Ex-owner of Yugra bank brought back under house arrest in $100 mln embezzlement caseThe First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday brought ex-owner of Bank Yugra Alexey Khotin charged with embezzling 7.5 billion rubles (about $100 million) from the credit organization back under house arrest until January 18.18:04 17.11.2020
State Duma passes bill of fines for calls for territory alienation in second readingA bill on administrative fines for public calls for the alienation of Russian territories and calls for such actions passed its second reading in the State Duma on Tuesday.17:22 17.11.2020
Moscow Region’s court sentences killer of police investigator to 14 years in jailThe Moscow Regional Court on Tuesday sentenced Abdulaziz Abdulazizov, the killer of the Interior Ministry Transport Department’s major case investigator, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeniya Shishkina, to 14 years behind bars.16:36 17.11.2020
Moskalkova pushes for enshrinement of quarantine observation status in lawRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova claims it is necessary to enshrine the status of observators in law as well as the rights of people held in such places.16:16 17.11.2020
Detention of ex-customs official in abuse of office case extended for monthMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday extended detention of ex-chief of the Federal Customs Service’s customs investigations directorate Alexander Kizlyk and other defendants in a case over abuse of office until December 22.15:40 17.11.2020
Moscow Mayor extends distance learning for senior pupils until early DecemberMoscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Tuesady signed a decree extending distance learning for schoolchildren in grades 6-11 once more, until December 6, amid the coronavirus outbreak.14:21 17.11.2020
Murderer of Russia’s monastery abbot gets 15 years in prisonThe Yaroslavl Regional Court has sentenced Alexander Avdeyev, the murderer of an abbot of the local Holy Trinity Danilov monastery, to 15 years in high-security prison.13:07 17.11.2020
Moskalkova proposes to give ombdusmen right to visit fellow citizens jailed abroadRussia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova on Tuesday proposed to enshrine in the international treaty a right of ombudsmen to visit prosecuted and convicted fellow citizens abroad and render assistance to them.12:56 17.11.2020
New pro bono legal aid model emerges in RussiaA new model of provision of legal aid on pro bono basis is emerging on the Russian legal services market as lawyers begin to offer free legal advice to small and medium sized businesses, Chair of Bar Association A1 Alexander Zablotskis informs RAPSI.11:35 17.11.2020
Russian Government allocates over $800 million for child benefitsRussian regions will receive 61.8 billion rubles (over $800 million) for monthly payments to children aged from 3 to 7 years. A corresponding order was signed Tuesday by the Government’s Chairman Mikhail Mishustin.10:55 17.11.2020
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