Riga Court upholds former Moscow mayor’s ban from Latvia
The Riga District Court closed a civil suit in which Yury Luzhkov required Latvian officials to cancel his ban from the country, RIA Novosti reports citing major Latvian media.
Telecom regulator unblocks major Russian torrent trackers
The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) has unblocked torrent tracker Rutracker.ru and several other torrent resources after they deleted pirated content, the regulator announced on its website.
Opposition-minded online newspaper demands that court unblock its site
The online newspaper Kasparov.ru has filed a suit with the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow to overturn the decisions of the Prosecutor General’s Office and Roskomnadzor, which led to the blocking of the newspaper’s website, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Damir Gainutdinov, told RIA Novosti.
EU says visa sanctions not to target Russian citizens - official
The EU has confirmed that a visa ban would not affect the average Russian even though talks on visa-free travel had been suspended over Ukraine., according to the EU envoy to Russia Vygaudas Usackas.
Japan imposes visa sanctions on 23 Russian officials
The Japanese Government has introduced a visa ban for 23 Russian officials in the wake of the situation in Ukraine. The names of the officials have not been revealed.
Russian communications regulator blocks several Ukrainian nationalist websites
Russian telecom regulator, Roskomnadzor, has blocked the access to more than ten Ukrainian websites containing calls for mass riots in Russia, the Siberian Federal District Department of Russia’s Prosecutor General's Office reported.
Magnitsky list’s investigator to file defamation suit in Russian court
Former Interior Ministry investigator Pavel Karpov is ready to file a defamation suit against William Browder and Jamieson Firestone and their companies Hermitage Capital Management Limited and Management UK Limited.
EU mulls more Russian lawmakers and journalists for sanction list - report
The EU is considering sanctions for over 100 Russians, including MPs, members of the Russian Security Council, law enforcement staff and journalists, Kommersant newspaper wrote on Wednesday.
About 3,700 pro-suicide websites closed by Russian regulator
Around 3,700 websites containing pro-suicide information have been closed in Russia since November 2012, according to the website of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor).
US lawmakers propose expanding Magnitsky Act to all countries
US senators John McCain and Ben Cardin have submitted a bill to the US Congress that would potentially broaden the scope of the Magnitsky Act to all countries.
US Embassy in Moscow cannot confirm Magnitsky List curb
The US Embassy in Moscow could not officially confirm the information that the White House allegedly decided to halt the expansion of so-called Magnitsky List.
Magnitsky List may grow by year's end says US ambassador
The United States could broaden the number of Russian officials included on a travel blacklist by the end of this year, the US ambassador in Moscow said Wednesday.
There are no blacklists of banks for license recall - official
There are no black lists of banks the licenses of which the Central Bank may revoke, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said Wednesday at a meeting with the heads of the largest Russian banks.
Petition to lift sanctions on Russian singer gets 100,000 signatures
A petition to the Obama Administration to lift economic sanctions on Russian singer Grigory Leps has received the required 100,000 signatures to be reviewed by the White House staff.
Internet-freedom watchdog reports 83k ‘unlawful’ website blacklistings
In the year since an Internet blacklist was activated by Russia’s communication watchdog Roskomnadzor, more than 83,000 websites have been blocked without appropriate legal justification, head of the ‘RosKomSvoboda” NGO Artyom Kozlyuk.
More than 14,000 websites blacklisted by Russian regulator
More than 14,000 online resources have been blacklisted in the year that has passed since the activation of Roskomnadzor’s website blacklist.
US Treasury blacklists Russian pop star
Russian pop singer Grigory Leps has been placed on a blacklist of sorts by the US Treasury Department on suspicion of having ties with organized crime, US Treasury spokesman John Sullivan told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
Website blocking is ineffective measure - telecom regulator
Website blocking under the anti-piracy law is ineffective measure and it can be used only as a last resort, Maxim Ksenzov, deputy head of the Federal Service for Telecom, IT and Mass Communications Supervision (Roskomnadzor), said at the conference "Right to Download" on Tuesday.
Second website to be blocked in Russia under anti-piracy law
Russia's federal communications agency Roskomnadzor will block Rutor.org file-sharing website under the anti-piracy law, RAPSI's sister agency Digit.ru reported on Monday.
Ukraine bans US musician for 5 years for flag desecration
A US musician who apparently desecrated the Ukrainian flag has been banned from entering the country for five years, the Ukrainian Security Service reported.