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State Duma adopts bill on tougher punishment for premeditated bankruptcy in first reading

The State Duma has approved in the first reading a government bill on toughening the criminal liability of bankruptcy commissioners for their unlawful actions related to the process of bankruptcy.

17:28 06.04.2021

Russia’s Children Ombudsman urges adoption of federal support program for large families

The Russian Commissioner of Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova believes that it is necessary to adopt a federal program for support of large families in Russia.

16:39 06.04.2021

Navalny’s ally Sobol ordered to pay $7,000 to businessman Prigozhin for defamation

Moscow’s Simonovsky District Court on Tuesday obliged Lyubov Sobol, an associate of Alexey Navalny, to pay businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin 500,000 rubles (about $7,000) upon his defamation lawsuit against the woman.

15:18 06.04.2021

Businessman involved in Penza Governor graft case ready to cooperate with investigators

Detained head of BIOTEC Group of Companies Boris Spiegel is ready to cooperate with investigators in a bribery case of the former Governor of the Penza Region Ivan Belozertsev.

14:27 06.04.2021

TikTok ordered to pay $34K fine for failure to delete calls for illegal actions

A magistrate court on Tuesday fined TikTok social network 2.6 million rubles ($34,000) for failure to delete information calling teenagers to participate in illegal actions.

13:41 06.04.2021

Russia’s Ombudsman reports numerous complaints about refusals to initiate criminal cases

The Russian Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has urged to exclude a procedure, in the framework of which criminal cases are to be initiated after citizens submit their statements about crimes, so investigations could be started immediately after receiving the said statements.

12:36 06.04.2021

Three defense witnesses of actor Efremov to go on trial

A court will hear a case against three persons witnessing in defense of actor Mikhail Efremov, who had been earlier sentenced for a fatal crash incident.

10:52 06.04.2021

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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).

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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.

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