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One more participant of unauthorized Moscow rally ordered to jail

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Wednesday sentenced Yevgeny Kovalenko, who had thrown a refuse bin at a National Guard officer at an unauthorized rally in Moscow, to 3.5 years behind bars.

17:18 04.09.2019

Ex-Russian judge sentenced to 28 months in prison for fraud

A court in Russia’s southern city Krasnodar has sentenced a former judge to 28 months in prison for large scale fraud.

16:19 04.09.2019

Titov stands for extending prosecutors’ supervision powers

Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov has pushed for extending the powers of prosecutors concerning supervision over investigators.

14:43 04.09.2019

Activist gets 3 years for assault on National Guard officer at Moscow unauthorized rally

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Wednesday sentenced activist Kirill Zhukov, who had committed an assault on a National Guard officer during an unauthorized rally in Moscow on July 27, to 3 years in penal colony.

12:58 04.09.2019

Russian business ombudsman proposes pardon for economic crime convicts

Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov has suggested that entrepreneurs convicted of committing economic crimes of low-to-medium severity be pardoned.

10:50 04.09.2019

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

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