US visa ban sought for Russian lawmakers 'responsible' for gay propaganda lawSignatures are being gathered for a petition to the White House to impose US visa bans on two Russian lawmakers who, the plea says, were personally responsible for the country's laws against promoting homosexuality.14:14 29.07.2013
US Department of State may expand Magnitsky listThe US Department of State is considering the possibility of expanding the scope of the Magnitsky list. The Magnitsky List now includes the names of 18 Russian officials who are barred from travelling to the United States.11:14 12.07.2013
No notification regarding Magnitsky list from London - Russian FMRussia has not received an official notification from the UK authorities on banning Russian officials on the US Magnitsky List from entering the UK, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.14:45 09.07.2013
Russians on Magnitsky List barred from entering UK – mediaThe UK Home Office has banned 60 Russian officials allegedly involved in the prison death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 from entering the UK.09:36 09.07.2013
Russian popular social network blacklisted by mistake - watchdogVKontakte, Russia's largest social networking website, was put on the list of websites hosting prohibited content by mistake, says Russian telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor spokesman Vladimir Pikov.14:22 24.05.2013
Wikipedia cannabis article blacklisted in RussiaWikipedia's Russian edition has received a new request from the telecoms watchdog Roskomnadzor that its article on cannabis smoking is blacklisted.18:22 08.05.2013
Bailiffs remove travel ban for people with debts under $160Bailiffs try not to prevent people whose debts do not exceed 5,000 rubles ($160) from traveling abroad, a senior official told journalists on Thursday.10:44 12.04.2013
Finnish minister apologizes for 'wrong' Putin blacklistingFinland’s Interior Minister Paivi Rasanen has apologized to Russian President Vladimir Putin after he was erroneously put on a secret blacklist of people with connections to criminal activity.12:40 11.04.2013
Russian MP asks Obama to put him on Magnitsky ListA Russian deputy from the northwestern Leningrad Region’s legislative assembly, who is also the leader of the ruling United Russia party’s regional branch, has asked US President Barack Obama to put him on the so-called Magnitsky List.09:52 10.04.2013
Wikipedia article on cannabis to be removed from blacklistExperts from the telecoms and drug control regulators have approved the new wording of the Wikipedia article on cannabis smoking and will start the procedure of removing it from the black list of prohibited websites shortly.10:54 09.04.2013
US congressman proposes 280 names to go on the Magnitsky listJim McGovern (D-MA), one of the original sponsors of the Magnitsky Act, has forwarded the presidential administration his own list of 280 Russian officials he believes should be on the State Department's Magnitsky list.12:08 05.04.2013
Ten-year entry ban proposed for immigration law violatorsForeigners who repeatedly violated Russian immigration rules will be banned from entering the country for 10 years.17:16 04.04.2013
Number of blacklisted pro-suicide websites triples in Russia over two weeksThe number of blacklisted websites containing pro-suicide information has more than tripled in less than a month to 1,479 pages, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications reports.15:02 02.04.2013
YouTube seeks to resolve suicide video dispute via unorthodox routes - regulatorThe consumer rights regulator (Rospotrebnadzor) has claimed that YouTube LLC, which has appealed to the courts to invalidate the regulator's decision to ban one of its videos for containing pro-suicide information, has been using extra-judicial and even illegal methods to resolve the dispute.12:15 02.04.2013
Russian officials who banned US adoptions should be Magnitsky-listed - US SenatorUS Congress will insist that Russian officials who contributed to the ban on the adoption of Russian children by American parents should be included on the Magnitsky list, newspaper Kommersant has cited Benjamin Cardin, a Democratic senator from Maryland.12:13 06.03.2013
US official denied Russian visa, cites Magnitsky RowA senior US lawmaker has been denied a Russian visa in what he said was likely a retaliatory move for the Magnitsky Act, a US law sanctioning Russian officials accused of human rights abuses.09:58 28.02.2013
Travel restrictions on debtors to be lifted more quicklyThe procedure for lifting a debtor's travel restrictions will now only take 12 hours after he pays his debt, the Federal Bailiffs Service told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.18:22 19.02.2013
Sites advocating child-free lifestyle shut down by Russian prosecutorsRussia's most popular social network VKontakte has shut down community pages and profiles promoting a "child-free" lifestyle upon the order of the St. Petersburg Prosecutor's Office.17:04 15.02.2013
Russian consumer watchdog says it is studying YouTube's lawsuitRussian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor is studying YouTube’s lawsuit against it, the watchdog’s head, says Russia’s chief state health inspector Gennady Onishchenko.10:57 15.02.2013
Citizens ask US to sanction Dutch officials over Russian oppositionist's suicideA petition has been published on the White House's website requesting that the US Congress compile a Dolmatov list featuring all Dutch officials deemed responsible for Russian opposition activist Alexander Dolmatov's suicide.15:55 24.01.2013