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Russia sentences four members of banned Islamic group to long prison terms

Four members of Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami organization who were planning to carry out a terrorist attack in the city of Nizhny Novgorod were sentenced to prison terms ranging from eight to ten years.

17:41 30.04.2015

Russian police suspend investigation into attack on Pussy Riot member

Police in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod have suspended an investigation of an attack on Maria Alyokhina, member of the infamous feminist punk group Pussy Riot.

12:58 15.12.2014

Alyokhina mulls humanitarian activity after release - attorney

Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, who was pardoned and released from prison on Monday, plans to engage in human rights activism, her attorney Pyotr Zaikin told the press.

12:41 23.12.2013

Pussy Riot member's request to open case against prison official dismissed

Investigators have dismissed a request filed by convicted Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova to initiate a case against the deputy warden of her Mordovian colony.

12:41 24.10.2013

Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova goes on another hunger strike

Jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova went again on a hunger strike on Friday, the department of the Federal Service for Execution of Punishment for Mordovia told RIA Novosti.

12:28 18.10.2013

Pussy Riot's Alyokhina recalls sentence mitigation appeal

Jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has recalled her motion to mitigate the 2 year prison sentence.

10:54 18.10.2013

Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova files another sentence mitigation motion

The documents necessary to hear a motion for the mitigation of sentence for jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have been filed with Zubovo-Polyansky court of Mordovia.

12:46 14.10.2013

Investigators extend probe in Tolokonnikova's claims of threats in prison

The Investigative Committee has extended the probe of a Mordovian prison opened after a complaint filed by jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.

12:40 03.10.2013

Tolokonnikova's hunger strike is a set up - Russia's Human Rights Council

A hunger strike declared by Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been preplanned and coordinated outside, Russia's Council for Human Rights announced on its website Tuesday.

16:28 01.10.2013

Investigators receive Tolokonnikova's complaint against exploitation of convicts

The Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee for Mordovia has received a request filed by lawyer Dmitry Dinze seeking an inspection and initiation of a case against the authorities of the prison colony where Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is currently serving out a two-year term.

13:45 01.10.2013

Pussy Riot member Tolokonnikova's request for transfer to another colony rejected

Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's request to transfer her to another colony has been rejected, lawyer Dmitry Dinze told RIA Novosti on Friday.

15:56 27.09.2013

Pussy Riot member Alyokhina’s sentence appeal postponed until Oct. 18

A Nizhny Novgorod court Thursday postponed until October 18 a hearing to settle whether jailed Pussy Riot punk group member Maria Alyokhina should be granted a mitigation for the remaining part of her sentence.

12:47 26.09.2013

Pussy Riot member Alyokhina's sentencing appeal - live broadcast

The Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) is hosting a live text broadcast of a hearing to settle whether jailed Pussy Riot punk group member Maria Alyokhina will be granted a mitigation for the remaining part of her sentence.

19:30 25.09.2013

Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova put in solitary

Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been put in solitary for the duration of inspection after the complaints about threats directed against her.

11:07 24.09.2013

Pussy Riot’s Tolokonnikova goes on hunger strike in prison

Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has gone on a hunger strike, her lawyer Yekaterina Khrunova told RAPSI on Monday.

12:06 23.09.2013

Pussy Riot member Alyokhina's sentence mitigation appeal set for Sep. 26

Avtozavodsky district court of Nizhny Novgorod will consider on September 26 a request filed by jailed Pussy Riot punk group member Maria Alyokhina to mitigate the remaining part of her sentence.

13:46 03.09.2013

Pussy Riot's Alyokhina to serve sentence in Nizhny Novgorod

Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has been transferred from Perm to Nizhny Novgorod region. She will continue serving her sentence in one of the local prisons, the regional department of the Federal Service for Execution of Punishment told RIA Novosti on Monday.

14:44 05.08.2013

Prosecutors probe Russian state official over foreign villa

Prosecutors in central Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region launched a probe in regard to a regional deputy governor on allegations that the state official owns an undeclared property abroad.

10:17 02.08.2013

Prison guards used force against Pussy Riot's Alyokhina

Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has not fulfill the legitimate demand of the prison guards, and they were obliged to commit an act of coercion, Stanislav Volegov, a spokesman for the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Perm Territory, told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

16:58 18.07.2013

Complaint against denial of parole to Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova sent to Supreme Court

The Zubovo-Polyansky Court of the Republic of Mordovia has sent to the republic's Supreme Court a complaint against the lower court's decision to deny parole to Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.

10:20 02.07.2013