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Interior Ministry's claims against organizers of unauthorized rallies lowered two times

Russia’s Interior Ministry has diminished the amounts of its claims against organizers of unauthorized rallies, among them Alexey Navalny, Ilya Yashin, Lyubov Sobol, and Georogy Alburov, by 8 million rubles ($126,000).

19:02 21.10.2019

Russian Interior Ministry ordered to pay $23.5k to mother of police torture victim

A court in Russia’s Republic of Ingushetia collected 1.5 million rubles ($23,500) from the Interior Ministry in favor of Lemka Doliyeva, whose son had died after being beaten by police officers.

18:00 21.10.2019

Bodies of alleged victims of criminal gang found near Moscow

Investigators have found bodies of Tatiana Sidorova, a lawmaker of the Moscow Region’s Ramensky district, and her three relatives, murdered in 2012.

17:24 21.10.2019

New Chairman of Human Rights Council appointed in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order designating journalist and public figure Valery Fadeyev to the post of Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights.

17:07 21.10.2019

Russia’s Investigative Committee completes probe into 36 deaths at Komi Republic's mine

The Main Investigative Directorate of Russia’s Investigative Committee has completed a probe into a criminal case over deaths of 36 people as a result of an explosion at the Severnaya Mine in the city of Vorkuta in 2016.

16:42 21.10.2019

Transport entities’ $60k claims against opposition rally organizers set for mid-November

The Simonovsky District Court will consider three claims totaling to nearly 4 million rubles against opposition figures Lyubov Sobol and Georgy Alburov filed by three Moscow’s transport entities on November 14.

15:40 21.10.2019

Defendant in $1.6 mln extortion case to remain in detention until late January

Moscow’s Basmanny District court on Monday extended detention of Andrey Frolov, a defendant in a 100-million-ruble ($1.6 million) extortion case involving the Interior Ministry’s Major General Alexander Melnikov, for 3 months.

14:45 21.10.2019

Otkritie bank ex-managers file cassation appeals against $4.5 bln asset seizure

Five former managers of the financial corporation Otkritie have filed a cassation appeal against lower courts’ruling freezing their assets totally amounting to 289.5 billion rubles (about $4.5 billion).

13:36 21.10.2019

Charges brought against alleged murderer of 9-year-old Russian girl

Charges have been brought against an alleged murderer of a 9-year-old girl in Russia’s city of Saratov.

11:01 21.10.2019

Ex-owner of Moscow confectionary goes on trial on murder allegations

The Moscow City Court will consider a criminal case against ex-owner of Moscow’s confectionary Menshevik Ilya Averyanov, who had allegedly killed a guard during the shooting on the factory’s premises.

10:43 21.10.2019

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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).

12:53 09.12.2025

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

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025