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Russian PR expert sues Adidas over Reebok advertisement, demands $3,000

Director of Russia’s Glavpiar PR company Oleg Voronin has filed a lawsuit against Adidas sports giant demanding 200,000 rubles ($3,000) for moral harm allegedly caused by controversial Reebok advertisement.

17:55 13.02.2019

Russia’s Supreme Court dissatisfied with quality of investigative activities

The proper course of justice depends on the quality of underlying it investigative operations, Vladimir Davydov, a Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia said addressing a meeting of court chairpersons on Wednesday. Therefore, he continued, one must not turn a blind eye to unsatisfactory performance of these bodies.

16:52 13.02.2019

Ex-Moscow investigator, attorney to go to prison for corruption

Ex-deputy chief of a Moscow district’s police investigation department Maxim Zaytsev and attorney Yelena Sidorenkova have been sentenced to 7.5 and 5.5 years in prison respectively for taking bribes.

15:59 13.02.2019

State Duma backs bailiffs’ right to remove children from citizens deprived of parental authority

The State Duma passed in the first reading on Wednesday a bill aimed to grant bailiffs the right to remove children from parents whose custody had been revoked or limited even before a representative in law or a second parent appeared to take part in the removal procedure.

14:36 13.02.2019

Detention upheld for four more Ukrainian sailors charged with Russian border violation

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday dismissed appeals of four more Ukrainian sailors charged with illegal crossing of Russian borders against extension of their detention until April 24.

14:11 13.02.2019

St. Petersburg court refuses to free ex-lawmaker convicted of bribery on parole

The St. Petersburg City Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s refusal to release ex-member of the city’s Legislative Assembly Vyacheslav Notyag convicted of taking bribes on parole.

13:09 13.02.2019

Cousin of Russian senator Arashukov to stay jailed in $455 mln gas embezzlement case

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling on detention of Ruslan Arashukov, a cousin of ill-reputed Federation Council member Rauf Arashukov, in the 30-billion-ruble natural gas embezzlement case ($455 million).

12:37 13.02.2019

Russian court allows HIV positive woman to adopt child

A court in the Moscow Region has permitted a HIV positive woman to adopt a child.

11:56 13.02.2019

Moscow Region district ex-head charged with bribery to remain in detention till May 13

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has extended the term of detention for ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun as part of a case over embezzlement and bribery until May 13.

10:44 13.02.2019

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

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