New violations of practice by former Pussy Riot lawyer uncoveredThe Moscow region Bar Association has uncovered new violations in the legal practice of Violetta Volkova, the former lawyer of Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich, Volkova told RAPSI on Tuesday.14:03 13.08.2013
Navalny’s mayoral campaign financed from abroad – prosecutorsThe Prosecutor General’s Office released a statement on Monday saying that opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s campaign for the Moscow Mayoral race has been financed from abroad.11:49 12.08.2013
Golos Association NGO fined over refusal to register as foreign agentThe Presnensky District Court in Moscow has supported the $9,500 fine imposed on Golos, a voters' rights advocacy group, for its refusal to register as a foreign agent.15:51 14.06.2013
Russia violated Jehovah’s Witnesses rights by disclosing medical records - ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that the rights of two Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia had been violated when their medical records were disclosed to prosecution authorities as a consequence of their refusal to accept blood transfusions.15:31 06.06.2013
Russian postal service breaks record in complaints - reportOver 27,000, 90% of the 30,500 complaints about the performance of communication operators sent to consumer rights regulator Rospotrebnadzor concern federal postal service Pochta Rossii.11:38 06.06.2013
Prosecutors expose violations in Moscow-City construction projectCity prosecutors have reported multiple violations in the construction and operation of the Moscow City business center project to the Central Administrative Area Prefect and the state company Tsentr-City.17:49 17.05.2013
Russian NGOs reluctant to register as foreign agentsNot a single Russian NGO financed from abroad and engaged in political activity has registered as a "foreign agent" since the new NGO law came into force, a Justice Ministry official stated in the State Duma on Wednesday.16:24 15.05.2013
Justice Ministry may ask court to shut down voters' rights associationThe Justice Ministry will ask the courts to shut down the Golos voters' rights association if it fails to register as a foreign agent by an approved deadline, says Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov.12:23 15.05.2013
President of Bosniak-Croat Federation complains of rights abuse in custodyThe defense of the president of Bosnia's autonomous Muslim-Croat federation has complained to the Constitutional Court that his human rights have been violated while in custody on corruption charges.17:12 14.05.2013
Agora advocacy group slams order to register as "foreign agent"Prosecutors in Russia’s republic of Tatarstan have ordered the Agora human rights group, which has provided legal assistance to people detained at anti-Kremlin protests, to register as a “foreign agent,” a demand it has dismissed as “unlawful.”17:31 30.04.2013
Election monitoring NGO refuses to register as foreign agentThe Golos Association, a non-profit voters' rights group, has refused to call itself a foreign agent as required by the new NGOs law, RAPSI reported from the Presnensky Court on Thursday.12:43 25.04.2013
US authorities may shut down Ranch for Kids - AstakhovUS regulators may close the Ranch for Kids program that accommodates several Russian orphans rejected by their adoptive families, Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov's press office told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.15:24 24.04.2013
Football hooligans to be prohibited from attending games for 4 yearsThe Russian Football Union believes that the duration of bans on attending games, which are to be included in the law on sports fans, should be increased to up to four years.12:03 03.04.2013
Billionaire politician questions russian city electionsBillionaire-turned-politician Mikhail Prokhorov demanded on Monday a revote at the mayoral elections in the Moscow Region’s city of Zhukovsky, where a candidate from his party lost amid vote fraud allegations.10:41 02.04.2013
Early mayor elections in Moscow region marred by detentionsSixteen people were arrested in the town of Zhukovsky, southeast of Moscow, during the mayoral election on Sunday, the regional interior department said.12:28 01.04.2013
ECHR holds the Estonia violated rights during WWII monument riots of 2007The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Estonia violated its obligations under the European Convention of Human Rights (Convention) in connection with arrests and detentions that followed April 2007 riots over the relocation of a World War II monument celebrating the Red Army.18:05 28.03.2013
Human rights violations common in Russia according to pollThe majority of Russians (63%) believe that human rights violations are common in Russia while nearly one third of the population (27%) believes the opposite, according to a poll published by the Public Poll Foundation.17:13 28.03.2013
Controversial US politician Michele Bachmann under investigationThe US Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) has launched a probe against former presidential hopeful and conservative Congresswoman Michele Bachmann amidst allegation of financial impropriety during the 2012 presidential campaign.13:48 26.03.2013
Report claims Russia’s Communist Party won 2011 pollsThe announcement of a report casting fresh doubt on the results of Russia’s 2011 parliamentary polls drew a dismissive response from the pro-Kremlin ruling party and the country’s top election official on Wednesday, while also causing a flurry of speculation about motives, as the study reportedly emerged from a think-tank headed by an official close to President Vladimir Putin.11:26 14.03.2013
UN Commission blames both sides for war crimes in Syria conflictThe UN commission charged with investigating violations of human rights in the context of the Syria conflict is pointing fingers at both sides of the conflict that has ravaged Syria for the past two years, accusing both the rebels and the ruling regime of war crimes and crimes against humanity in its damning fourth report.17:46 19.02.2013