Russian Cabinet to allocate $200 mln for repayment of mortgages for large familiesAnother 14.5 billion rubles ($200 million at the current exchange rate) are to be allocated to compensate mortgage loan payments of large families. The respective order has been signed by Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.15:52 22.10.2021
Russian Civic Chamber member urges legal ban on public campaigning against vaccinationPeople engaged in public campaigning against COVID-19 vaccination must be held accountable before the law, Deputy Chair of the Civic Chamber Commission on Demography, Protection of Family, Children and Traditional Family Values Pavel Pozhigailo believes.13:17 22.10.2021
Termination of bankruptcy proceedings against ex-Promsvyazbank owner’s wife upheldThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has dismissed a motion of PJSC Promsvyazbank (PSB) seeking to terminate the bankruptcy proceedings against the wife of the former owner of the bank Dmitry Ananyev, Lyudmila.11:04 22.10.2021
Croatia extradites Russian national charged with $3 mln attempted fraudCroatia will extradite to Russia businessman Dmitry Osinin, who stands charged with attempting to fraudulently obtain 210 million rubles ($3 million )in exchange for "help" in a criminal case.16:42 21.10.2021
Defendant in embezzlement case of ex- Deputy Minister of Education to stay in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld detention of the former CEO of the Fund for New Forms of Education Development Maxim Inkin, one of the defendants in a case against ex-Deputy Minister of Education and Sberbank vice-president Marina Rakova.13:18 21.10.2021
Top cybersecurity executive loses appeal against detention in treason caseThe Moscow City Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by the founder of a leading Russian cybersecurity company Ilya Sachkov charged with treason against his detention.12:54 21.10.2021
Moscow court bans sales of 61 models of Samsung smartphones in RussiaThe Moscow Commercial Court has banned the Korean company Samsung and its Russian division from importing, selling and storing 61 models of Samsung smartphones in the territory of the Russian Federation.11:59 21.10.2021
Five convicted of Nazism rehabilitation in Russia in first half of 2021Five individuals were convicted of the rehabilitation of Nazism in Russia in the first six months of 2021, according to the official statistics of the Supreme Court’s Justice Department.10:56 21.10.2021
Moscow court to hear appeal against house arrest of Shaninka rector in embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court will hear a prosecutor's appeal against house arrest of the rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev in a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case on October 27.17:55 20.10.2021
Russian government backs bill enabling life sentences for paedophilesRussia's government has backed a bill proposed by the United Russia party to introduce life sentences for pedophiles, according to Chair of the State Duma Information Policy Committee Alexander Khinshtein.17:01 20.10.2021
Dismissal of Navalny’s defamation lawsuit against President’s spokesman becomes finalThe Moscow City Court has upheld the dismissal of defamation claims lodged by Alexey Navalny against the Russian President’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov and ITAR-TASS.15:40 20.10.2021
YouTube blogger Yury Dud fined $1,400 for drug propagandaMoscow's Zyuzinsky District Court on Wednesday fined prominent Russian YouTube blogger Yury Dud 100,000 rubles ($1,400) in a drug propaganda case.13:11 20.10.2021
Cassation instance upholds seizure of $4 billion assets of ex-Promsvyazbank ownerThe Moscow District Commercial Court has dismissed a cassation appeal of the financial manager of assets belonging to the former owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananyev against the seizure of property worth 282.2 billion rubles ($4 billion).12:08 20.10.2021
Case of Rusaviainvest sanctioned by US stuck in limbo in courtLawyers are studying the situation with the Rusaviainvest case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which for more than a year has showed no sign of progress due to the problem of accessing classified information because of the pandemic.10:36 20.10.2021
Remote work for 30% of enterprises’ employees again ordered in MoscowMoscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Tuesday signed an order on the remote work for at least 30% of the city enterprises’ employees starting October 25.17:29 19.10.2021
Over 400,000 materials with prohibited content removed since January by Russian regulatorIn the period from January through September this year, more than 427,000 materials with prohibited content were blocked on the Internet.16:51 19.10.2021
Police report decrease in street crime rate in RussiaThe total number of crimes committed in public areas downed by 5.4% in Russia as of the first nine months of 2021.16:05 19.10.2021
Prosecutors insist on detention of higher institution rector involved in embezzlement caseThe Moscow Prosecutor’s Office filed an appeal seeking to overturn a court ruling dismissing a detention plea and ordering the rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev to be put under house arrest in a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case.13:01 19.10.2021
Russian court bans Men’s State organizationThe Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court has granted a prosecutors’ claim to prohibit the activities of Men’s State non-governmental organization throughout Russia.10:28 19.10.2021
Preferential calculation of pretrial detention terms applies only to detained personsThe preferential rules for counting the time spent in a pretrial detention centers do not apply to those sentenced to imprisonment in general regime colonies or colony-settlements, if they are transferred to pretrial detention centers in connection with some other criminal case and are not taken into custody.17:41 18.10.2021