia.

10:58 15.12.2017

Ombudsman Moskalkova to apply for pardon of ex-student convicted of attempt to join ISIS

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova will lodge a motion for pardoning Varvara Karaulova (Alexandra Ivanova), a former student of the Moscow State University sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for attempting to join the Islamic State militants in Syria.

14:41 12.12.2017

Russian businessman’s sentence for hostage taking becomes final

The Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday upheld a 12-year prison sentence given to businessman Aram Petrosyan for taking hostages and threating to trigger an explosion in a Moscow bank.

11:44 12.12.2017

Heads of Russian and Finnish Supreme Courts to exchange experience on ecology cases

Chairman of Russia’s Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev and his colleague, chairman of Finland’s Supreme Court Timo Esko, will exchange their opinions on legal protection in cases related to ecology and land use.

17:45 11.12.2017

Telegram messenger asks Russia’s Supreme Court to cancel FSB decree

Telegram Messenger LLP has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of Russia seeking to cancel the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) decree establishing the procedure for provision of information on decoding of user data.

10:59 08.12.2017

Moscow imam asks court to overturn his sentence for justifying terrorism

Moscow imam Makhmud Velitov, convicted of justifying terrorism, has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court’s Presidium seeking to overturn the sentence.

14:46 05.12.2017

Russian Supreme Court mitigates sentence of woman convicted of treason

The Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday reduced the sentence of Inga Tutisani, who had been convicted of treason, from 6 to 4 years and 1 month in prison.

14:00 16.11.2017

Tougher punishment proposed for false terrorism reports

Pavel Krasheninnikov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation, has drafted a bill toughening penalties for false reports of terrorist attacks up to 10 years in prison.

14:59 15.11.2017

Involving children in sects should result in revocation of parental rights – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that parental rights should be revoked if parents make their children members of sects prohibited in Russia.

12:17 14.11.2017

Russian Supreme Court upholds dismissal of foreign insurers’ suit over 2012 Superjet crash

The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld lower courts’ rulings to dismiss a lawsuit lodged by six foreign insurers seeking to collect over $4 million from Kapital Strakhovaniye insurance company in connection with the Superjet 100 aicraft crash in Indonesia in May 2012.

13:59 13.11.2017