Four other Ukrainian officers charged with using banned methods of warfareRussian investigators have charged in absentia four other Ukrainian officers with using of prohibited methods of warfare in Donbass region.10:33 14.11.2016
Russian athlete’s defamation suit against ARD set for November 18Moscow's Dorogomilovsky District Court will consider on November 18 a defamation lawsuit lodged by Russian athlete Kristina Ugarova against German public broadcaster ARD.12:21 11.11.2016
Disabled Russian ex-colonel freed after being sentenced to 5 years in jailEx-colonel Yury Gaidukov was sentenced to five years in prison, fined 800,000 rubles (about $12,600) and freed on Thursday after the Moscow District Military Court learnt about his loss of sight.17:20 03.11.2016
Fines for anti-tobacco law violations amount to $1.5 million in 2016Russia’s consumer rights agency Rospotrebnadzor imposed fines worth 93 million rubles ($1.5 million) for violations of anti-tobacco legislation in the first nine months of 2016.11:35 31.10.2016
Russian MPs propose tightening penalties for evasion of government auditLawmakers from the Kaluga region have submitted a bill to the State Duma that would increase fines for avoidance of inspections on compliance with the land legislation.17:44 27.10.2016
Russian senator proposes granting free legal aid to homeless peopleSenator from the Novosibirsk region Vladimir Laptev has submitted a bill on provision of free legal aid to persons with no fixed abode to the State Duma.19:21 25.10.2016
Military court sentences imam to 5 years in prison for justifying terrorismThe North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced imam of a mosque in the Dagestan Republic, Magomednabi Magomedov, to 5 years in prison for public justification of terrorism.18:43 24.10.2016
Convicted Moscow 2012 riots activist Gaskarov to be released on October 27Alexei Gaskarov who has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for participation in the Bolotnaya Square riots in 2012 will be released on October 27.17:16 20.10.2016
Russia to send request to US for return of convicted pilot YaroshenkoRussia’s Justice Ministry has forwarded a request for return of pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the U.S. for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine, to the Foreign Ministry for its onward transmission to the United State.16:54 14.10.2016
Military court upholds detention of Russian student accused of attempting to join ISISThe Moscow District Military Court has upheld extending detention of Varvara Karaulova (Alexandra Ivanova), the Moscow State University’s student, who stands charged with attempting to join the Islamic State militants in Syria.12:07 05.10.2016
Prosecutors demanded forfeiture of 22 properties owned by Russian officials in 2016In 2016, prosecutors requested 22 properties worth 45 million rubles ($720,000) owned by officials to be forfeited to the state by lodging 14 respective claims with courts.17:55 03.10.2016
Turkish firm’s lawyer recognized as victim in bribery case may face prosecutionCriminal proceedings may be instituted against the lawyer of a Turkish construction company Valerian Kochergin who has been earlier recognized as victim in a bribery case involving former and current employees of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).17:59 26.09.2016
Moscow court to examine legality of sentence imposed on Russian eccentric artistThe Moscow City Court is to examine an appeal of defense against a sentence imposed on Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who was found guilty of setting fire to the Moscow headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB), on October 13, Kirill Ryabchikov.17:53 23.09.2016
Russian lawmaker proposes ban on animal testing of beauty productsLawmaker from A Just Russia party Sergei Doronin has submitted to the lower house of parliament a bill that would prohibit animal testing of beauty products and perfumery.17:58 22.09.2016
Detention of ex-FSB officer suspected to be bribed by Turkish company appealedThe defense had appealed against the decision of the Moscow Garrison Military Court to detain Vlad Novikov, a former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) suspected of accepting a 5 million rubles ($77,000) bribe from a Turkish company.18:12 19.09.2016
Russian regional ex-minister to serve 4.5 years in prison for abuse of officeThe Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court has upheld a 4.5-year prison sentence given to former regional Minister of Industry, Trade and Entrepreneurship, Alexander Makarov, for abuse of power.16:56 19.09.2016
Convicted member of notorious Russian gang to face new trialMember of notorious criminal syndicate, Orekhovo gang, Alexander Pustovalov, who has been earlier sentenced to 23 years in prison, will go on trial on murder charges.18:19 16.09.2016
Base jumpers acquitted of placing Ukrainian flag on Moscow skyscraper awarded $31,000Moscow’s Tagansky District Court on Friday awarded over two million rubles (about $31,000) in compensation to four base jumpers acquitted of painting a star on a skyscraper in the center of Moscow with colors of Ukraine's flag.12:18 16.09.2016
Russian student charged with attempting to join ISIS goes on trialA criminal case against Varvara Karaulova (Alexandra Ivanova), the Moscow State University’s student, who stands charged with attempting to join the Islamic State militants in Syria, has been forwarded to court.11:38 16.09.2016
Telecoms giant VimpelCom ex-head arrested in absentia in bribery caseThe Syktyvkar City Court in Russia’s Komi Republic has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Mikhail Slobodin, former head of Russia’s telecommunications giant VimpelCom, in a bribery case involving republic’s officials.17:54 15.09.2016