Defense moves to place suspects in 2012 Moscow Riots under house arrestThe lawyers have asked the Zamoskvoretsky district court of Moscow to place nine suspects standing trial on charges of having organized riots in Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, under house arrest, lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI Tuesday.13:50 06.08.2013
Russian Supreme Court cuts Khodorkovsky's sentence by two monthsRussia's Supreme Court held Tuesday that the sentences of former YUKOS top manager Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev should be lowered to 10 years and 10 months, thus partially satisfying their requests on supervisory appeal.13:19 06.08.2013
Russian Supreme Court to consider Khodorkovsky supervisory appeal TuesdayRussia’s Supreme Court will consider Tuesday a supervisory appeal of the verdict against former YUKOS top manager Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev.18:58 05.08.2013
'Russian Breivik' to be tried without juryThe Moscow City Court will consider without a jury the case of a Moscow lawyer Dmitry Vinogradov, who shot six people in his office dead last November and has been dubbed the Russian Breivik.16:52 05.08.2013
Pussy Riot's Alyokhina to serve sentence in Nizhny NovgorodPussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has been transferred from Perm to Nizhny Novgorod region. She will continue serving her sentence in one of the local prisons, the regional department of the Federal Service for Execution of Punishment told RIA Novosti on Monday.14:44 05.08.2013
Latvian attorneys to defend Gozi virus creator pro bonoSeveral Latvian lawyers are taking on the case of Deniss Calovskis, a hacker waiting to be extradited to the US, pro bono. One of the attorneys, Saulvedis Varpinsh told Latvian reporters that the lawyers agreed to do this to prevent further extraditions of Latvian citizens to the US.14:11 05.08.2013
Former Rosbank CEO's house arrest extendedThe Moscow City Court approved an extension of the house arrest of former Rosbank CEO Vladimir Golubkov, who is accused of bribery, RAPSI reports form the courtroom.11:47 05.08.2013
Ukrainian court upholds extradition of Russian extremist - reportKiev's Shevchenkovsky District Court has upheld a previous court ruling to extradite to Russia Mikhail Volkov, who is suspected of having participated in the extremist group BORN.11:07 05.08.2013
Kommersant journalist to be questioned in Pussy Riot lawyers' defamation caseKommersant journalist Grigory Tumanov will be questioned on August 9 in connection with the defamation lawsuit filed by the former Pussy Riot lawyers against Kommersant and present Pussy Riot lawyer Irina Khrunova, RAPSI reported from the courtroom on Friday.17:24 02.08.2013
Anti-piracy law implementation to cost Russia up to $3 million a yearImplementation of the recently enacted anti-piracy law by federal communications agency Roskomnadzor will cost Russia up to 97 million rubles (app. $3 million) annually.16:12 02.08.2013
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022