Arrest in absentia of woman over repeated Constitution amendments voting vacatedThe Moscow City Court has overturned arrest in absentia of citizen of Russia and Israel Yulia Ilyinskaya, who had allegedly three times voted on the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.18:08 17.09.2020
Blogger to stay detained until October in case over access to secret dataThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld detention of blogger Andrey Pyzh charged with illegal access to the data constituting a state secret until October 5.17:30 17.09.2020
Over 2,000 land plots forfeited from two prosecuted ex-heads of Moscow Region districtsOver 2,000 land plots and other assets have been seized from prosecuted ex-heads of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov and Klin districts Alexander Shestun and Alexander Postrigan in favor of the state.16:54 17.09.2020
Moscow Business Ombudsman reports 100 successful cases in 2020The Office of Moscow Business Rights Commissioner Tatiana Mineyeva could help to settle one hundred cases in favor of businesspersons since the beginning of 2020.16:22 17.09.2020
Former head of Globex Bank gets 3 years behind bars for embezzling 12 million eurosThe Tagansky District Court of Moscow on Thursday found a former president of Globex Bank Vitaly Vavilin guilty of embezzling 12 million euros from the financial organization and sentenced him to 3 years in penal colony.15:50 17.09.2020
Moskalkova asks French Justice Minister for release of Russian Vinnik from detentionRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has sent a petition to the French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti seeking release of Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik from detention.15:17 17.09.2020
Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council to protect digital rights of citizensThe Presidential Human Rights Council is to establish a working group on protection of digital rights of Russian citizens.14:37 17.09.2020
Urals resident arrested in absentia in case over assault on Russian center in KievMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant in absentia for a wanted resident of Yekaterinburg, Ural, Yury Izotov charged with assault on the Russian center of science and culture in Kiev.14:15 17.09.2020
Russia’s Investigative Committee opens case over discovery of mass WW2 graveA criminal case was opened by investigators after a mass grave of Soviet citizens murdered during the World War II had been discovered in the Leningrad Region.13:01 17.09.2020
Ex-Russian top investigator’s long prison sentence in $1 mln bribery case upheldThe First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday upheld a 12-year prison sentence given to ex-director of the Investigative Committee's Main Investigations Directorate Alexander Drymanov for $1 million bribery.12:03 17.09.2020
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