FC Spartak fined $4,000 for sanitary rule breaking at match with ZenitMoscow’s Tushinsky District Court of Moscow on Monday fined FC Spartak 300,000 rubles (about $4,000) for violating sanitary and epidemiological measures during a football game with St. Petersburg’s Zenit.16:45 12.10.2020
Russia’s Business Ombudsman proposes extension of support of SMEs for next few monthsRussia’s Government needs to select industries affected by the pandemic not by micromanagement on the basis of the National Classifier of Types of Economic Activity, but proceeding from tax reports, Business Rights Commissioner Boris Titov believes.17:23 08.10.2020
Over 3,600 complaints submitted to Russian Ombudsman from penal facilities in 2020The Office of Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights received over 3,600 complaints from penitentiary facilities in nine months of this year.13:55 07.10.2020
Vologda Region resident fined for going on work trip when being COVID-19 positiveA court in Russia’s Vologda Region has fined a local man 20,000 rubles for going on a business trip when being infected with coronavirus despite a medical ban.15:55 05.10.2020
Over 8,000 COVID-19 fakes found on social networks in Russia since AprilOver 8,000 fake reports about coronavirus have been revealed on social networks since the start of April, according to a member of the Russian Civic Chamber’s Media and Mass Comminications Commission Yekaterina Mizulina.12:29 05.10.2020
Moscow employers ordered to move 30% of staff to remote work amid COVID-19 spreadMoscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Thursday obliged the city’s employers to move upwards of 30% employees to home offices starting October 5.15:14 01.10.2020
Russia’s Constitutional Court to study regional COVID-19 travel restrictionsRussia’s Constitutional Court has found admissible an enquiry of the Protvinsky Town Court in the Moscow region as to the right of regional authorities to introduce travel restrictions aimed to prevent spreading of COVID-19.13:54 28.09.2020
Russian President extends special legal status of foreigners amid pandemicPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree extending a temporary special legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the coronavirus pandemic circumstances.10:58 28.09.2020
Moscow Mayor’s Office recommends residents to follow COVID-19 warningsMoscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has recommended that city residents aged 65 and older and sickly people do not leave their apartments or country houses without the need over degradation of the epidemiological situation.11:17 25.09.2020
Obligatory COVID-19 isolation rules imposed in Russia for international arrivalsRussia’s Chief Public Health Officer Anna Popova has signed an order obliging Russians returning from abroad to comply with a self-isolation regime pending the results of coronavirus tests.13:49 24.09.2020
Protection of interests of businesses and citizens is priority amid pandemic – Supreme Court HeadIn the period of the pandemic protection of interests of businesses and citizens has become a priority, Russian Supreme Court Chair Vyacheslav Lebedev believes.17:30 08.09.2020
Debtors may be discharged due to financial difficulties during pandemic – Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of Russia allowed exemption of debtors from responsibility for payment delays if they found themselves in a sticky financial situation because of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.16:12 08.09.2020
Radio fined $4K for fake about hospital equipment deficiency during pandemicA magistrate court of Moscow’s Tverskoy district on Friday fined Radio Svoboda (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) 300,000 rubles ($4,000) for fake information on the equipment deficiency in St. Petersburg hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.15:24 28.08.2020
Defendants in fake COVID-19 tests sale case receive suspended termsThree defendants in a case over selling fake coronavirus short-term tests on Tuesday received one-year suspended terms each, according to the ruling of Moscow’s Savelovsky District Court.14:51 18.08.2020
Russian antimonopoly body fines company claiming drug Arbidol is effective against COVID-19Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has imposed a 200,000 rubles (about $2,700) fine on OTC Pharm company for an advertisement claiming medicine Arbidol was therapeutically effective against the coronavirus.12:00 14.08.2020
Man ordered to community service for murder threats during coronavirus lockdownA court in Russia’s Yekaterinburg has sentenced a local resident to 280 hours of compulsory community service for murder threats against his partner during the COVID-19 self-isolation.13:20 07.08.2020
Ex-journalist Safronov charged with treason tests negative for COVID-19 – ombudsmanTwo coronavirus tests ex-journalist Ivan Safronov charged with treason had passed gave negative results, Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights announced Friday citing a chief of Moscow’s Lefortovo detention center.11:03 31.07.2020
Putin: It is necessary to avoid repeated COVID-19 restrictions in RussiaIt is necessary to do everything using preventive measures to avoid repeated extensive restrictions over the spread of coronavirus infection, President of Russia Vladimir Putin said during a briefing on Wednesday.14:42 29.07.2020
Presidential Human Rights Council urges aid to persons facilitating fight against COVID-19The Government needs to think over an extension of support measures to persons facilitating the combat doctors and medical establishments wage against the pandemic, according to members of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council.14:49 27.07.2020
Man convicted of falsely alleging that illegal COVID-19 vaccination is underway in RussiaThe Balakhinsky City Court in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region has sentenced a local resident to 300 hours of compulsory community service for disseminating false allegations that coronavirus vaccination was illegally carried out in the country.13:30 21.07.2020