State Duma on track to extra protect personal data of Russian citizensThe State Duma passed in the first reading on Tuesday a bill typifying information concerning genetic traits of Russians citizens as personal data meant to be additionally protected.18:00 22.10.2019
Ukrainians, Belarusians may be declared native speakers of Russian without exam - billRussia’s Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a bill envisages recognition of Ukrainian and Belarusian nationals fluent in Russian language as native speakers without interview passing to the State Duma.17:45 22.10.2019
Russia’s Duma ratifies protocol to Council of Europe anti-terrorism conventionThe lower house of Russian parliament ratified the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism on Tuesday.17:24 22.10.2019
Human rights center Memorial fined $5,000 for absence of foreign agent labelMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court has fined human rights center Memorial 300,000 rubles ($5,000) for failure to label itself “foreign agent” on social media platforms.16:16 22.10.2019
Yakutia’s Supreme Court toughens sentence of hackers convicted of $340k embezzlementThe Supreme court of Sakha Republic (Yakutia) on Tuesday replaced suspended terms given to two brothers convicted of bank hacking and embezzling over 21.7 million rubles ($340,000) from cash dispensers with prison sentence.15:11 22.10.2019
New trial of stage company embezzlement case defendants to start in NovemberMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court will start new proceedings in the Seventh Studio stage company embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov on November 1.14:32 22.10.2019
Investigators seek to seize gold found after deadly dam burst in SiberiaInvestigators have filed a motion with court seeking to seize gold found in a safe box washed off by a burst dike in a gold mine in Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk Region.14:00 22.10.2019
Russian lawmakers adopt fines of up to $8,000 for unfair property developersThe State Duma adopted a bill on fines of up to 500,000 rubles ($8,000) for unfair real estate developers in a final third reading on Tuesday.13:33 22.10.2019
Theater director’s embezzlement case again reaches Moscow courtThe Seventh Studio stage company embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov was submitted to Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court for a new trial.12:07 22.10.2019
Three defendants in Siberian gold-mining dike burst case put in detentionA court in Krasnoyarsk, one of the largest cities in Russia’s Siberia, has ordered the owner of Sisim gold-mining artel Maxim Kovalkov to be detained for 2 months in a case over the deadly dike burst claiming lives of at least 15 people.11:59 22.10.2019
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