Perm resident fined $2,500 for rehabilitation of Nazism
A court in the Perm Krai fined Maxim Gusev, who had posted a photo of the former head of the Cossack reserve of the German SS Andrey Shkuro, on the Immortal Regiment website, 180,000 rubles ($2,500) finding him guilty of rehabilitation of Nazism.
Two Russian security officers charged with fraud go on trial
Two former officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) indicted in fraud face trial in the Moscow Garrison Military Court.
Urals court grants parole to photographer convicted of killing model wife
Urals photographer, Dmitry Loshagin, sentenced to 10 years in high-security colony for killing his wife, model Yulia Prokopyeva, was granted parole on Tuesday.
Owner of Moscow Region hospice gets over 6 years in penal colony in fatal fire case
An owner of a private hospice in the Moscow Region’s town of Krasnogorsk on Monday received 6 years and 5 months in penal colony in a case over the fire that had led to the death of 12 patients.
Man ordered to community service for publishing Hitler photo on Immortal Regiment site
Andrey Akimov residing in Russia’s Orenburg Region has received 1-year community service for publishing the image of Adolf Hitler on the Immortal Regiment website.
Case over recognition of murders of Pskov residents during WWII as genocide to be heard in August
The Pskov Regional Court is to hear a petition of the prosecutor's office seeking to recognize the massacres of civilians committed in the region by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War as genocide in August.
Bill on indexation of money awarded by courts reaches Russian State Duma
Russian government approves initiative to index payments to victims of crime
The government of the Russian Federation has approved a draft law developed by the Ministry of Justice on the indexation of payments awarded by court decisions in case such are delayed for a long time.
Arrest warrant issued for ex-director of Navalny’s foundation in absentia
An arrest warrant was issued in absentia on Tuesday for Ivan Zhdanov, a former director of the foundation established by Alexey Navalny, which had been declared extremist by court, as part of a case over deliberate non-compliance with court decisions.
Couple fined $200 for refusing to pass PCR test after returning from Egypt to Russia
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.
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).
Russian attorney placed in detention in $55,000 bribery case
A court in Russia’s Novorossiysk has detained attorney Dmitry Novikov as part of a 4 milllion-ruble ($55,000) graft case until August 3.
Ex-director of undesirable NGO put in detention for two months
The Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar on Wednesday ordered detention of Andrey Pivovarov, a former director of Otkrytaya Rossia (OR), an organization registered in Great Britain and recognized in Russia as undesirable, until July 31.
Voronezh court fines user over publishing Hitler photo on Immortal Regiment site
The Voronezh Regional Court has imposed a fine on local resident Alexander Khoroshiltsev, who posted a photo of Adolf Hitler on the Immortal Regiment website.
E-justice used in over 400,000 cases examined in Russia
In 2020, electronic justice systems were used when considering more than 400,000 cases in Russian courts, Alexey Solokhin, Counselor to the Department of Systematization of Legislation and Analysis of Judicial Practice of the Russian Supreme Court said at the Digitalization and Cybersecurity in Courts track of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) 9 ¾.
Moscow resident put in detention on terrorism funding allegations
A court has detained a Moscow resident charged with funding the Islamic State, the international terrorist organization banned in Russia.
Navalny challenges prone to escape status
A court in Russia’s Vladimir Region has registered three suits lodged by Alexey Navalny against a penal colony over assignment of the status of a convict prone to escape to him.
Two bankers put in detention in Moscow on suspicion of $13.5 mln withdrawal
A court in Moscow put a former chair of board of one of the commercial banks and his deputy in detention on suspicion of illegal takeaway of more than one billion rubles (about $13.5 million) through unsecured loans.
About 2,000 indviduals acquitted by Russian courts in 2020
Russian courts acquitted nearly 2,000 people in 2020.