New case opened against voters' rights associationThe Justice Ministry has opened a new administrative offense case against the Golos association in defense of voters' rights, the ministry reported on its website on Monday.15:09 13.05.2013
Election monitoring NGO in trouble over foreign financingThe Justice Ministry has launched proceedings in the administrative case against the Golos association, an NGO for the protection of voters rights.17:54 09.04.2013
Russians face fines for income operations with foreign banksAccording to the amendments to the Russian Code of Administrative Offences which became effective on February 13, Russian nationals may lose the accruals in their accounts with foreign banks, for example interest from savings or rental income, if the revenue was not transferred via a Russian bank.10:26 14.02.2013
NTV journalists fined for disorderly conductA magistrate in Volgograd has found a reporter and a cameraman from the major national channel, NTV, guilty of disorderly conduct for conducting an interview with a pig.17:49 25.10.2012
Pussy Riot t-shirt "exchange" deemed administrative offenseArtist Artyom Loskutov stated on Wednesday that a Novisibirsk Central District commission had declared him in breach of administrative law for "selling" T-shirts in support of Pussy Riot.19:21 17.10.2012
Aeroflot not to incur responsibility for flights delayThe Moscow Commercial Court has refused the prosecutor's office's request to bring Aeroflot to administrative liability for delaying five flights.17:01 09.07.2012
Leading Russian airlines fined for violating anti-corruption lawRussia's leading airlines have been fined for violating laws on combating corruption after an inspection by the Moscow Prosecutor's Office.15:33 06.07.2012
Defense Ministry retains title to hotelThe Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed High Technology AG’s lawsuit to invalidate the federal authorities ownership of the ART Hotel located at the PFC CSKA stadium.12:51 25.06.2012
New protest law in detailOn June 5, the State Duma passed the draft law and the Federation Council approved it the following day. The draft was then signed into law by President Vladimir Putin.17:34 13.06.2012
Siberian artist to be fined for posters in support of Pussy RiotThe city prosecutor's office has concluded that posters of icons, which appeared around Novosibirsk in March, in support of the Pussy Riot female punk group were put up by local artist Artyom Loskutov.11:24 08.06.2012
Outlawed party leader's trial rescheduledMagistrates court has postponed until June 21 its hearing of an administrative case against Eduard Limonov, renowed writer and a leader of outlawed National Bolshevik party, charged with violating regulations on organizing and holding rallies.12:46 07.06.2012
Activist appeals fine for gay propaganda in St. PetersburgGender rights organization founder Nikolai Alekseyev has filed an appeal against a magistrate court's decision fining him $165 for promoting homosexuality among under-aged individuals.17:02 14.05.2012
Infamous Ponzi scheme founder continues to evade justiceBailiffs failed to bring the notorious Ponzi scheme founder Sergei Mavrodi to the Moscow Magistrates Court for a hearing.15:02 30.03.2012
Hearing of Mavrodi's administrative case postponed againThe Moscow Khamovnichesky Court has once again postponed until April 3 the hearing of the administrative case against Sergei Mavrodi. In the early 1990s, millions of people suffered from Mavrodi's MMM Ponzi scheme. He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for fraud and was released only in May 2007.14:14 29.03.2012
Infamous Ponzi scheme founder avoids justiceThe defense attorney of notorious MMM Ponzi scheme founder Sergei Mavrodi told journalists that he knows nothing about the whereabouts of his client.14:15 28.03.2012
Administrative arrest to be regulated by federal lawThe State Duma has adopted amendments in the first reading pursuant to which an administrative arrest will be regulated by a federal law for the first time in Russia.10:59 26.03.2012
Opposition leader's case suspended for indefinite periodA court postponed a case of Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov for an indefinite time. The opposition activist was detained on Sunday for participating in the unauthorized protest rally at the Ostankino television and radio tower.13:18 19.03.2012
Gay lifestyle promotion banned in St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg governor has signed a high-profile city law imposing fines for promoting homosexual relations among underage children as well as pedophilia.17:24 11.03.2012
Prospectors team fined $36,000 for illegal gold miningRegional environmental prosecutors office uncovered illegal gold mining and unauthorized seizure of a 10,000 square meter area in Amur Region.10:38 23.09.2011