Russian Supreme Court to hear opposition figures’ 2012 riot case sentence vacation claimThe Supreme Court’s Presidium will consider the possibility of vacation of sentence against Russian opposition activists Sergey Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev in the 2012 Bolotnaya Square riot case on September 16.18:13 25.08.2020
Activist convicted of assault on officer at illegal 2019 Moscow rally denied paroleA court in Russia’s Nizhny Tagil has refused to release activist Kirill Zhukov, who had committed an assault on a National Guard officer during an unauthorized rally in Moscow on July 27, 2019, on parole.13:01 20.08.2020
Activist Malyshevsky’s appeal against 2019 summer riots sentence dismissedThe Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by activist Eduard Malyshevsky against his sentence for assault on a police officer at the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27, 2019.12:45 05.08.2020
Ombudsman Moskalkova closely monitors situation around 33 Russians arrested in BelarusRussia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova closely follows the situation in Belarus, where 33 Russian nationals have been arrested on suspicion of instigating mass riots.12:17 31.07.2020
House arrest of For New Socialism movement leader extended for 3 monthsMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday extended house arrest of the leader of the movement For New Socialism Nikolay Platoshkin for another 3 months as part of a case over aiding and abetting mass riots and distribution of misleading information.13:53 30.07.2020
Four alleged participants of Moscow mass ethnic conflicts put in detentionFour persons allegedly involved in the mass inter-ethnic clashes in several Moscow districts have been placed in detention.13:24 28.07.2020
House arrest of For New Socialism movement leader upheldThe Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by the leader of the movement For New Socialism Nikolay Platoshkin against his house arrest in a case over aiding and abetting mass riots and distribution of misleading information.13:25 06.07.2020
Russia’s media watchdog restricts access to video pushing for riotsRussia’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked video containing calls to participation in mass riots and attacks against authorities.16:35 28.05.2020
Prosecution apologizes to ex-defendant in Moscow summer riots caseA prosecutor’s office has officialy apologized to a former defendant in a Moscow summer riots case Sergey Abanichev for unfounded prosecution.10:42 28.05.2020
Moscow court upholds 2.5-year sentence of 2012 Bolotnaya riots case defendantThe Moscow City Court has upheld 2.5-year prison sentence given in absentia to Dmitry Buchenkov, a defendant in the 2012 Bolotnaya riots case10:48 18.05.2020
Investigators open cases over violence against police at unlawful Vladikavkaz rallyThe North Ossetia republican directorate of Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened criminal cases over violence against police officers and Russian National Guard at an unauthorized rally in the town of Vladikavkaz.17:04 22.04.2020
Sentence of participant of illegal Moscow rally Surovtsev upheldThe Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed an appeal against a 2.5-year sentence given to participant of the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27 Sergey Surovtsev.15:43 20.04.2020
Two more cases launched over riots in Irkutsk Region penal colonyTwo new cases have been opened over riots in a penal colony situated in the Irkutsk Region.14:01 17.04.2020
Russian rights advocates urge measures preventing riots in prisons and detention centersRussia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has voiced its opinion that courts need to resume hearings on paroles, mitigating of punishments and transfers to corrective labor in order to bar riots in detention facilities.15:53 13.04.2020
Participant of illegal Moscow 27 July rally released after sentence mitigationThe Moscow City Court on Monday reduced a 1-year sentence given to activist Nikita Chirtsov for using force against a police officer during an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27 by one month. Chirtsov was released in the court due to the actual serving out the sentence.12:10 13.04.2020
Police $132k claim against organizers of illegal Moscow summer rallies set for April 15Moscow’s Simonovsky District Court will continue hearing a lawsuit filed by the Interior Ministry seeking to recover over 10 million rubles ($132,000 at the current exchange rate) from the organizers of the unauthorized summer rallies on April 15.10:59 08.04.2020
Protester’s sentence for assault on police officer at Moscow rally mitigatedThe Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has changed a place of serving sentence given to protester Danila Beglets for using violence against a police officer at an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27 from penal colony to penal colony settlement.13:21 27.03.2020
Appeal against sentence of escaped Moscow 2012 riot case defendant set for AprilThe Moscow City Cout is set to hear on April 21 an appeal against a 2.5-year prison sentence given in absentia to Dmitry Buchenkov for participation in the riots on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on May 6, 2012.17:44 26.03.2020
Russian opposition figures Udaltsov, Razvozzhayev seek to vacate 2012 riot case sentenceRussian opposition activists Sergey Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev have asked the Supreme Court’s Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev to overturn their sentence in the 2012 Bolotnaya Square riot case basing on the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).14:38 23.03.2020
Appeal against illegal Moscow rally activist sentence adjourned due to coronavirusThe Moscow City Court on Monday postoponed an appeal against sentence given to activist Nikita Chirtsov for using force against a police officer during an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27 because of the coronavirus infection10:54 23.03.2020