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FSB demands $7,200 in compensation from eccentric artist Pavlensky

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court has attacked a civil lawsuit filed by the Federal Security Service (FSB) demanding 481,000 rubles ($7,200) in compensation from Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky to the case over setting fire to the Moscow headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB).

17:03 03.06.2016

Defendant in Defense Ministry bribery case pleads guilty, gets 4 years in jail

The Moscow Presnensky Court sentenced Sergey Drobysh, the former CEO of an Oboronservis structures, to four years imprisonment and a 150 million rubles ($2,250,000) fine for mediation in bribery.

16:42 03.06.2016

Management company of Russian restaurants declared bankrupt

The Moscow Commercial Court has declared Yaposhka City company, the operator of Yaposha restaurants, bankrupt.

15:35 03.06.2016

Russia asks ECHR to dismiss opposition activist Udaltsov’s complaint

The Russian Government has asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to dismiss an application filed by Russian opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov over his detention and sentence.

12:50 03.06.2016

Convict in Defense Ministry fraud case seeks parole

Irina Yegorova, one of the convicted defendants in the Oboronservis embezzlement case, has filed a parole application with a court in the Vladimir Region.

11:21 03.06.2016

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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