Detention of opposition figure Yashin in Russian army fake case upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld the detention of municipal deputy Ilya Yashin in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian armed forces.12:35 08.08.2022
The Insider editor-in-chief arrested in absentia in illegal border crossing caseThe Moscow Lefortovsky District Court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for editor-in-chief of The Insider (recognized in Russia as a media performing functions of a foreign agent and an undesirable organization) Roman Dobrokhotov (recognized as a foreign media agent in Russia) in a case over illegal crossing of the state border.12:22 05.08.2022
American basketball player gets 9 years in Russian jail for drug smugglingA 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
Russian court to examine Apple's appeal in case over recovery of $12 mln fineThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals is to rule on the issue of the legality of a 906.2 million-ruble (about $12 million) fine imposed by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) upon Apple Inc. for abuse of market dominance on August 30.13:30 04.08.2022
MP Belousov put on wanted list after being sentenced to 10 years in jailState Duma lawmaker Vadim Belousov, sentenced to 10 years in prison for taking a bribe, has been put on the federal wanted list.12:51 04.08.2022
Moscow court sentences MP Belousov to 10 years in prison on bribery chargesThe Moscow Tverskoy District Court has sentenced State Duma deputy Vadim Belousov to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony in a criminal case over taking a bribe in the amount of more than 3 billion rubles (about $50 million at the current exchange rate).17:05 03.08.2022
Moscow court mitigates Shaninka rector Zuyev pretrial restrictions to house arrestThe Moscow Tverskoy District Court ruled to release rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev, who is a defendant in a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case, from custody to wait for the trial under house arrest.16:22 03.08.2022
Investigators move to dismiss extension of house arrest in case against RANEPA rectorThe Moscow Tverskoy District Court will not consider a motion of investigators to extend the house arrest of the Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) Vladimir Mau, since the preventive measure has been earlier changed to a written undertaking not to leave.15:37 03.08.2022
Russian Supreme Court to set venue in ex-Culture official case over Hermitage embezzlementRussia’s Supreme Court is to rule on the proper venue in the case of fraudulent embezzlement of more than 900 million rubles (about $14.8 million) allocated for the reconstruction of the Hermitage Museum against ex-official of the Culture Ministry Boris Mazo.12:25 03.08.2022
Russian member of far-right Ukrainian battalion gets 9 years in absentiaThe Moscow Basmanny District Court on Tuesday sentenced Russian citizen Anton Korolev in absentia to 9 years in jail for taking part in the armed conflict in Ukraine as a member of the ultra-nationalist Ukrainian battalion Azov.17:14 02.08.2022
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