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.
Navalny to be transferred to hospital for prisoners – penitentiary service
Imprisoned blogger Alexey Navalny would be moved to a hospital for convicts after several weeks of a hunger strike, the Federal Penitentiary Service said Monday.
Lawyers need permission to bring phones, cameras to detention centers – Chamber
The Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation proposes to allow councelors to bring technical communication equipment into the territory of detention centers, as well as devices that allow audio and video recording.
Russia’s Ombudsman seeks permit to visit detainees for her staff
The Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has proposed that her staff was granted the right to visit people held in pre-trial detention centers and colonies.
Russia’s penitentiary service demands $2 million from convicted ex-head Korshunov
The Federal Penitentiary Service has filed a lawsuit demanding to recover over 158 million rubles ($2 million) from ex-FSIN deputy director Oleg Korshunov and two other convicted service employees.
Russian Justice Ministry drafts order on telephone talks of female prisoners with children
The Russian Ministry of Justice has developed a draft order granting women the right to carry out telephone conversations with their children, the body's press service informs on Thursday
Navalny’s health described as satisfactory – penitentiary authorities
The standard medical examination has described the health condition of concivted Alexey Navalny as satisfactory.
Russian Justice Minister to visit detention centers, colonies without special permission
The State Duma has adopted in the third and final reading a law granting the Minister of Justice the right to visit pre-trial detention centers and correctional colonies without special permission.
Ombudsmen from across Russia to discuss resocialization of convicts
Ombudsmen from 85 Russia’s regions will meet in Krasnoyarsk in May to discuss the problem of resocialization of convicts, RAPSI has been told in the press service of the Federal Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova.
Russian lawyer challenges ban on carrying of mobile phones into detention facilities
Lawyer Oleg Krupochkin has appealed to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation seeking to invalidate the provisions of two orders of the Interior Ministry prohibiting lawyers from bringing technical means of communication, as well as devices allowing audio and video recording, to the temporary detention centers.
Bill on blocking of cellphones in penitentiary facilities becomes law
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill on termination of provision of communication services in penitentiary facilities into law.
State Duma approves bill on blocking of cellphones in penitentiary facilities
State Duma lawmakers have approved in the third and final reading amendments envisaging termination of provision of communication services in penitentiary facilities.
Ex-St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region penitentiary official sentenced to 18 years in prison
Former deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Directorate Sergey Moiseyenko has been sentenced to 18 years in a maximum security penal colony, after found guilty of receiving bribes amounting to 710 million rubles ($9.6 million at the current exchange rate) during a detention center construction.
Restrictive measures imposed in Moscow detention centers amid COVID-19 spread
Restrictive measures have been imposed in Moscow detention centers due to the spread of the coronavirus infection.
Ex-penitentiary official charged with abuse of office to stay detained for 3 more months
Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Monday extended the detention ex-Deputy Chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Valery Maksimenko charged with abuse of office until April 25.
Russian penitentiary authorities urge to place Navalny in detention
Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) on Monday asked a court in Khimki, a town near Moscow, to put Alexey Navalny in detention.
Moscow court to proceed with bid to overturn Navalny’s suspended term for embezzlement
Moscow’s Simonovsky District Court will hear a bid of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) seeking revocation of Alexey Navalny’s suspended sentence in the Ives Rocher embezzlement case on January 29.
Russian rights advocates seek to ease detention and prison conditions amid pandemic
The Presidential Council for Human Rights has requested the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) to mitigate detention and prison conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the advisory body’s member Eva Merkacheva.
Sentence in another case of ex-penitentiary official Korshunov upheld
The Moscow City Court has upheld a 9-year prison term passed on ex-deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov in a case over supplies of sugar and motor fuel for FSIN.
Russian rights advocates work on problem of denial of attorneys’ access to detention
Members of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights are working on the problem of denial of the attorneys’ access to their clients in detention, according to the body’s Chairman Valery Fadeyev.