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Navalny’s defamation lawsuit against President’s spokesman adjourned for month

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow on Tuesday decided to postpone Alexey Navalny’s defamation claim against the President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov for a month.

17:52 15.06.2021

No grounds found for release of ex-director of undesirable NGO from detention - court

The Krasnodar Krai Court on Tuesday upheld detention of Andrey Pivovarov, a former director of Otkrytaya Rossia (OR), an organization registered in Great Britain and recognized in Russia as undesirable.

15:33 15.06.2021

Expert of Russian Foreign Ministry gets 5 years in jail for $1 mln embezzlement

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow on Tuesday sentenced Natalya Agaltsova, an expert of the Currency and Finance Department of Russia’s Foreign Ministry to 5 years in penal colony for embezzling about $1 million.

13:48 15.06.2021

Prosecutors challenge release of former fishery official from detention in fraud case

Prosecution filed an appeal against the Moscow City Court’s decision on the replacement of detention of x-advisor of a head of the Federal Fishery Agency Yury Khokhlov charged with attempted fraud in the amounr of $7 milllion with house arrest, attorney Igor Zuber told RAPSI on Tuesday.

11:20 15.06.2021

Ex-head of Togliattikhimbank Popov sentenced to 7.5 years of imprisonment

Former Chairman of the Board of Togliattikhimbank Alexander Popov has been sentenced to 7.5 years in a maximum security colony and a fine of 500 million rubles ($7 million).

10:42 15.06.2021

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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

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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