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Russia extends retaliatory sanctions against U.S. citizens

Russian authorities imposes sanctions against 25 more Americans banning them from entering the Russian Federation.

16:17 05.09.2022

Brittney Griner's defence team appeals 9-year sentence

American basketball player Brittney Griner's defence has appealed against her nine-year jail sentence for drugs possession and trafficking.

12:29 15.08.2022

American basketball player gets 9 years in Russian jail for drug smuggling

A court in Khimki, a town in the Moscow Region, on Thursday sentenced Brittney Yevette Griner, an American professional basketball player, to 9 years in penal colony for drug trafficking.

19:49 04.08.2022

Russia imposes sanctions against members of U.S. President’s family

Russia has once more extended its retaliatory restriction list adding 25 Americans to it, including members of the family of the U.S. President Joe Biden.

12:24 28.06.2022

Over 60 high-ranking Americans put on Russia’s retaliatory stop list

Russia has extended its restriction list adding 61 high-ranking U.S. citizens to it.

11:18 07.06.2022

Case of Rusaviainvest sanctioned by US stuck in limbo in court

Lawyers are studying the situation with the Rusaviainvest case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which for more than a year has showed no sign of progress due to the problem of accessing classified information because of the pandemic.

10:36 20.10.2021

Request of Paul Whelan to be transferred to US forwarded to Russian Justice Ministry

The Supreme Court of Russia’ Republic of Mordovia forwarded a request of an American citizen Paul Whelan, sentenced to 16 years in jail for espionage, to the Justice Ministry.

13:38 14.09.2021

IP Court returns lawsuit over Russian company’s trademark to Google

Russia’s Intellectual Property Court (IP Court) has returned Google’s lawsuit against Intra Service Company seeking the early termination of its trademark due to the failure to use it.

15:26 02.08.2021

Google fined over $40,000 for refusal to localize data of Russian citizens

A magistrate judge on Thursday fined U.S. company Google 3 million rubles (over $40,000) for refusal to locate personal data of Russian users in the Russian Federation.

13:00 29.07.2021

American student’s 9-year sentence for resistance to Moscow police upheld

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld sentence given to a student from the United States Trevor Reed jailed for 9 years for using violence against Moscow police officers.

17:52 28.06.2021

Discrediting of State Duma elections coordinated from USA, EU, Ukraine - senators

Actions aimed to discredit the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation is coordinated with direct participation of the US Department of State, according to a press release published by the working group under the Federation Council commission on monitoring attempts of external interference in elections.

15:06 18.06.2021

Expert urges tighter control over financing of Russian nonprofits from abroad

A Russian Civic Chamber expert has expressed his opinion about certain planned amendments to the national legislation aimed to tighten control over financing of nonprofit organizations from abroad.

13:16 16.11.2020

Legal analysis of interview of TOAZ beneficiary Sergey Makhlai

In the end of August, the former chairman of the board of directors of PJSC Togliattiazot Sergey Makhlai gave an extended commentary to the media regarding the details of the proceedings, in which he is a participant. In his statements, he accused Uralchem JSC of a number of offenses, and tried to present himself as a victim of a hostile takeover. RAPSI has studied the legal basis for the statements made by the convicted in absentia owner of TOAZ.

10:25 10.09.2020

US student sentenced to 9-year jail for resistance to Moscow police

Moscow’s Golovinsky District Court on Thursday sentenced American student Trevor Reed to 9 years in penal colony for using violence against police

14:04 30.07.2020

Russia’s Ombudsman turns to UN over police attack on Russian journalists in U.S.

Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova stood up for the rights of Russian journalists after they had been attacked by the police in Portland, U.S.A. The Ombudsman applied to UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet and President of the International Federation of Journalists Younes M'Jahed.

12:39 23.07.2020

Foreign Ministry informs rights advocates of Russian inmates jailed abroad

The Foreign Ministry on Thursday submitted information on the number of Russian convicts serving sentences in foreign prisons to the Presidential Council for Human Rights.

16:53 09.04.2020

Foreign citizen Whelan charged with espionage to stay in Russian detention till fall

The Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention of a foreign citizen Paul Whelan charged with espionage against Russia until September 13.

18:13 23.03.2020

Russian ombudsman to ask Red Cross to visit pilot Yaroshenko imprisoned in U.S.

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova is going to request the Red Cross to visit pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko convicted in the U.S. of conspiracy to smuggle cocaine. The ombudsman took such a decision after a meeting with his wife and daughter.

16:30 06.03.2020

Foreign media outlets fail to comply with Russian court ruling in favor of Deripaska

Three foreign media outlets fail to comply with the ruling of an earlier Krasnodar Regional Commercial Court ruling in favor of Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska in a business reputation dispute by the deadline the court has set.

15:03 13.12.2019

Ruling in Russian mogul Deripaska’s dispute with foreign media goes into effect

A ruling in favor of Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska in his business reputation dispute with three foreign media outlets came into force.

14:05 02.12.2019