Russian Supreme Court to set venue in ex-Culture official case over Hermitage embezzlementRussia’s Supreme Court is to rule on the proper venue in the case of fraudulent embezzlement of more than 900 million rubles (about $14.8 million) allocated for the reconstruction of the Hermitage Museum against ex-official of the Culture Ministry Boris Mazo.12:25 03.08.2022
Russian member of far-right Ukrainian battalion gets 9 years in absentiaThe Moscow Basmanny District Court on Tuesday sentenced Russian citizen Anton Korolev in absentia to 9 years in jail for taking part in the armed conflict in Ukraine as a member of the ultra-nationalist Ukrainian battalion Azov.17:14 02.08.2022
Russia bars entry to 39 politicians, businessmen, journalists from BritainRussia's foreign ministry announced sanctions against 39 British politicians, officials, business people and journalists, who are banned from entering the country.15:23 02.08.2022
Russian court designates ultra-nationalist Ukrainian battalion as terrorist organisationRussia's Supreme Court has granted a move of the Prosecutor General's Office to designate ultra-nationalist Ukrainian Azov battalion, whose symbol resembles a black swastika on a yellow background, as a terrorist organisation.13:47 02.08.2022
Moscow court upholds jail term for opposition activist SobolThe Moscow City Court upheld the change of the sentence for opposition figure Lyubov Sobol from community service to imprisonment.11:06 02.08.2022
Ex-Transaero owners’ move to lift seizure of property worth $4 billion dismissedRussia's Supreme Court has dismissed the complaints of former owners and top managers of Transaero air carrier challenging the seizure of their property worth 245 billion rubles (about $4 billion at the current exchange rate), according to the court ruling.16:51 01.08.2022
Russian BKF bank CEO asks court to put end to massive slanderous campaign in TelegramCEO of BKF bank, Olga Mirimskaya, has filed a complaint with a Moscow district court challenging inaction of Russia’s Investigative Committee as concerns the authority’s refusal to investigate an alleged fact of a massive slander campaign on a Telegram channel.11:16 01.08.2022
Massacres in Russia’s Bryansk region during WWII recognized as genocide by courtThe Bryansk regional court has recognized as genocide the mass murders of civilians and prisoners of war committed in the region by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War.14:21 28.07.2022
Russian court fines WhatsApp $300k for repeated data storage breachA magistrate judge in Moscow on Thursday fined WhatsApp LLC 18 million rubles (about $300,000) for repeated refusal to localize Russian users’ personal data in the Russian Federation.12:39 28.07.2022
Russian antimonopoly watchdog fines Google $34 mln for breaching competition rulesRussia's competition watchdog fined Youtube’s owner Google 2 billion roubles (about $34 million) on Tuesday for the lack of transparency, predictability and objectivity in the video sharing platform’s user and content moderation policies.17:40 26.07.2022
Student charged in Perm university shooting case faces trialProsecutors have approved indictment against Timur Bekmansurov, who stands charged with shooting in the Perm State University that led to the death of 6 people last autumn, and sent the case to court for hearing.16:18 26.07.2022
Massacres in Russia’s Krasnodar region during WWII qualified as genocide by courtThe Krasnodar Krai Court has held that the crimes committed by the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War on the territory of the region are to be recognized as genocide.12:48 26.07.2022
Communion wine and prosphora allowed to be brought into pre-trial detention centers in RussiaThe Russian Justice Ministry has allowed clergy to bring Eucharistic bread and wine to detention centers for communion.17:51 25.07.2022
Probe into Perm university shooting case against Russian student completedInvestigation into student Timur Bekmansurov, who stands charged with shooting in the Perm State University that led to the death of 6 people last autumn, is completed.16:50 25.07.2022
Defendant in Moscow region convent blast case sentenced to 13 years in jailA court in Serpukhov, a town in the Moscow region, on Monday sentenced Vladislav Struzhenko, who was found guilty of carrying out the blast on the territory of a local convent, to 13 years in a high-security penal colony.14:55 25.07.2022
Russian Foreign Ministry adds 39 Australians on retaliatory stop listThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has announced that 39 representatives of law enforcement agencies, the border service and companies-contractors of the defense sector of Australia were included in the national stop list.13:44 22.07.2022
Russian Ministry proposes compensations to right holders for online content blockingThe Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has drafted a bill providing for compensation of up to 5 million rubles (about $88,000 at the time of writing) for copyright infringement related to illegal blocking of online content.12:29 22.07.2022
Eleven Russian children returned from Syria aided by ombudsman Lvova-BelovaEleven minors accompanied by the employees of the Office of Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova returned to the homeland from Syria overnight into Friday.12:04 22.07.2022
Four alleged members of terrorist cell arrested in Russia’s Astrakhan regionFour alleged members of a terrorist group have been arrested in Russia’s Astrakhan region.11:50 22.07.2022
Prosecutor seeks 14 years in jail for ex-St. Petersburg lawmaker charged with briberyA prosecutor has demanded 14 years in penal colony for ex-lawmaker of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Roman Koval, who stands charged with receiving bribes on a large scale.13:27 20.07.2022