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Articles with tag "Court case"
new precedent
Siberian Teen Jailed 3.5 Years for Anti-War Posts, Graffiti
Russian media said this was the first time that a minor had been imprisoned for their anti-war views.
'army fakes'
Russian Man Sentenced to Penal Labor for Street Interview With U.S.-Funded Radio Liberty
Yury Kokhovets, 39, was approached by RFE/RL journalists and asked whether a de-escalation of tensions between Russia and NATO members was needed.
2 Min read
behind closed doors
Top Russian Hypersonic Scientist Sentenced to 7 Years for Treason
Alexander Kuranov, 76, was the head of a St. Petersburg state research institute who oversaw the Soviet-era Ayaks hypersonic aircraft program.
1 Min read
HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY
Russian Court Orders Review of Verdict Against Scientist
Valery Golubkin, 72, a professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, was arrested in April 2021 on suspicion of passing state secrets...
1 Min read
jailed for a play
Russia Adds Theater Director Berkovich, Playwright Petriychuk to ‘Terrorists and Extremists’ List
The two women were arrested over their award-winning play about Russian women who fall in love with Islamist militants and plan to join them in Syria.
2 Min read
treason cases
Russia Jails 2 Men for Trying to Join Anti-Kremlin Militia
One of the men said he had been tortured while in police custody and that a confession he gave had been forced.
1 Min read
WWII monument
Russian Blogger Gets 10 Months Correctional Labor for Statue Tickling Video
Alyona Agafonova was also banned from publicly posting information on the internet for the next two years.
1 Min read
'war fakes'
Russia Jails Activist Pyotr Verzilov in Absentia Following Retrial
An appellate court overturned an initial verdict against him in March due to unspecified procedural violations.
1 Min read
Feature
‘Endless Wave of Violence’: Leading Russian Anti-Torture Activist on Concert Attack Suspects’ Treatment
MT interviewed lawyer Olga Sadovskaya of The Crew Against Torture, a prominent human rights NGO, about what the suspects' treatment means for Russia.
5 Min read
getaway car
Moscow Court Remands 3 More Suspects Over Concert Hall Attack
Brothers Aminchon and Dilovar Islomov, as well as their father Isroil Islomov, are accused of aiding and abetting terrorism.
2 Min read
terrorism charges
Russian Court Remands 4 Suspects Over Concert Hall Attack
The suspects face a maximum sentence of life in prison on charges of committing a terrorist act.
2 Min read
republic of Tatarstan
Russia Sentences ‘Volga Maniac’ Serial Killer to Life in Prison
Radik Tagirov was found guilty of murdering 31 elderly women and committing assault against another 33 between 2011 and 2012.
1 Min read
kaluga region
Russia Fines Migrant Rights Activist Over ‘Fictitious Registrations’
Tatiana Kotlyer is said to have registered more than 10,500 foreigners at her home address since 2009.
1 Min read
'procedural violations'
Russia Overturns ‘War Fakes’ Sentence Against Activist Pyotr Verzilov
Verzilov had been sentenced to 8.5 years in prison in absentia for spreading “deliberately false” information about the Russian army.
1 Min read
wartime censorship
Russia Jails Journalist for Criticizing Ukraine Offensive
In a final statement to the court at a previous hearing, Roman Ivanov said: "Journalism no longer exists in Russia."
2 Min read
Feature
‘I Believe in a Better Future’: Rights Veteran Oleg Orlov on His 2.5-Year Sentence for Opposing Ukraine War
The co-chair of Memorial was fined in October for “discrediting” the army. But prosecutors requested his fine be converted to real jail time.
4 Min read
Hostage diplomacy
From Whelan to Karelina: The Americans Held in Russian Prisons
This week's arrest of a U.S.-Russian woman on suspicion of treason is the latest in a series of arrests of U.S. citizens on Russian soil.
5 Min read
21-year sentence
Russia Jails U.S. Man for Sexually Abusing Sons
Russian prosecutors accused David Thomas Barnes of sexually abusing his two sons between 2014 and 2018 when they lived in Texas.
1 Min read
marxist theorist
Russia Toughens Sentence Against Anti-War Sociologist
A military court of appeals reversed an initial ruling to fine Kagarlitsky 600,000 rubles on charges of “justifying terrorism.”
1 Min read
military court
Russian Student Jailed 9 Years for Secession Calls, Promoting Ukrainian Army
Andrei Vasyurenko was detained in March on charges of “planning to commit high treason by defecting to the enemy's side.”
1 Min read
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