Alleged author of fake about organ harvesting amid coronavirus fight goes on trialMoscow’s Simonovsky District Court is to proceed with a case against a local resident over distribution of a fake about mass recovery of organs from healthy people under the guise of the fight against COVID-19.12:44 01.06.2020
Chair of Russia’s government puts mass media on list of COVID-19 affected sectorsChairman of Russia’s government Mikhail Mishustin has signed a resolution putting mass media outlets on the list of the sectors of the economy most badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.16:26 29.05.2020
Order of restricted access to Moscow courts prolonged until mid-JuneRestrictions concerning access of non-parties of trials including journalists to Moscow courts have been extended once more, until June 14.15:10 29.05.2020
COVID-19 carrier faces trial on allegations of escape from Moscow Region hospitalA court in Zhukovsky, a town in the Moscow Region, will consider a criminal case over escape of coronavirus infected man from a hospital.10:33 29.05.2020
Woman in Krasnodar Krai fined $420 for fake about ambulance doctorsA court in the Krasnodar Krai has fined a local woman 30,000 rubles ($420) for distribution of fake information about ambulance doctors.17:17 28.05.2020
Website giving advices on how circumvent hospitalization blockedA court in Russia’s Chuvash Republic has found that dissemination of the information on the ways to avoid hospitalization and circumvent self-isolation regime introduced in the region as a pre-emergency measure in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic is to be prohibited.12:58 28.05.2020
Woman fined $200 for fake about death of child from COVID-19 in Russia’s TogliattiA 35-year woman has been fined 15,000 rubles ($200) by a court in Russia’s Togliatti for distributing fake news about a local child allegedly died from coronavirus.15:24 27.05.2020
Criminal case opened over COVID-19 outbreak in board and care facility for veteransA criminal case has been opened over a massive COVID-19 outbreak among employees and residents of a board and care facility for veterans in Russia’s Oryol Region.17:20 26.05.2020
Russian historian accused of student murder to stay in detention until late SeptemberThe St. Petersburg City Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal against extension of detention of history professor Oleg Sokolov charged with killing his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko and arms trafficking until September 23.12:58 26.05.2020
Russian resident charged with calls to ignore anti-coronavirus rules to stand trialInvestigators have completed probe into a resident of Birobidzhan, a town in Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region, who had allegedly distributed leaflets calling not to follow measures aimed to prevent the coronavirus spread,.10:58 26.05.2020
Woman to stand trial in Amur Region on coronavirus fake news chargesA court in the Amur Region will proceed with a case against a woman who has allegedly disseminated in one of messengers a fake about mass infecting local citizens with coronavirus.17:53 22.05.2020
More than 1,000 complaints filed with Russian ombudsman during pandemicOffice of the Russian High Commissioner for Human Rights has received 1,113 applications during the coronavirus restrictions period, the press service of the federal ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova reports.15:10 22.05.2020
State Duma passes bill on additional tax benefits during coronavirus outbreakThe State Duma passed in the second and third readings on Friday amendments to the Tax Code stipulating additional benefits for citizens, businesses and NGOs over the coronavirus pandemic.13:55 22.05.2020
Criminal case opened over COVID-19 outbreak in regional board schoolA criminal case was opened against a married couple employed by a boarding school in the Tver Region of Russia, who concealed the fact that their daughter was infected by the coronavirus; as a result, 14 children and 5 school employees were infected.12:23 22.05.2020
Russian minors’ ombudsman asks government to support families with children 16+Russia’s child rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has requested the government to consider state support for families with chidren aged 16-18 during the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.12:07 20.05.2020
Russian man fined $4k for fake about non-provision of air travellers with protective gearsA court in the town of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk has fined a local citizen 300,000 rubles (over $4,000) for distributing fake news about late providing passengers of the flight between Bangkok, Shanghai and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk with individual protective gears.10:55 20.05.2020
Human Rights Council urges government to set rules on COVID-19 treatment of homelessChair of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has urged Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova to pay attention to the problems faced by homeless people affected by benign coronavirus disease.18:03 18.05.2020
Russian court detains man for attempt to escape COVID-19 observation facilityA district court in the town of Sochi has ruled to detain an individual for an attempted escape from an observation medical facility he had been placed in for a quarantine.17:24 18.05.2020
Prosecutors to check protection of coronavirus lockdown violators’ personal dataMoscow prosecutors will check the use of personal data of violators of the coronavirus self-isolation.15:57 18.05.2020
Coronavirus-infected woman faces prosecution for escape from Chuvash hospitalInvestigators launched a criminal case over breaching sanitary and epidemiological rules against a woman infected with coronavirus who had escaped from a hospital in Cheboksary, the capital of Russia’s Chuvash Republic.11:59 18.05.2020