Bolotnaya rioter pardoned under Russian amnestyDmitry Altaichinov, who participated in the May 2012 protest rally in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow, on Thursday was pardoned pursuant to a broad amnesty spearheaded by Russian President Vladimir Putin.12:34 16.01.2014
Navalny brothers’ appeal against asset seizure to be heard January 15The Moscow City Court will hear the appeal against the asset seizure of opposition activist Alexei Navalny as part of the proceedings in the Yves Rocher Vostok embezzlement case on January 15.13:25 13.01.2014
Fugitive Moscow 2012 rioter pardoned under Russian amnestyAnastasia Rybachenko, an opposition activist whose arrest was ordered in absentia in Russia for her participation in a large-scale Moscow protest in May 2012 and put on an international wanted list, has been pardoned pursuant to a broad amnesty.18:50 10.01.2014
Bolotnaya riots case moved to another court – lawyerThe Zamoskvoretsky District Court will consider the case against activists who participated in the May 2012 protest rally in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow.17:10 30.12.2013
Pussy Riot is not after Khodorkovsky’s moneyPardoned Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina aren’t looking for any financial help from the recently freed YUKOS ex-CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the women said during a Dozhd TV channel press conference held Friday.14:50 27.12.2013
Prosecutors to reconsider case against Russian opposition activistsThe Moscow City Court has sent the case against Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov and activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who face charges of organizing riots in May 2012, to prosecutors for further investigation based on errors that had been revealed.15:46 26.12.2013
Another Bolotnaya Riots participant faces trialThe case of Dmitry Altaichinov, who participated in the May 2012 protest rally in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow, has been sent to court, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Monday.15:06 23.12.2013
Elite riot police storm opposition-held Kiev city hallElite riot police squad “Berkut” and Interior Ministry forces are storming the Kiev city hall building, which was earlier occupied by the pro-Eurozone opposition protesters, RIA Novosti reports from the scene.11:15 11.12.2013
Opposition leader Navalny excluded from the upcoming amnesty draftThe amnesty draft, submitted to the State Duma by Russian President Vladimir Putin, would not apply to opposition leader Alexey Navalny, found guilty in the «Kirovles» embezzlement case.13:46 10.12.2013
Police break up protesters' barricades in KievPolice moved in on protesters in Ukraine’s capital in the early hours of Tuesday, breaking up the last of their street barricades and driving the demonstrators into Kiev’s central square in an ongoing push to clear major protest sites.11:34 10.12.2013
Opposition newspaper to pay out $12k in compensation to Moscow City Court judgesMoscow's Basmanny District Court has ordered opposition-minded newspaper Novaya Gazeta and journalist Nikita Girin to pay out 410,000 rubles ($12,381) in compensatory damages for moral harm to an active Moscow City Court judge and one of his retired colleagues.19:38 06.12.2013
Russian opposition activist Udaltsov handed down Moscow-riot indictmentLeft Front leader and opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov on Friday received from the Prosecutor General's Office a 793-page indictment connected with the 2012 Moscow riot caseю16:51 06.12.2013
Moscow City Court judges file defamation suit against opposition newspaperMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on December 11 will consider a defamation lawsuit filed by an active Moscow City Court judge and one of his retired colleagues against opposition-minded newspaper Novaya Gazeta14:49 28.11.2013
Russian opposition leaders' case to be considered after New Year holidaysA court will begin the hearing on the merits of the case against Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov and activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who have been charged with organizing riots on May 6, 2012, after New Year holidays, Udaltsov's lawyer Nikolai Polozov told RAPSI on Monday.14:03 25.11.2013
Ukrainian police initiate criminal case against pro-Eurozone protestersUkrainian police initiated a criminal case after pro-European integration demonstrators tried to storm the administrative building for the Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev on Sunday.11:44 25.11.2013
Putin on Bolotnaya Square riot defendants: Those who deserve it, will be pardonedSpeaking about those accused in the Bolotnaya Square riot case at a meeting with writers and literary critics, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that those who should be pardoned will be pardoned.17:08 21.11.2013
Former Russian opposition mayoral candidate Shein treated for stab woundsFormer Astrakhan mayoral candidate Oleg Shein (A Just Russia party) was hospitalized with stab wounds.12:02 21.11.2013
Defense demands to dismiss case against Russian opposition leader UdaltsovLawyers have filed with the Investigative Committee a request to terminate a criminal case in relation to Left Front leader, opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov, owing to the absence of elements of a crime in his actions, according to Udaltsov's Twitter account.13:18 18.11.2013
Navalny’s challenge to of mayoral election reaches Russian Supreme CourtAn appeal filed by former mayoral nominee and opposition leader Alexei Navalny, against the refusal to annul the recent mayoral elections in Moscow has reached the Russian Supreme Court.13:53 12.11.2013
Tymoshenko’s attorney questioned over alleged spousal abuse incidentSergei Vlasenko, the defense attorney representing former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, is to be questioned by the Prosecutor General’s Office concerning an assault on his ex-wife.12:24 12.11.2013