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Lawyer seeks bail for footballer detained in high-profile hooliganism case

The lawyer of Krasnodar’s football player Pavel Mamayev, charged together with Zenit St. Petersburg’s Alexander Kokorin with hooliganism and battery, has pleaded to release his client on bail.

17:38 15.11.2018

Moscow court upholds sentence of fugitive ex-MP Yegiazaryan for embezzlement

The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld a sentence issued against a former State Duma lawmaker Ashot Yegiazaryan in absentia in embezzlement case.

17:05 15.11.2018

Russian prison officers receive jail terms for beating inmate

Four officers of a penal colony in Chelyabinsk Region have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 to 8 years in prison for beating an inmate.

16:18 15.11.2018

Ex-governor of Russia’s Mari El to welcome New Year in detention

The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to extend detention of the former governor of Russia’s Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov charged with corruption until January 13.

15:14 15.11.2018

Detention of Moscow junior suspected of manufacturing explosives upheld

The Moscow City Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal against detention of a schoolboy suspected of manufacturing an improvised bomb.

13:37 15.11.2018

State Duma MPs endorse mitigation of punishment for extremism

The State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, passed a bill mitigating punishment for extremism and incitement of hatred and enmity in the first reading on Thursday.

12:52 15.11.2018

Russian human rights advocates support proposed cage ban in courtrooms

The Presidential Council for Human Rights has welcomed a legislative proposal to prohibit placing of suspects and defendants in safety cages in courtrooms during hearings.

10:17 15.11.2018

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

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Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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