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Investigation into Moscow municipal lawmaker accused of rally rules breaches completed

Investigation into a criminal case over repeated violations of rally holding regulations against Moscow’s municipal lawmaker Yulia Galyamina is completed.

18:53 25.09.2020

Theater project embezzlement case comes up to appeal stage

The Moscow City Court has received appeals against sentence in a high-profile Seventh Studio stage company embezzlement case.

17:38 25.09.2020

Prosecutors seek for liquidation of religious organization Church of Last Testament

Prosecutors have filed a lawsuit with the Krasnoyarsk Krai Court demanding liquidation of the Church of Last Testament religious organization.

16:16 25.09.2020

Guard firm’s license recall over kindergarten murder confirmed in cassation

Private security firm Svyatogor whose employee had let a kid murder enter a kindergarten in Naryan-Mar, a town in the Nenets Autonomous Area, lost a cassation appeal against revocation of its license.

15:34 25.09.2020

Probe into two men accused of Nazi photo publishing on Immortal Regiment site complete

Investigators have completed probe into two Russian men over publishing photos of Nazi criminals on the website of the Immortal Regiment movement.

14:42 25.09.2020

Prosecutors approve indictment against Moscow lawmaker charged with $30K embezzlement

Moscow prosecutors have approved indictment against a local lawmaker Oleg Sheremetyev in a case on embezzling over 2 million rubles (about $30,000) of budget funds.

13:21 25.09.2020

Draft law on fines for repeated false emergency calls presented for MPs’ discussion

A bill on penalties of up to 5,000 rubles ($65) for repeated false calls to emergency services has been submitted to the lower house of Russian parliament.

12:00 25.09.2020

Moscow Mayor’s Office recommends residents to follow COVID-19 warnings

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has recommended that city residents aged 65 and older and sickly people do not leave their apartments or country houses without the need over degradation of the epidemiological situation.

11:17 25.09.2020

Co-owner of burnt Kemerovo mall goes on trial on bribery charges

A bribery case against a co-owner of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that became a site of deadly fire killing 60 people in Russia's Kemerovo in March 2018 with an approved indictment has been sent to the Kemerovo Central District Court for consideration.

10:15 25.09.2020

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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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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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