Businessman gets 12 years in jail for $2.5 mln embezzlement from disabled personsMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday sentenced businessman Valery Perevoznikov to 12 years behind bars for the embezzlement of 179 million rubles ($2.5 million) intended for producing prostheses for disabled persons.15:25 18.10.2021
Legislative proposal to grant status of combat veterans to prosecutors reaches State DumaThe Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a bill granting the status of a participant in military activities to prosecutors who served in the areas of counter-terrorism operations in the North Caucasus to the lower house of parliament.12:25 18.10.2021
About 12,000 applicants turned to Russian Ombudsman via hotline in 2021 - officiallySince the beginning of 2021, Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has received 11,964 hotline calls from citizens.10:58 18.10.2021
New murder-related probe launched into Krasnoyarsk businessman BykovInvestigators have opened a new criminal case against Krasnoyarsk businessman Anatoly Bykov over incitement of murder17:37 15.10.2021
Cabinet backs ban on persons involved in extremism to work as pilots and flight attendantsThe Government Commission on Legislative Activities has approved an initiative to ban those involved in extremist activities, including those who publish posts on social networks that incite hatred and enmity, from working as pilots or flight attendants.15:29 15.10.2021
Russian hematologist granted $60k comensation for unfounded prosecutionMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Friday ordered Russia’s Finance Ministry to pay well-known hematologist Elena Misyurina 4.3 million rubles ($60,000) in compensation for damage caused by unfounded criminal prosecution against her.13:46 15.10.2021
State Duma backs United Russia bill on fines to persons abandoning petsThe draft law introducing fines to be paid by persons abandoning their pets, which had been developed by political party United Russia, was supported by the Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environment Protection of the lower house of the Russian parliament.12:52 15.10.2021
Russian Ombudsman urges data bank of victims in the zones of military conflictsRussia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova advocates the creation of a unified data bank of victims in the territories of military conflicts.10:54 15.10.2021
Moscow court to hear appeal against sentence of lawyer convicted of bribery mediationThe Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against sentence of lawyer Alexander Vershinin defending several defendants in notorious cases, who has received 2.5 years in penal colony for mediation in bribery, on October 26.17:45 14.10.2021
Liberty restriction of municipal lawmaker for sanitary breaches at illegal rally upheldThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld restriction of freedom for 1.5 years imposed on municipal lawmaker Dmitry Baranovsky in a case over violation of sanitary rules during an unauthorized rally held in the city in January.17:01 14.10.2021
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