Opposition figure’s suit against election registration denial pending in Moscow courtThe Moscow City Court will consider a lawsuit filed by opposition activist Ilya Yashin against denial of registration as a candidate for deputy of the Moscow City Duma. The hearing is set for August 16.18:12 15.08.2019
Ex-managers of Russian bank to stand trial on $25.5 mln embezzlement chargesA 1.7-billion-ruble ($25.5 million) embezzlement case against managers of Sovetsky bank has reached the Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg for hearing.17:00 15.08.2019
Detention of five more 27 July riots case defendants upheldThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling to place five alleged participants of the riots, which occurred in Moscow on July 27, in detention.16:17 15.08.2019
Demand to add $325 mln debt of ex-Tatfondbank to creditors list dismissedThe Commercial Court of the Volga District has upheld lower courts’ refusal to include a 21.5-billion-ruble (about $325 million) debt of ex-Tatfondbank chairman Robert Musin into the creditors list.15:34 15.08.2019
Baring Vostok partner freed from detention, put under house arrestThe Moscow City Court on Thursday changed a restrictive measure for Baring Vostok Industry Partner for the financial industry sector Philippe Delpal from detention to house arrest in a 2.5-billion-ruble embezzlement case.14:44 15.08.2019
Russian halfback’s lawsuit against police to be heard in SeptemberMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court will begin hearing a 45-million-ruble (nearly $700,000) lawsuit filed by ex-national football team player Yevgeny Aldonin against Russia’s Interior Ministry on September 9.13:33 15.08.2019
Prison sentence of Crimean activist for online terrorism calls takes effectThe Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday upheld a 6-year prison sentence given to Crimean activist Yevgeny Karakashev for calls for terrorism on VKontakte social network.12:00 15.08.2019
Russian human rights advocates check reports on torture of Jehovah’s WitnessesChairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has met in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area with the Jehovah's Witnesses adepts, who had earlier complained of tortures.11:47 15.08.2019
Probe opened into airplane crash-landing in Moscow RegionA criminal case was opened on Thursday after a Ural Airlines plane crash-landed in a cornfield in the Moscow Region, the Russian Investigative Committee announced on its website.10:55 15.08.2019
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