crimes against children

Tag: crimes against children

Kaliningrad doctors get 9.5 and 9 years in prison for baby’s death

The Moscow Regional Court sentenced doctors Elena Belaya and Elina Sushkevich, who used to work in Kaliningrad, a city in the western part of Russia, to 9.5 and 9 years in a general regime colony in a case where they were found guilty by a jury of the death of a baby.

17:07 06.09.2022

Prosecution seeks 13 years in prison for Kaliningrad doctors guilty of baby’s death

Prosecutors asked the Moscow Regional Court to sentence doctors Elena Belaya and Elina Sushkevich, who used to work in Kaliningrad, a city in the western part of Russia, to 13 years in prison as the women were found guilty of the death of a baby by a jury.

12:38 31.08.2022

Russian government backs bill enabling life sentences for paedophiles

Russia's government has backed a bill proposed by the United Russia party to introduce life sentences for pedophiles, according to Chair of the State Duma Information Policy Committee Alexander Khinshtein.

17:01 20.10.2021

Children's rights commissioner urges MPs to back bill enabling life sentences for paedophiles

Anna Kuznetsova, Russia's children's rights commissioner, calls on lawmakers in the State Duma to back a bill which introduces life sentences for pedophiles as well as other measures aimed at better protection of minors.

17:57 08.09.2021

Detention of ex-schema monk Sergius prolonged for six months

The Izmaylovsky District Court on Wednesday extended detention of excommunicated ex-schema monk Sergius (Nikolay Romanov) in a case over inducement to suicide and usurpation of power until February 10.

16:44 19.08.2021

Four defendants in surrogacy kids trade case returned to detention

The First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction overturned house arrest imposed on CEO of the European Surrogacy Center Vladislav Melnikov and three other defendants in a case over trafficking of surrogate mothers’ children and detained them.

10:43 06.08.2021

Case of ex-schema monk Sergius to be considered in Moscow

A case of excommunicated former schema monk Sergius (Nikolay Romanov) will be heard by Moscow’s Izmaylovsky District Court.

12:17 09.07.2021

Putin extends Investigative Committee powers in cases involving minors

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on Thursday enacted a bill vesting Russia’s Investigative Committee with extended powers to investigate cases of crimes of medium and lesser severity committed against minors into law.

14:59 01.07.2021

Probe into hitting child by electric scooter in St. Petersburg completed

Investigation into a case against a man who had hit a minor by electric scooter in St. Petersburg was completed.

12:03 28.06.2021

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.

15:01 24.06.2021

Alleged organizer of group of death put in detention

A court has ordered detention of a resident of the Stavropol Region charged with organizing so-called online groups of death and death of two teenagers.

12:16 21.06.2021

Moscow City Court extends detention of ex-schema monk Sergius until late summer

The Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention of excommunicated former schema monk Sergius (Nikolay Romanov) until August 29.

14:24 07.06.2021

Russian Children’s Ombudsman seeks to award teachers defending pupils in Kazan

Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner will petition for awarding teaches, who have defended children during a shooting attack in a school in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan Republic, and helped with evacuation.

14:58 13.05.2021

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office takes fatal Kazan school attack under special scrutiny

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation has taken special effort to control the investigation of the deadly school attack in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, carried out by the regional prosecutor’s office.

18:09 11.05.2021

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.

11:40 11.05.2021

Number of orphans decreases in Russia by 13% - Children’s Ombudsman

The number of orphans and children deprived of parental care decreased in Russia by 13% in the last five years, Child Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova said during the minor orphans safeguarding expert board on Tuesday.

14:00 27.04.2021

Two defendants in 2016 Karelia lake tragedy case acquitted again

The Petrozavodsk City Court in Karelia on Tuesday again acquitted ex-chief of the Republic’s division of the Russian consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor Anatoly Kovalenko and his ex-deputy Lyudmila Kotovich in a case over children’s death in Syamozero lake in 2016.

11:17 30.03.2021

President Putin urges reaction to involvement of teenagers into illegal actions

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged, in accordance with the law, to respond to the involvement of minors in illegal unauthorized street actions addressing an expanded meeting of the collegium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Wednesday.

17:19 03.03.2021

Russia’s Investigative Committee to launch probe into TikTok child suicide calls

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin has issued an order to organize investigation into the dissemination of information on the TikTok social network that encourages children to commit suicide.

11:38 03.03.2021

Arrest of Navalny’s associate Volkov in absentia upheld

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld issuance of arrest warrant in absentia for Leonid Volkov, the head of regional offices of Alexey Navalny, in a case over involvement of children in unlawful events.

17:48 01.03.2021