State Duma approves bill on fines for “foreign agents”The State Duma has approved in the first reading a bill establishing administrative liability for violating procedures governing the activities of mass media classified as “foreign agents”.17:36 24.01.2018
Number of convicts in Russian prisons drops by 32% in 10 yearsThe number of convicts serving their sentences in prison has dropped by 32%, from 730,000 to 497,000 people, since 2008, the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) director Gennady Kornienko has said.15:12 24.01.2018
Fedotov calls for transfer of Memorial Chechnya Office head’s case to MoscowA criminal case against the head of Chechen Republic’s office of Memorial NGO, Oyub Titiyev, should be transferred to Moscow for further investigation, Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has stated.14:47 24.01.2018
Examination proves Russian mathematician’s innocence of extremism - lawyerComputer examination did not find evidence that the Moscow Finance and Law University’s ex-teacher of mathematics Dmitry Bogatov had called for terrorism and extremism.13:59 24.01.2018
Defendant in case over hostage crisis in Russia’s Budyonnovsk denies guiltA defendant in the criminal case over the attack and taking hostages in Russia’s town of Budyonnovsk in 1995, Badruddi Daudov, has pleaded not guilty.12:34 24.01.2018
Russian court sentences Tajik citizen to 10 years for attempt to join ISISThe North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced Abdurakhim Mukhidinov, a Tajik national living in Rostov-on-Don, to 10 years in prison for an attempt to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization prohibited in Russia.11:59 24.01.2018
Russian government proposes to allow bailiffs to investigate debt collectors’ activitiesRussian government has submitted a bill granting court bailiffs a power to conduct investigation into activities of debt collector agencies to the State Duma.10:54 24.01.2018
Two alleged accomplices of student charged with attack on school in Buryatia arrestedTwo alleged accomplices of a student of the 9th grade, charged with attacking children and a teacher in a school in Russia’s Buryatia Republic, have been arrested.09:46 24.01.2018
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