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Moscow court arrests nine Syrians in absentia in Russian pilot murder case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for nine Syrian citizens allegedly involved in the murder of Oleg Peshkov, a pilot of Russia’s Su-24 bomber killed in Syria.

17:44 22.11.2018

State Duma proposes certain prison conditions for terror convicts

Russia’s State Duma is to discuss three bills aimed to prevent the spreading of radical extremist ideologies in places of confinement.

16:01 22.11.2018

Moscow court upholds sentence for ex-penitentiary officials convicted of corruption

The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld sentence for ex-chief of Moscow Probation Department at the Federal Penitentiary Service Yevgeny Verbetsky and his former deputy Roman Klimenko, who had been convicted of taking bribes.

15:55 22.11.2018

Ex-Dagestan official gets 15 years for terrorism financing

The North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced ex-head of Dagestan’s Kizlyar District Andrey Vinogradov to 15 years in high security prison for terrorism financing.

13:07 22.11.2018

Persons under house arrest to be able to vote – State Duma

Russia’s State Duma, the lower house of parliament, passed a bill ordering election commissions to enable persons under house arrest to vote in a final third reading on Thursday.

12:47 22.11.2018

Pussy Riot activists apply to ECHR over FIFA World Cup 2018 arrest

Several activists of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot have lodged an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over their arrest and administrative detention for pitch invasion during FIFA World Cup 2018 final match in police uniform.

12:32 22.11.2018

Ex-convoy chief sentenced to 1.5 years for giving detainees cell phones

Moscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court has sentenced ex-chief of a guard and convoy regiment Vitaly Sinichev to 1.5 years in penal colony settlement for handing cell phones to detainees.

11:23 22.11.2018

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