Former owners of VIM Airlines lose appeal against bankruptcy rulingThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal filed by ex-president of VIM Airlines Rashid Mursekayev and his wife Svetlana against a ruling declaring them bankrupt.10:47 21.09.2021
Parole ruling in favor of Urals photographer convicted of killing model wife overturnedThe Sverdlovsk Regional Court on Monday overturned a lower instance’s ruling granting parole to Urals photographer Dmitry Loshagin, sentenced to 10 years in high-security colony for killing his wife, model Yulia Prokopyeva.17:40 20.09.2021
Russia’s Civic Chamber member urges defining of Columbine as terrorist communityThe recognition of the destructive Columbine movement as a terrorist one is to give law enforcement agencies additional opportunities to combat such communities and their creators, member of Russia’s Civic Chamber, Director of the Internet Safety League Yekaterina Mizulina believes.16:26 20.09.2021
Moscow court upholds fine imposed on TikTok for failure to delete banned contentMoscow’s Tagansky District Court on Monday upheld imposition of a 1.5-million-ruble fine (over $20,000) on TikTok for failure to remove information banned by Russian legislation from the platform.15:18 20.09.2021
Russian Parliamentary Elections meet standards – international monitorsThe elections of the State Duma lawmakers have been held in accordance with generally recognized international democratic standards, international monitors from the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Parliamentary Assembly report.14:02 20.09.2021
Probe launched into mass shooting in Russia’s Perm universityThe Investigative Committee’s Main Investigations Directorate will conduct probe into a shooting attack in the Perm State University that led to the death of eight people on Monday.13:22 20.09.2021
No serious violations registered at Russian Parliamentary elections - Civic ChamberThe Russian Civic Chamber monitors have registered no serious violations during the Parliamentary elections held on September 17 through 20, only a small part of reports of non-compliance with the "golden standard" of the monitoring process were confirmed, according to the secretary of the body Lydia Mikheyeva.12:56 20.09.2021
Thirty written electoral rights petitions filed with Russian Ombudsman in three daysRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received 30 written petitions concerning election rights during the last three voting days.11:31 20.09.2021
Head of Russian Investigative Committee puts check of voting breach reports under controlChairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin on Monday ordered chiefs of investigative departments to conduct check of all reports of election violations the body had received from the Interior Ministry.10:57 20.09.2021
Russian Ombudsman monitors observance of rights of all groups of votersRussian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova and her staff will monitor the observance of electoral rights of citizens in regions, including hard-to-reach pre-trial detention centers and psychiatric clinics.18:03 17.09.2021
Russian authority urges Twitter to explain blocking of Moscow Election Commission accountRussian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has sent a letter to the management of Twitter Inc demanding the company to explain as soon as possible its reasons for imposing restrictions on the account of the Moscow City Election Commission.16:01 17.09.2021
Suspect in attack on police department in Voronezh region apprehendedLaw enforcement officers have detained a resident of a village in the Voronezh Region, Viktor Mirsky, on suspicion of killing a family and attacking a police department in the town of Liski.15:18 17.09.2021
Parole of ex-Senator Torlopov overturned by Supreme Court of Russia’s Komi RepublicThe Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi has overturned a lower court decision to grant parole to former senator Vladimir Torlopov, who was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison in the case of ex-head of the Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer.13:49 17.09.2021
Investigators seek to detain defendants in case over single voting days riots plotInvestigators have filed a motion seeking to place defendants in a case over online inducing citizens to take part in mass riots on the single voting days in detention until November 14.11:35 17.09.2021
About 182,000 prisoners сan seek for community service – Russian Justice MinisterAbout 182,000 prisoners in Russia have a right to seek for the replacement of their jail sentence with community service, Justice Minister Konstantin Chuichenko said opening a new correction centre near Moscow on Thursday.16:54 16.09.2021
Russian Supreme Court backs initiation of new case against ex-Moscow judgeThe Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the Higher Judges' Qualifications Board’s decision to launch a new criminal case against ex-judge of the Moscow Commercial Court Igor Korogodov.14:14 16.09.2021
Russian investigators open case over inducement to single voting days riotsA criminal case has been opened over online inducing citizens to take part in mass riots on the single voting days.13:00 16.09.2021
Police ruling on undesirability of stand-up comic’s stay in Russia suspendedMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Thursday suspended the Interior Ministry’s order designating the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been earlier placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent.12:48 16.09.2021
Asset sale procedure against lawyer Yakubovsky prolonged once more until spring 2022The Moscow Regional Commercial Court has once more extended the asset sale procedure against businessman and lawyer Dmitry Yakubovsky until March 5, 2022.10:32 16.09.2021
Russian Supreme Court urges to rely on ECHR position as to application procedures for convictsThe Russian Supreme Court has considered a complaint of a convict, who was denied meetings with his representatives to prepare a petition to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) by the administration of the respective penitentiary facility.17:56 15.09.2021