Appeal against top cybersecurity executive's detention in treason case set for October 21The Moscow City Court will hear an appeal filed against detention of the founder of a leading Russian cybersecurity company Ilya Sachkov charged with treason on October 21.14:59 04.10.2021
Convicted ex-penitentiary official Korshunov seeks release from prison through illnessEx- deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov convicted of embezzlement has filed a motion seeking to release him because of grave illness.13:35 04.10.2021
Top cybersecurity executive challenges detention in treason caseThe chief executive of a leading Russian cybersecurity company Ilya Sachkov has filed an appeal against his detention in a treason case.12:04 04.10.2021
Ex-Mayor of Russia’s Vladivostok arrested on graft allegationsA former Mayor of Russia’s Vladivostok Oleg Gumenyuk has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes.11:11 04.10.2021
Russian Ombudsman’s hotline flooded with applicants’ calls in 2021Russia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has received over 11,000 hotline calls since the start of the year.10:29 04.10.2021
Two Scientology-related NGOs included in Russia's list of undesirable organizationsThe Justice Ministry has added two foreign scientology-related organizations to the list of NGOs undesirable in Russia.18:02 01.10.2021
Former Khabarovsk Governor Furgal to remain in detention in murder case until winterThe Moscow City Court on Friday extended detention of the former Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai Sergey Furgal charged with contract murders until December 7.16:03 01.10.2021
Memorial NGO fined $4,000 for violation of foreign agents lawMoscow's Tverskoy District Court on Friday fined Memorial human rights center 300,000 rubles ($4,000) for breaching the order of the operation of non-commercial organizations discharging the foreign agent's functions.15:41 01.10.2021
Kuznetsova relieved of post of Russia's Child Rights CommissionerPresident Vladimir Putin relieved Anna Kuznetsova of the post of Russia's Child Rights Commissioner as she had been elected as a State Duma lawmaker.15:18 01.10.2021
Vice-president of Russia's Sberbank accused of embezzlement escapes from investigatorsVice-president of Russia's Sberbank Marina Rakova accused of large-scale embezzlement has absconded the investigative authorities.14:47 01.10.2021
Russian security service averts terrorist attack in one of republicsThe Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested an alleged member of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia, thus averting a terrorist attack in the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia.12:37 01.10.2021
Russian Justice Ministry drops claim against Chamber of lawyer of ex-journalist accused of treasonThe Kuibyshevsky court of St. Petersburg has terminated the proceedings initiated by the Russian Justice Ministry against the city’s chamber of lawyers in relation to the case of Ivan Pavlov, a lawyer for former journalist Ivan Safronov accused of treason, for allegedly disclosing information related to a police investigation.10:57 01.10.2021
Sentence of Navalny’s ally Sobol in sanitary code breach case upheldThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld sentence given to Lyubov Sobol, an ally of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny, for abetting violation of sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally held in Moscow in winter.16:50 30.09.2021
Russia’s Communist Party files 32 lawsuits seeking to cancel electronic voting resultsThe Moscow Presnensky District Court has registered 32 administrative claims filed by the Russian Communist Party and candidates for State Duma lawmakers seeking to cancel the results of electronic voting.14:26 30.09.2021
Five persons receive long prison terms for plotting terrorist attacks in RussiaThe Second Western District Military Court has sentenced five members of the Islamic State terrorist organization prohibited in Russia to prison terms ranging from 18 to 25 years for plotting terrorist attacks in the metropolitan area.13:19 30.09.2021
Editor-in-chief of The Insider wanted as part of illegal border crossing caseEditor-in-chief of The Insider media (recognized in Russia as a media performing functions of a foreign agent) Roman Dobrokhotov has been put on a wanted list on the illegal border crossing charges.12:57 30.09.2021
Russian Supreme Court head urges to create international e-platform for judicial interactionChairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Lebedev proposes to create an international electronic platform for judicial interaction for the exchange of documents on international legal assistance.11:30 30.09.2021
Facebook receives $360K fine payment reprieve – Moscow courtFacebook Inc has obtained a delay for the payment of fines making in total of 26 million rubles (about $360,000) until October 4.10:17 30.09.2021
Bankruptcy proceedings against Burger King Rus over $80,000 debt discontinuedThe Moscow Commercial Court has terminated the proceedings initated by OOO Femida seeking to declare bankrupt OOO Burger Rus, the Russian operation of the Burger King fast food chain, because of a premises rent debt amounting to over 6 million rubles (about $80,000).18:15 29.09.2021
Google fined $90,000 for breaching information access guardingA magistrate judge on Wednesday fined Google LLC 6.5 million rubles ($90,000) for two cases of violating the order of the restriction of access to information.17:12 29.09.2021