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State Duma on track to extra protect personal data of Russian citizens

The State Duma passed in the first reading on Tuesday a bill typifying information concerning genetic traits of Russians citizens as personal data meant to be additionally protected.

18:00 22.10.2019

Ukrainians, Belarusians may be declared native speakers of Russian without exam - bill

Russia’s Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a bill envisages recognition of Ukrainian and Belarusian nationals fluent in Russian language as native speakers without interview passing to the State Duma.

17:45 22.10.2019

Russia’s Duma ratifies protocol to Council of Europe anti-terrorism convention

The lower house of Russian parliament ratified the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism on Tuesday.

17:24 22.10.2019

Human rights center Memorial fined $5,000 for absence of foreign agent label

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court has fined human rights center Memorial 300,000 rubles ($5,000) for failure to label itself “foreign agent” on social media platforms.

16:16 22.10.2019

Yakutia’s Supreme Court toughens sentence of hackers convicted of $340k embezzlement

The Supreme court of Sakha Republic (Yakutia) on Tuesday replaced suspended terms given to two brothers convicted of bank hacking and embezzling over 21.7 million rubles ($340,000) from cash dispensers with prison sentence.

15:11 22.10.2019

New trial of stage company embezzlement case defendants to start in November

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court will start new proceedings in the Seventh Studio stage company embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov on November 1.

14:32 22.10.2019

Investigators seek to seize gold found after deadly dam burst in Siberia

Investigators have filed a motion with court seeking to seize gold found in a safe box washed off by a burst dike in a gold mine in Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk Region.

14:00 22.10.2019

Russian lawmakers adopt fines of up to $8,000 for unfair property developers

The State Duma adopted a bill on fines of up to 500,000 rubles ($8,000) for unfair real estate developers in a final third reading on Tuesday.

13:33 22.10.2019

Theater director’s embezzlement case again reaches Moscow court

The Seventh Studio stage company embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov was submitted to Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court for a new trial.

12:07 22.10.2019

Three defendants in Siberian gold-mining dike burst case put in detention

A court in Krasnoyarsk, one of the largest cities in Russia’s Siberia, has ordered the owner of Sisim gold-mining artel Maxim Kovalkov to be detained for 2 months in a case over the deadly dike burst claiming lives of at least 15 people.

11:59 22.10.2019

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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