Child Rights Commissioner helps schoolgirl to return from U.S. to RussiaChildren's ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova has helped a minor from Russia’s Novosibirsk Region to return to her home country by a flight carrying repatriated Russian citizens from New York to Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg.17:45 15.04.2020
Russian President asked to postpone Victory Parade due to COVID-19 spreadRussian veterans’ organizations have requested President Vladimir Putin to postpone the May 9 Victory Day Parade in Moscow due to the coronavirus outbreak.16:32 15.04.2020
Moscow court fines beauty shop owner $700 for violating antivirus regulationsThe Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has fined the owner of a beauty salon 50,000 rubles (about $700), since it continued to provide services to clients in violation to the lockdown orders from the capital’s authorities.15:11 15.04.2020
St. Petersburg court refuses to overturn coronavirus observatory isolation orderA court in St. Petersburg on Wednesday refused to overturn an order of Russia’s consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor obliging a Russian citizen, who had arrived from abroad, to be isolated for medical observation.12:58 15.04.2020
Probe opened into mass COVID-19 infection in Leningrad Region migrant hostelA criminal case over sanitary and epidemiological violations resulted in the coronavirus mass infection has been opened in the Leningrad Region. The probe was launched after coronavirus 35 residents of a local migrant hostel had been tested positive for coronavirus.10:50 15.04.2020
State Duma gives regional authorities right to suspend charging of resort feesThe State Duma has approved a bill permitting regional authorities to suspend charging of resort fees amid the coronavirus pandemic.19:32 14.04.2020
Eight people fined for breaching coronavirus lockdown in MoscowMoscow courts on Monday fined eight people for violating the coronavirus lockdown.17:40 13.04.2020
President Putin instructs Cabinet to assist socially-oriented NGOsRussia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to take steps to provide assistance to socially-oriented non-governmental (NGOs) organizations helping citizens amid the pandemic by May 15, the Presidential press-service informs.16:29 13.04.2020
Defendants in theater embezzlement case contest against trial during pandemicDefendants in the Seventh Studio embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov have argued against hearings during the coronavirus outbreak.12:37 13.04.2020
Russia’s government raises caps on mortgages eligible for repayment holidaysRussia’s government raised upper limits of mortgages the borrowers of which affected by the coronavirus pandemic are eligible to seek repayment holidays with banks, the Cabinet Chair Mikhail Mishustin said addressing a conference on economic issues on Friday.17:40 10.04.2020
Ombudsman Moskalkova proposes to review parole terms amid pandemicRussia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova proposed during the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 9 ½: The Rule of Corona on Friday to revise the terms for release on parole at time of the spread of coronavirus epidemic.17:16 10.04.2020
About 3,000 applications submitted to Russian ombudsman over coronavirus outbreakRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received about 3,000 applications related to the spread of coronavirus in the last two weeks.16:57 10.04.2020
Police thwart attempt to sell fake coronavirus testsPolice investigators opened a criminal case against three residents of the Moscow Region, who had allegedly attempted to sell fake tests for coronavirus.14:59 10.04.2020
Russian President enforces support measures over coronavirus pandemicPresident Vladimir Putin has ordered regional authorities and federal executive bodies to carry out a complex of additional support measures over the spread of coronavirus.11:41 10.04.2020
Moscow Mayor bans visiting cemeteries due to coronavirusMayor Sergey Sobyanin has ordered temporary closure of all Moscow cemeteries for visitors as part of fighting against the spread of coronavirus.10:58 10.04.2020
Moscow woman fined for exercising far from her place of residenceThe Preobrazhensky District Court in Moscow fined 15,000 rubles (about $200) a woman, who had exercised at a sportsground situated at a significant distance from her place of residence in infringement on the self-isolation regime.18:13 09.04.2020
Foreign Ministry informs rights advocates of Russian inmates jailed abroadThe Foreign Ministry on Thursday submitted information on the number of Russian convicts serving sentences in foreign prisons to the Presidential Council for Human Rights.16:53 09.04.2020
St. Petersburg resident challenges in court his mandatory stay in observatoryA St. Petersburg resident seeks in court to overturn an order of Russia’s consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on mandating citizens arriving to the country from abroad to be isolated for medical observation.14:47 09.04.2020
Attorneys must move through city without restrictions - Moscow business ombudsmanMoscow business ombudsman Tatiana Mineyeva has asked the economic issues crisis center to take steps ensuring businessmen with the unhindered access to legal assistance amid the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, she seeks for free movement of attorneys.13:02 09.04.2020
Trial of historian accused of student murder postponed due to quarantineThe hearing of a case against history professor Oleg Sokolov charged with killing his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko scheduled for Thursday was postoponed because of the quarantine in his detention center.12:14 09.04.2020