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Russian antimonopoly watchdog warns Google over terms on app developers

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has issued a warning to Google's Russian subsidiary, suspecting the company of abuse of dominance in connection with its allegedly adverse contractual terms applied to app developers using Google’s app store for distribution.

14:25 04.07.2022

Penal Code of Donetsk People's Republic enters into force

The Penal Code of the Donetsk People's Republic, adopted by the DPR parliament in June 2021 and synchronized with Russian legislation, has entered into force.

14:04 01.07.2022

Number of appeals to Russian children's ombudsman increased by 2% in 2021

The number of appeals to the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Russia Maria Lvova-Belova turned out to be by 2% more in 2021 as compared with the same period of the preceding year.

12:09 01.07.2022

Moscow court sentences Major General Melnikov to 7 years in prison for bribery

The Moscow Khamovnichesky District Court has sentenced Major General Alexander Melnikov, a senior officer of the Central Chief Directorate of the Interior Ministry, to 7 years in a strict regime colony in a case over attempted bribery on an especially large scale.

17:35 30.06.2022

State Duma adopts bill on retaliatory blocking of foreign media in Russia

The State Duma on Thursday passed a bill empowering Prosecutor General and his deputies to ban foreign mass media in Russia in response to hostile actions by foreign states regarding Russian media working abroad.

14:15 30.06.2022

Native of Tajikistan sentenced to 9 years in Russia for abetting terrorism

The Southern District Military Court has sentenced a native of Tajikistan Fayzali Khalimkhonov to 9 years in high-security penal colony for facilitating terrorist activity.

11:04 30.06.2022

Syria recognizes sovereignty of Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics

Syria has decided to recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics.

18:04 29.06.2022

Businessman gets 20 years in president’s residence construction embezzlement case

The Second Western District Military Court has sentenced Forum Holding CEO Dmitry Mikhalchenko to 20 years in high-security penal colony for embezzling nearly 1.2 billion rubles during the construction of a presidential residence near Moscow.

17:13 29.06.2022

About 517,000 crimes with use of infocomm technologies registered in Russia in 2021

By the end of 2021, about 517,000 crimes committed using information and communication technologies (ICT) were registered in Russia, according to Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for International Legal Cooperation, Head of the Organizational and Legal Department of the Prosecutor General's Office Sergey Plokhov.

15:59 29.06.2022

International tribunal proposed to be created for Ukraine’s crimes in Donbass

Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, speaking at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum on Wednesday, proposed establishing a special tribunal in the context of the crimes of the Kyiv authorities.

14:58 29.06.2022

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025