Russia’s Ombudsman ready to aid victims of Nagorno-Karabakh conflictRussia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova urges her colleagues, Ombudsmen of Azerbaijan and Armenia, to recommend their respective governments to show restraint and take all necessary measures to settle their problems not by force of arms, but through dialogue and negotiations in order to stabilize the current situation.18:07 29.09.2020
Russian man sentenced to life for killing two young womenThe Sverdlovsk Regional Court has sentenced a local resident Alexey Aleksandrov to life for murder of two young women in an urban forest.17:40 29.09.2020
Irkutsk lawmaker charged with $2.5 mln embezzlement detained for two monthsAndrey Levchenko, lawmaker of the Irkutsk Region Legislative Assembly and son of a former regional Governor, on Tuesday was ordered to be placed in detention until November 20 as part of a 185 million-ruble embezzlement case ($2.5 million).16:36 29.09.2020
State Duma adopts bill on humanization of treatment of tax offencesThe State Duma has passed in the third and final reading a federal draft law envisaging that defendants charged with tax offences are not to be held criminally liable in cases where they have repaid the amounts in question in the course of court proceedings.15:59 29.09.2020
Foreigners accused of rare animal paws smuggling to stand trial in RussiaA court in Russia’s Primorsky Krai will consider a criminal case against three foreign nationals charged with smuggling paws of Amur tigers and Himalayan bears.14:24 29.09.2020
Prosecutors disagree with New Greatness extremism case sentenceProsecutors have challenged sentence delivered in a case over organization of an extremist community against the New Greatness (“Novoe Velichie”) movement.13:18 29.09.2020
Prosecutors to seek definition of WWII murders in Novgorod Region as genocideThe Prosecutor’s Office of the Novgorod Region is to petition a court to rule that an act of genocide against peoples of the Soviet Union was committed in Zhestyanaya Gorka village in 1942.12:05 29.09.2020
Law permitting convicts serve sentences near home comes into force in RussiaOn Tuesday, the law allowing transfer of convicts to penitentiary facilities located near places of residence of their close relatives came into force.11:53 29.09.2020
Investigators seek to detain ex-Irkutsk Region Governor's son in $2.5 mln embezzlement caseInvestigators have lodged a motion seeking detention of Andrey Levchenko, lawmaker of the Irkutsk Region Legislative Assembly and son of a former regional Governor Sergey Levchenko, charged with stealing over 185 million rubles (about $2.5 million).10:52 29.09.2020
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