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Belgorod Court Sentences Activist Who Helped Ukrainian Refugees to 22 Years in Prison

Nadezhda Rossinskaya’s Army of Beauties volunteer initiative claims to have helped 25,000 people in occupied Ukraine between 2022 and 2023.

Moscow Court Rules to Nationalize Domodedovo Airport

The airport’s ultimate beneficial owners were reportedly accused of transferring $228 million of profits abroad between 2021 and 2023.

St. Petersburg Bookstore Manager Fined Over Sale of Anarchist Memoir

Podpisniye Izdaniya was said to have sold Belarusian anarchist Ihar Alinevich’s 2013 memoir “I’m Off to Magadan.”

Russian Scientist Freed on Bail in U.S. After Frog Embryo Smuggling Charge

Ksenia Petrova was formally charged last month with attempting to smuggle frog embryos and embryonic samples into the United States.

Shlosberg Placed Under House Arrest Pending Trial

Authorities accuse the Pskov region opposition figure of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian military under wartime censorship laws.

Russian Court Jails Exiled Navalny Ally Volkov 18 Years in Absentia

Among the charges against the activist were organizing and financing an “extremist” organization, justifying terrorism and “rehabilitating Nazism...

Suspect in Apparent Assassination of Mariupol Siege Air Commander Arrested in Southern Russia

Major Zaur Gurtsiyev was killed along with an acquaintance, Nikita Penkov, in a bomb blast on May 28 in the city of Stavropol.

Yekaterinburg Editor Accused of Bribing Former Police Officer

Denis Allayarov, an editor at the pro-Kremlin news agency Ura.ru, was accused of bribing his uncle, a former senior police officer allegedly dismissed...

Ex-Manager of Russia’s ‘Troll Factory’ Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

A St. Petersburg judge found the former head of Patriot Media Group, Ilya Gorbunov, guilty of extortion and drug trafficking.

Ryazan News Editor Accused of Extortion Released on House Arrest

Alexei Frolov, who headed the Ryazan bureau of Novaya Gazeta until his arrest in January, was detained alongside two other local journalists.

Jailed Billionaire Vadim Moshkovich Charged With Fraud

Moshkovich, the founder of agricultural giant Rusagro, was arrested in late March on charges of large-scale fraud and abuse of office.

Stavropol Court Sentences 4 More Dagestan Airport Rioters to 10 Years in Prison

The men were among the roughly 1,200 people who stormed Makhachkala International Airport on Oct. 29, 2023, following rumors on social media that a flight...

Election Monitor Grigory Melkonyants Sentenced to 5 Years for ‘Undesirable’ Affiliation

A Moscow district court judge also barred the Golos co-chair from “engaging in public activity” for nine years following his release.

Moscow Court Jails Exiled ‘Putin Banker’ Sergei Pugachev 14 Years in Absentia

Pugachev, once a powerful senator and founder of Mezhprombank, was known in the 2000s as “Putin’s banker” due to his close ties to the Kremlin.

Prosecutors Request 6-Year Prison Sentence for Golos Election Monitor

Grigory Melkonyants was arrested in August 2023 on accusations of working with the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations.

Moscow Court Upholds Prison Sentence for Pediatrician Jailed Over War Criticism

Around 20 people came to the courthouse to show their support for Nadezhda Buyanova, whose appeal hearing was held behind closed doors.

Trans Woman Charged With Justifying Terrorism Launches Hunger Strike in Jail

Olga Sivushkova was arrested in January for allegedly sharing a link to an interview with a spokesman for the Freedom of Russia Legion, a Ukraine-based...

Military Court Jails Ex-General Ivan Popov 5 Years Over Fraud Allegations

The general’s arrest in May 2024 sparked criticism from pro-war bloggers, who accused Russia’s top brass of sidelining a respected commander.

Russia Jails Exiled Philanthropist Boris Zimin 9 Years in Absentia

Zimin was accused of working with accomplices to sell a majority stake in a Russian car-sharing company without the approval of a key shareholder.

Moscow Court Reduces Drug Trafficking Sentence for Jailed U.S. Man

A Moscow court sentenced dual national Robert Woodland to 12 years and six months in prison last July.

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