Ombudsman Moskalkova urges international community to protect Russian speakers in UkraineRussian Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has called international human rights organizations to take measures to prevent further discrimination of the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine.16:00 30.07.2021
Man ordered to community service for publishing Hitler photo on Immortal Regiment siteAndrey Akimov residing in Russia’s Orenburg Region has received 1-year community service for publishing the image of Adolf Hitler on the Immortal Regiment website.15:47 30.07.2021
Prosecutor demands 25 years behind bars for alleged leader of 1990s Moscow gangA prosecutor has demanded 24 years and 11 months behind bars for Sergey Zakharov, an alleged leader of a Moscow gang accused of committing murders in the 1990s.14:33 30.07.2021
Montenegro extradites University president charged with embezzlement to RussiaMontenegro has extradited to Russia president of the Pushkin University in the Leningrad region Vyacheslav Skvortsov, who stands charged in a criminal case over embezzlement of about 2.5 million rubles ($35,000).12:52 30.07.2021
Alleged accomplices of ex-Promsvyazbank owners to stand $1.2 bln embezzlement trialThe Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow will consider an 87-billion-ruble ($1.2 billion) embezzlement case against alleged accomplices of the former owners of Promsvyazbank Alexey and Dmitry Ananyevs.11:53 30.07.2021
Sentence passed on former banker for $725,000 embezzlement upheldA judicial panel of the Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has upheld sentence passed on the former chair of board of the bank Universaltrust Igor Petrov for embezzling over 53 million rubles ($725,000).17:51 29.07.2021
Prohibition of regional cell of foreign extremist movement upheldThe Eighth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday dismissed an appeal lodged by the representatives of a cell of Falun Dafa movement (Chinese religious doctrine Falun Gong) in Russia’s Republic of Khakassia against prohibition of the organization’s activity as extremist.16:15 29.07.2021
Russia’s security officers clamp down on activity of terrorist cell in Tyumen regionOfficers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Tyumen have clamped down on the criminal activity of several members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia allegedly planning terrorist attacks in the region.15:33 29.07.2021
Civic activists to monitor voting of convicts at September elections in RussiaConvicts are to take part in the September elections voting under public control, the respective agreement has been signed in the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.14:48 29.07.2021
Google fined over $40,000 for refusal to localize data of Russian citizensA magistrate judge on Thursday fined U.S. company Google 3 million rubles (over $40,000) for refusal to locate personal data of Russian users in the Russian Federation.13:00 29.07.2021
One more man faces trial for publishing Nazi criminal’s photo on Immortal Regiment websiteA court in Volgograd will consider a Nazi rehabilitation case against Denis Vorontsov accused of publishing the photo of the chief of the secret state police (Gestapo) Heinrich Mueller on the Immortal Regiment website.11:48 29.07.2021
Dismissal of bankruptcy plea against firm of ex-head of Russian troubled refinery upheldThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld dismissal of a bankruptcy application filed by Russia’s troubled Antipinsky refinery against New Stream oil and gas company chaired by the former co-owner of the refinery without prejudice.10:29 29.07.2021
Interior Ministry bans foreigners who participated in mass fights from entering RussiaThe Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has banned foreign citizens, who had been brought to administrative responsibility for participating in mass fights, from entering the territory of the Russian Federation.16:16 28.07.2021
Sentence of former Russian MP in fraud attempt case upheldThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld sentence given to ex-State Duma lawmaker Denis Volchek for attempted fraud.15:25 28.07.2021
Russian man rehabilitating Nazism fined $1,400A court in Russia’s Voronezh has fined a 26-year-old man born in the Yaroslavl Region 100,000 rubles ($1,400) for publishing content rehabilitating Nazism on social media.14:10 28.07.2021
Case over libel against Dutch journalist opened by Russian investigatorsThe Russian investigative authorities have opened a criminal case over the fact of defamation against Dutch journalist Max van der Werff on the part of The Insider (recognized in Russia as a media performing functions of a foreign agent).13:03 28.07.2021
More than 27,000 complaints filed with Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner this yearStarting this year, Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received 27,407 applications from citizens.12:41 28.07.2021
Plea against extended detention of ex-Khabarovsk Governor in murder case set for July 29The First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction will hear an appeal against extension of detention of ex-Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai Sergey Furgal charged with masterminding murders in 2004-2005 on July 29.10:59 28.07.2021
Russian accused of publishing Nazi criminal photo on Immortal Regiment site goes on trialThe Tomsk Regional Court will consider a criminal case over rehabilitation of Nazism against local resident Sergey Sakharov, who has allegedly published the image of Josef Goebbels on the Immortal Regiment website.17:59 27.07.2021
Case over recognition of murders of Pskov residents during WWII as genocide to be heard in AugustThe Pskov Regional Court is to hear a petition of the prosecutor's office seeking to recognize the massacres of civilians committed in the region by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War as genocide in August.16:28 27.07.2021