A senior Russian judge on Tuesday ordered a court to review the appeal of jailed former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky . It remains to be seen whether the order is on a legal technicality...
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Senate committee approves bill to sanction Russia officials linked to lawyer's death
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would impose sanctions on Russian officials linked to the 2009 death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky . The bill...
House committee approves bill to sanction Russia officials linked to lawyer's death
The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs voted Thursday to approve a bill that would impose sanctions on Russian officials linked to the 2009 death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky ....
Russia must reform its laws and practices in order to prevent discrimination and unfair treatment of disabled persons in the country, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) official said Friday. President Dmitry Medvedev signed...
Russia dismisses charges against doctor accused in lawyer prison death
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federal on Monday dismissed all charges against a Russian doctor accused of negligence in the death of former Russian lawyer and purported whistle-blower Sergei Magnitsky...
The Russian legislature on Friday passed a bill that will make it easier for political parties to register with the government. The bill was introduced in response to widely disputed and heavily...
A Russian court in the Siberian province of Tomsk on Wednesday rejected a call to ban a translation of the Hindu holy book the Bhagavad Gita. Prosecutors in the case argued that a preface accompanying a 1968 translation of...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday ordered Russia's prosecutor general to conduct a study into 32 criminal cases, including the case of ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky . Khodorkovsky, who was...
The Russian State Duma on Tuesday approved legislation imposing stricter penalties for individuals convicted of sex offenses against minors. The legislation, initiated by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [official website, in Russian;...
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) criticized the US human rights record, including the indefinite detention of Guantanamo Bay detainees, in a report made public on their website Sunday. The 90-page report,...