Opposition activist Udaltsov to remain under house arrestThe Moscow City Court has extended until September 10 the time under house arrest of Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov who stands accused of having organized riots in May 2012, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI.16:50 06.06.2014
Appeal against verdict in 2012 Moscow riots case to be considered on June 19The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal filed by eight activists against the verdict in the 2012 Bolotnaya riots case on June 19, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI on Wednesday.15:40 04.06.2014
Another suspect in 2012 Moscow riots case detainedMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for activist Dmitri Ishevsky, suspected of participating in the riots that engulfed central Moscow in May 2012, the court told RAPSI.16:25 28.05.2014
Ukrainian authorities seek access to ex-prosecutor Pshonka’s archivesUkraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office is in talks to obtain the archives of ex-Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka with a “paramilitary group” that took part in the Maidan protests. The prosecutors believe that the archives contain information about the authorities’ struggles against the protestors, the office’s press service announced on Monday.10:22 20.05.2014
Man suspected of involvement in Lithuanian 1991 unrest detained in ItalyFormer Soviet serviceman has been detained in Italy on suspicion of involvement in clashes in January 1991 after declaration of independence from the USSR, Lithuania’s prosecutor Thomas Krushna announced Friday.14:49 16.05.2014
Prosecutors present evidence in Russian opposition activists' coup caseProsecutors on Tuesday completed presenting their evidence in the case against Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov and activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who face charges of organizing riots in May 2012, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI.17:32 13.05.2014
Russian Civic Chamber to turn to ECHR over Odessa massacre - reportMembers of the Russian Civic Chamber are to file an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Ukraine over Odessa tragedy which left 46 dead.10:07 05.05.2014
Ukrainian prosecutors investigate 47 cases over protests in KievKiev Prosecutor’s Office is investigating 47 criminal cases connected with the protests on the Independecne Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in Kiev, prosecutor Nikolai Gerasimyuk told the press on Wednesday13:59 30.04.2014
Poland launches investigation into alleged Ukrainian nationalists trainingPolish prosecutors have opened a criminal case against unidentified persons suspected of training Ukrainian nationalists who took part in mass riots in Ukrainian capital, Przemyslaw Nowak, spokesman for the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw, told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.10:30 29.04.2014
ICC to hold preliminary hearing over events in UkraineProsecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda is beginning a preliminary hearing on the events in Ukraine that occurred between November 29, 2013, and February 22, 2014, the court announced in its press release Friday.16:40 25.04.2014
Russian suspected of involvement in 1991 unrest to remain in detention in LithuaniaThe Vilnius District Court has rejected an appeal filed by attorney Galina Kardanovskaya challenging the detention of Russian national Yuri Mel (born 1968) suspected of involvement in clashes in January 1991 after declaration of independence from the USSR, representative of the Russian embassy in Lithuania Alexander Mamayev told RAPSI on Thursday.14:23 24.04.2014
Opposition activist guilty of inciting riots released on paroleThe Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow on Thursday released Konstantin Lebedev who has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for organizing mass riots on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on May 6, 2012, on parole, RAPSI reports from the courtroom .12:25 24.04.2014
Arrested Ukrainian riot police chief suspected of ordering shootingsThe Court of Appeal has amended the pre-trial holding conditions for Dmitry Sadovnik, chief of the Berkut special police force, from house arrest to detention, on suspicion of organizing the shooting of protesters on Maidan Square last February, the UNIAN agency reported Tuesday.11:16 23.04.2014
Kiev riot police detained over protest shootingsThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday reported that 12 members of the Berkut riot police battalion have been detained on suspicion of their roles in the live-ammo shootings that occurred during the Kiev protests in February.12:39 03.04.2014
Ukraine seeks arrest of former Interior Ministry officialsUkraine’s former Deputy Interior Minister Viktor Ratushniak, and ex-commander of Interior Ministry forces Stanislac Shuliak, have been put on a wanted list, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced Friday.13:40 14.03.2014
Ukrainian police reports on the number of weapons stolen by radicals in LvivFirearms, munitions and over a dozen rocket grenade launchers have been stolen from the Interior Troops’ depots in the Lviv Region, a source at the Ukrainian Interior Ministry told RIA Novosti.11:36 14.03.2014
Russian detained in Lithuania on suspicion of involvement in 1991 unrestRussian embassy in Lithuania will protect the legal interests of Russian national Yuri Mel (born 1968) who has been detained on suspicion of involvement in clashes in January 1991 after declaration of independence from the USSR, representative of the embassy Alexander Mamayev told RIA Novosti.10:34 14.03.2014
Russian opposition activist Razvozzhayev to remain in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld the detention of activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who faces charges of organizing riots in May 2012 along with Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI.14:39 04.03.2014
Russian government rejects ECHR concerns over Bolotnaya caseThe Russian Government has sent a memorandum to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg to answer the claims of three defendants in the Bolotnaya case, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI.16:56 26.02.2014
Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office begins unrest murders investigationThe main investigative department of Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has opened an official investigation into the murders during the mass protest action in November 2013 – February 2014, according to the statement posted on the office’s website on Wednesday.15:43 26.02.2014