Russian Supreme Court pushes for streamlining procedures governing judges’ career advancesA plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has proposed to submit to the State Duma a bill that would allow judges to be assigned a higher grade without taking into account the place of work of the judge and without observing the sequence of assignment of grades.13:26 28.06.2022
Streaming company Twitch fined $38k for refusal to localize data of Russian citizensVideo streaming service Twitch Interactive was fined 2 million rubles (about $37,7k at the time of writing) on Tuesday for refusal to locate personal data of Russian users in the Russian Federation, the Moscow Tagansky District Court’s press service told RAPSI.12:44 28.06.2022
Environmental violations up in Russia by almost 3 times — Supreme Court headThe number of cases related to violations of the environmental legislation has increased in Russia by almost 3 times over the past 10 years, the Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said during the presidium meeting on Friday.15:36 24.06.2022
Russian woman sentenced to 11 years behind bars for abetting terrorismThe South District Military Court has sentenced Russian national Darya Bolgova to 11 years in penal colony for abetting terrorism and participating in a terrorist organization.10:25 23.06.2022
Russian prosecutors seek qualification of WWII massacres in Belgorod region as genocideThe Russian Prosecutor General's Office has petitioned the Belgorod Regional Court to recognize the massacres committed by the Nazis on the territory of the Belgorod Region during the Great Patriotic War as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide of the Soviet people.17:40 22.06.2022
Ex-Russian ecology official Oleg Mitvol pleads guilty to fraudOleg Mitvol, a former official of Russia’s environment agency Rosprirodnadzor, charged with especially serious fraud, has made a plea bargain.11:09 21.06.2022
Crimean Supreme Court to hear on genocide during Great Patriotic WarThe Supreme Court of Crimea is to start considering the case of genocide of the Soviet people during the years of the occupation of the peninsula during the Great Patriotic War on June 27.18:13 20.06.2022
Russian court upholds nationwide ban on MetaThe Moscow City Court upheld on Monday the prohibition of Meta Platforms Inc in Russia for extremist activity.17:38 20.06.2022
Ex-official of Russian Aerospace Forces jailed for 5 years for corruptionThe Moscow Garrison Military Court on Monday sentenced ex-head of the Russian Aerospace Forces’ radar troops Andrey Koban to 5 years behind bars as part of a bribery case.12:32 20.06.2022
Google's Russian subsidiary files for bankruptcyGoogle's Russian subsidiary filed for bankruptcy as the branch had been fined several times and its bank account had been seized by Russian authorities.10:59 17.06.2022
Moscow court keeps ex-deputy of minister for emergencies in detentionThe Moscow City Court upheld the detention of Andrey Gurovich, former deputy of minister for emergencies, who stands charged with abuse of power.16:45 09.08.2022
Ex-Russian TV journalist fined for discrediting Russian armyFormer Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova was fined 40,000 rubles (about $650 at the current exchange rate) after being found guilty of discrediting the country's armed forces in social media post.16:15 08.08.2022
Vneshprombank ex-managers appeal against court decision over their liabilityFormer top managers of Vneshprombank have appealed against a court decision bringing them to subsidiary liability for the obligations of the bank.12:32 09.08.2022