Russian minors’ ombudsman pushes for support for all categories of families with children
Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova stresses that complex support measures must be applied to all categories of families with children.
President Putin obliges media to indicate terrorist organizations banned in Russia
President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a law introducing administrative responsibility for disseminating information about terrorist organizations without indicating that those had been liquidated or activities thereof had been banned in Russia.
Around 3,000 disabled people turned to Russian Ombudsman in last 3 years - Moskalkova
About 3,000 mobility impaired citizens have turned to Russia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova in the last three years.
Federation Council approves new Investigative Committee powers in cases involving minors
The Federation Council has approved a bill vesting Russia’s Investigative Committee with extended powers to investigate cases of crimes of medium and lesser severity committed against minors.
State Duma adopts bill on geolocation data use in search for missing persons
State Duma lawmakers adopted amendments to the Law Concerning Investigative Activities permitting the use of geolocation data in order to facilitate search for missing persons in the third and final reading on Thursday.
Twitter fined $260,000 for refusal to delete banned information
A magistrate judge of a judicial district of Moscow’s Tagansky District Court on Thursday fined Twitter Inc 19 million rubles ($260,000) for refusal to delete information banned by Russian legislation from the social network.
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.
Sentence of Russian actor Efremov appealed in cassation
Defense for Mikhail Efremov filed a cassation appeal demanding to overturn an appeals instance’s ruling imposing a 7.5-year prison sentence on the actor, the press service of Moscow’s Presnensky District Court told RAPSI on Wednesday.
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.
Ex-owner of Promsvyazbank challenges seizure of assets worth $1.5 billion
Ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananyev has lodged an appeal against court refusal to overturn seizure of his monetary assets and other property worth over 113 billion rubles ($1.5 billion).
One of alleged Kazan school assailants arrested - police
Law enforcement officers arrested one of the alleged assailants who attacked a school in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, on Tuesday.
Taxi driver gets 2 years in penal colony for assault on law enforcement officer in Moscow
Valery Yevsin, a taxi driver who had committed an assault on a National Guard employee at the illegal January 23 rally in Moscow, received 2 years in penal colony on Wednesday.
Ex-customs officer sentenced to 7 years in prison for tobacco exports machinations
Former St. Petersburg Baltic customs inspector Alexander Zharin was found guilty of taking 51 bribes in the amount of $178,500 for falsifying documents related to the export of tobacco products; the man was sentenced to 7 years in a strict regime colony.
About 10,000 calls from citizens accepted by Russia’s Ombudsman over year
Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has accepted around 10,000 telephone calls from citizens since March 2020.
Summa Group owners charged with embezzlement to go on trial
Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court will proceed with an embezzlement case against owners of Summa Group Ziyavudin Magomedov and his brother Magomed on March 19.
Navalny to serve Ives Rocher embezzlement sentence in Vladimir Region
Convicted Alexey Navalny has been transported to a penal colony in Russia’s Vladimir Region.
Six defendants in Moscow choreographer murder case put in detention
Moscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Monday ordered the detention of six defendants in a case over the murder of choreographer Natalya Pronina in December.
Former regional tax official sentenced to prison for bribery
A court has sentenced a former department chief of the Federal Tax Service for Arkhangelsk Region and Nenets Autonomous District Sergey Rodionov to 8 years in prison for graft and abuse of office.
Moscow rally activist convicted of throwing refuse bin at policeman loses parole bid
A court in the Bryansk Region dismissed a petition for parole filed by convict Yevgeny Kovalenko, who had thrown a garbage can refuse bin at a National Guard officer at an unauthorized rally on July 27, 2019, in Moscow.
Prosecutors seek 25-year prison term for soldier guilty of killing comrades-in-arms
Prosecutors demanded 25 years in high-security prison for soldier Ramil Shamsutdinov, who had been found guilty of deadly shooting in a military unit.