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Man accused of assault on policeman at January 31 rally put in detention

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court on Wednesday held to place Roman Pichuzhin accused of attack against a police officer during the unauthorized rally on January 31 in detention until April 20.

18:00 03.03.2021

Journalist Azar fined $2,000 for calls for participation in illegal actions

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Wednesday fined journalist and municipal lawmaker Ilya Azar 150,000 rubles ($2,000) for calls to participate in unauthorized rallies.

17:44 03.03.2021

President Putin urges reaction to involvement of teenagers into illegal actions

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged, in accordance with the law, to respond to the involvement of minors in illegal unauthorized street actions addressing an expanded meeting of the collegium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Wednesday.

17:19 03.03.2021

Detention of blogger charged with secret data access extended until summer

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Wednesday extended detention of blogger Andrey Pyzh, who stands charged with illegal access to the data constituting a state secret, which had been earlier extended until June 5.

16:45 03.03.2021

One more illegal rally participant to remain in Moscow detention

The Moscow City Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by the Murmansk Region’s resident Alexander Glushkov against his detention in a case over assault on a police officer at an unauthorized rally in Moscow.

14:42 03.03.2021

Russian Human Rights Council backs State Duma move to ban capture of marine mammals

The Presidential Human Rights Council positively sees an initiative to ban the capture of marine mammals, believes it is answering the hopes and demands of the country's civil society

13:57 03.03.2021

Participant of illegal January 23 rally to stay detained in hooliganism case

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld detention for a participant of the unauthorized rally held on January 23 Vyacheslav Igumnov charged with hooliganism. The defendant is to stay detained until March 31.

12:49 03.03.2021

Russia’s Investigative Committee to launch probe into TikTok child suicide calls

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin has issued an order to organize investigation into the dissemination of information on the TikTok social network that encourages children to commit suicide.

11:38 03.03.2021

One more bribery case opened against convicted ex-Mayor of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

A new criminal case over bribery was launched against ex-Mayor of Russia’s Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Vitaly Ivanenko, who had been earlier sentenced to 5.5 years in penal colony for graft.

10:57 03.03.2021

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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