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Ex-chair of regional district election committee charged with ballot fraud

Investigators in Russia’s Penza Region have charged a former chair of one of the local district election committees with electoral fraud.

17:45 22.03.2021

Lawyer in Kemerovo Region gets 10 years behind bars for extortion

A court in Russia’s Kemerovo Region on Monday sentenced a 28-year attorney to 10 years in high-security prison for extortion and illegal deprivation of freedom.

16:36 22.03.2021

Investigators join proceedings over cases of genocide against civilians during WWII

Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case over genocide of the peoples of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War joining in it all cases of Nazi crimes against civilians under investigation.

15:18 22.03.2021

Governor of Russia’s Penza Region put in detention on graft charges

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Monday placed Governor of the Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev charged with bribery in detention until May 20.

14:05 22.03.2021

Bill on length of investigated persons' stay in psychiatric hospitals reaches State Duma

The Government has submitted to the State Duma a bill setting the time frame for which a person in custody is to be temporarily placed in a medical institution that provides psychiatric care.

13:54 22.03.2021

Complaint against investigators’ actions as to Navalny’s hospitalization rejected

The 235th Garrison Military Court on Monday dismissed an appeal lodged by Alexey Navalny against the investigator’s actions as to the summer incident and hospitalization of the blogger.

12:29 22.03.2021

Governor of Russia’s Penza Region charged with graft

Bribery charges have been brought against Governor of the Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev.

11:37 22.03.2021

Appeals against sentence of seven terrorist group members reach Russian Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Russia will proceed with cassation appeals against sentence passed on seven members of a St. Petersburg cell of a group known as Set, meaning Network, banned in Russia as terrorist.

10:44 22.03.2021

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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