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Sentences brought to the eight convicted of 2012 Moscow riots

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday sentenced eight activists to prison terms of three to four years in prison for participation in Moscow's 2012 Bolotnaya riots, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

13:57 24.02.2014

Yanukovich’s whereabouts unknown - Ukrainian Security Service

Ukrainian Security Service has no information on the current whereabouts of president Viktor Yanukovich, and does not confirm reports of his detainment in Crimea, Ukrinform agency reports on Monday.

11:56 24.02.2014

2012 Bolotnaya protesters found guilty

Eight Russian opposition activists were found guilty of mass rioting and using violence against authorities over a 2012 anti-Kremlin rally Friday, as more than 100 people who had gathered outside the courtroom to show their support for the defendants were detained by police.

15:52 21.02.2014

Eight convicted in 2012 Moscow riots case

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Friday convicted eight activists charged in connection with Moscow's 2012 Bolotnaya riots, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

15:34 21.02.2014

Ukrainian President Yanukovich announces early elections

Ukrainian Presdient Viktor Yanukovich on Friday declared that he is intitating the return to the 2004 constitution with redestributing power towards parliamentary republic form of government, and announced early presidential elections.

15:18 21.02.2014

Radical protesters break truce, open fire on police in Kiev

Prosecutors have opened fire on police in down town Kiev, thus breaking the truce, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's press service announced reported on Friday.

12:40 21.02.2014

Death toll is on the rise in ongoing Kiev clashes

The number of deaths in the ongoing clashes between the protesters and police in Kiev has officialy risen to 35, the Ukranian Health Ministry announced Thursday.

15:06 20.02.2014

US imposes visa sanctions against Ukrainian officials

The US are imposing visa sanctions against 20 Ukrainian officials who are allegedly responsible for the escalation of violence, the US State Department declared on Thursday.

10:40 20.02.2014

Over 40 ciminal cases initiated amid escalating clashes in Kiev

Ukraine's Interior Ministry has initiated nearly 40 new criminal cases following the violence that escalated in Kiev Tuesday, and reports that 58 persons have been detained.

16:28 19.02.2014

25 people reported dead in resumed Kiev riots

Ukrainian Healthcare Ministry reports 25 people dead as a a result of a newly escalating violent standoff between the anti-governmental protesters and the security forces trying to clear out downtown Kiev.

11:04 19.02.2014

Kiev police investigate five deaths as protesters storm parliament building

Large-scale protests resumed in Kiev on Tuesday as an increasingly aggressive crowd stormed the Ukrainian Parliament building, demanding the return of opposition control of the parliament and the presidency.

19:29 18.02.2014

Injured, fatalities reported in new clashes in Kiev

Almost 40 people saught medical attention as a result of a violent clash between protesters and the police in downtown Kiev, a Kiev City Healthcare department spokesperson Natalia Vyshnevskaya told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

18:21 18.02.2014

Three Bolotnaya rioters pardoned under Russian amnesty

Three defendants in the 2012 Bolotnaya riots case have been pardoned pursuant to a broad amnesty spearheaded by Russian President Vladimir Putin, their attorneys told RAPSI on Monday.

16:29 17.02.2014

Protest amnesty law takes effect in Ukraine

A law on amnesty that pardons those who participated in mass protests in Ukraine from December 27 till February will take effect on Monday. The protesters began to release occupied government buildings on Sunday, which the main condition for the amnesty.

11:35 17.02.2014

All detained Ukrainian protesters set free – opposition

The Ukrainian National Resistanse Hedquarters reported on Friday that all protesters detained during the recent unrest have been released from custody.

16:26 14.02.2014

Ukrainian Interior Ministry denies allegations of missing protesters

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry denies allegations that 60 people have gone missing since the protests in Kiev began, according to a statement released by the ministry Thursday.

14:22 13.02.2014

Opposition newspaper to pay out $12k in compensation to Moscow judges

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld the ruling of the Basmanny District Court which ordered opposition-minded newspaper Novaya Gazeta and journalist Nikita Girin to pay out 410,000 rubles ($11,848) in compensatory damages for moral harm to two active Moscow City Court judges and one of their retired colleagues.

16:30 10.02.2014

Criminal case opened over explosion at protest HQ in Kiev

A criminal case was initiated after an explosion rocked Trade Union House in Kiev, the current base of operations of the pro-Eurozone protesters, acting head of Kiev police Valery Mazan told the reporters on Thursday.

10:52 07.02.2014

Review of Russian opposition activists' case rejected

The Moscow City Court on Thursday refused to return for reviewal the case against Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov and activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who face charges of organizing riots in May 2012, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

14:11 06.02.2014

Navalny pays off fine in timber embezzlement case

Opposition activist Alexei Navalny has paid a 500,000 ruble ($14,302) fine imposed on him in the “Kirovles” embezzlement case, Russia's Federal Bailiff Service reported Thursday.

11:47 06.02.2014