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Obama presents sweeping gun reform plan in Sandy Hook's bloody aftermath

10:12 17/01/2013 US President Barrack Obama presented a comprehensive plan Wednesday aimed at curbing gun violence in the aftermath of the second-deadliest school shooting in US history – a massacre which claimed the lives of 20 small children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut last month.

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.

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Jail sentence of 27 July riots participant Malyshevsky reduced by 3 months

12:11 29/01/2020 The Moscow City Court on Wednesday reduced sentence given to Eduard Malyshevsky for assault on a police officer at the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27 from 3 years to 2 years and 9 months in jail.

Blogger denied reversal of sentence for threats against children of law enforcement

12:40 29/01/2020 The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Wednesday dismissed a cassation appeal filed by blogger Vladislav Sinitsa against his 5-year jail sentence for online calls for violence against children of law enforcement officers.

Russia’s patent agency upholds denial of Alcoholics Anonymous brand registration

13:02 29/01/2020 The Chamber for Patent Disputes has upheld an earlier Russian Federal Agency for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) decision to refuse registration of American Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. brand A.A.

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