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Tensions soar as US strives to balance gun rights, safety in Newtown’s aftermath

19:10 12/01/2013 As US Vice President Joe Biden evokes graphic images of small children “riddled with bullet holes” while lobbying for change in the aftermath of December’s Newtown massacre, guns and ammunition are flying off the shelves across the nation amidst mounting fears of sweeping legislative reform.

Pipeline adoptions hang in the balance as Russia, US dispute adoption ban protocol

17:06 10/01/2013 Russia’s ban on the adoption of its orphans by American citizens was fast-tracked in the aftermath of the US decision to impose sanctions against certain Russian individuals believed to have violated human rights in the context of the 2009 death of attorney Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow pre-trial detention center.

Top 10 criminal dramas of 2012

10:02 28/12/2012 2012 has left us with no shortage of criminal drama. In a year replete with momentous judgments, epic downfalls, political intrigue, and revolutionary aftermaths, RAPSI struggled to pick just ten events to highlight. Still, we have chosen the ten judgments that – in our view, and in no particular order – best illustrated 2012’s criminal legacy. Please note, we have excluded cases that occurred primarily within Russia, as those called for a list of their own.

Russia's most high-profile laws of 2012

12:09 24/12/2012 2012 has been a big year for Russia’s lawmakers. While at this point the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, has passed only slightly more than half the number of laws it had passed by this time last year (230 in 2012, compared to 430 in 2011), 2012’s legislative initiatives have packed a powerful punch, and have been subjected to unparalleled international media scrutiny.

Russia ranks low in new Transparency International corruption index

16:31 05/12/2012 Global anti-corruption advocacy group Transparency International released on Wednesday its raking of the world’s countries and territories based on perceived corruption within the public sector. The ranking is established according to a scale of zero to 100, 100 being perfection in anti-corruption terms, and zero being essentially disastrous corruption-wise. Two-thirds of the 176 countries assessed fell under the 50 mark, Russia included.

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Russian human rights advocates welcome release of actor Ustinov from detention

17:00 20/09/2019 Russia’s human rights advocates on Friday welcomed release of actor Pavel Ustinov, who had been earlier found guilty of inflicting bodily harm to law enforcement officer during an unauthorized rally, from detention.

St. Petersburg court denies investigators’ bid to detain banker in embezzlement case

11:37 20/09/2019 The Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg has dismissed the investigators’ motion for detention of board chairman of Prime Finance bank Mikhail Tabunov charged with cross-currency embezzlement of hundreds of millions from his financial organization.

Russian lawyer imprisoned for 4 years for attempted embezzlement

15:56 20/09/2019 A court in Russia’s Yaroslavl has sentenced attorney Vladimir Zubkov to 4 years behind bars for attempted embezzlement and falsification of documents.

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