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Police ruling on undesirability of stand-up comic’s stay in Russia suspended

12:48 16/09/2021 Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Thursday suspended the Interior Ministry’s order designating the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been earlier placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent.

Stay of stand-up comic guilty of xenophobic jokes declared undesirable in Russia

14:33 30/08/2021 Russia’s Interior Ministry has designated the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been earlier placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, undesirable.

Journalist Union urges to put end to discrimination against Russian journalists abroad

17:53 19/08/2021 The unprecedented pressure on Russian journalists abroad must be immediately and completely stopped, the Union of Journalists of Russia has stated.

Russophobes may be barred from entering Russia – draft law

14:36 19/08/2021 The United Russia party lawmakers have drafted a bill to ban Russophobes from entering the country.

Stand-up comic loses appeal against sentence for xenophobic jokes about Russians

13:35 11/08/2021 The Moscow City Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, against his sentence.

Stand-up comic appeals sentence for xenophobic jokes about Russians

16:27 10/08/2021 Stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, appealed his sentence.

Stand-up comic detained for 10 days for xenophobic jokes about Russians

16:52 09/08/2021 Moscow’s Tagansky District Court on Monday placed stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent.

Assault on Russian speakers abroad may result in ban on entry into Russia – State Duma

15:07 09/08/2021 Lawmakers on Monday proposed to prohibit people committing assaults on Russian-speaking persons abroad from entering Russia.

Ombudsman Moskalkova urges international community to protect Russian speakers in Ukraine

16:00 30/07/2021 Russian Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has called international human rights organizations to take measures to prevent further discrimination of the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine.

Russian Civic Chamber member urges UN to take fair and unbiased stand on Crimea

17:46 09/07/2021 Ivan Abazher, a member of the Russian Civic Chamber Commission on Security and Cooperation with Public Supervisory Commissions, has urged the UN to fairly and objectively react to Ukraine's actions in relation to Crimea.

Moskalkova exasperated by crack down on rights of Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine

17:39 11/06/2021 A bill on indigenous peoples of Ukraine submitted by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to the Verkhovna Rada ignores Russians as natives of the country, according to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova.

Russia’s antimonopoly watchdog suspects Yandex of market discrimination

11:07 25/02/2021 Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has issued a warning to Yandex company over creation of discriminatory conditions in the search engine.

Rights activists to turn to CoE over discrimination of Russian-speaking residents of Latvia

16:44 10/02/2021 The Standing Commission on International Cooperation in Human Rights of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council plans to draft a letter to Russia’s Foreign Ministry, which the body is to readdress to Latvian authorities and the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner over discrimination of Russian speakers in that country, Council member Alexander Brod informs RAPSI.

Russian Human Rights Council supports court ruling on discrimination in Aeroflot

15:29 07/09/2017 Russia’s Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights has supported a ruling of the Moscow City Court in favor of Aeroflot airline’s stewardess Irina Iyerusalimskaya over discrimination on the basis of clothing size.

Russian antimonopoly watchdog files case against Metro Cash & Carry

12:52 28/08/2017 The Moscow regional office of the Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has filed a case against Metro Cash & Carry and Lenta chain stores over discrimination of suppliers.

ECHR rules Russian 'gay propaganda' ban to be discriminatory

13:25 20/06/2017 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russian authorities have violated right to freedom of expression and discriminated gay right activists by adopting a law banning propaganda of non‑traditional sexual relations aimed at minors.

HIV positive Ukrainian allowed to stay in Russia

17:56 18/08/2015 The Kirovsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Tuesday found invalid a Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare resolution that determined the status of an HIV positive Ukrainian national’s stay in Russia as undesirable due to his condition.

Russian investigators open case on humiliation and discrimination of disabled person

12:02 13/08/2015 Russian investigators have opened a case on humiliation of a person’s dignity after an incident at a Nizhny Novgorod café involving the family of famous model Natalia Vodianova.

Russian bus company fined for refusing service to passenger wearing hijab

13:57 07/11/2014 The Kaliningrad Central Court fined a bus company that refused to carry a passenger wearing a hijab, the press service of the court told RAPSI.

ECHR looks into Russia’s treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses

17:15 25/03/2014 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) communicated a vast collection of complaints this month to Russia in connection with the treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses throughout the country.

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