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22.04.2009, 01:36
A Moscow court has released the former lawyer of the Yukos oil company, Svetlana Bakhmina, who has been allowed home along with the five-month old daughter she gave birth to in prison.
02.04.2009, 13:20
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The adoptive parents of a four-year old boy, who received numerous injuries and burns, are being charged with premeditated harm to a minor. They have also been issued a written order not to leave their residence.
21.12.2009, 14:42
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Dmitry Babich from Russia Profile magazine believes that Russia now has real freedom, including the freedom to say whatever people really think about Stalin.
19.01.2010, 11:11
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Tuesday marks one year since the murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova in Moscow.
23.12.2009, 20:51
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Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that the 2003 arrest of former Yukos executive Platon Lebedev was illegal on procedural grounds and must be annulled. The decision will have no impact on his imprisonment, however.
25.02.2010, 12:33
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Investigators have identified the likely killer of Natalia Estemirova, the famous Russian human rights activist, who was murdered last July.
14.09.2010, 06:37
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Russia is preparing an overhaul of its police following several massive scandals that shook the force. The new draft law has been published online and has prompted large-scale feedback from experts and the public.
15.07.2009, 14:13
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Bills approved by the Russian State Duma include increasing sentences to 20 years for the rape of children – and also harsher measures for the distributors of child pornography.
03.05.2009, 13:38
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The number of Russian policemen brought to justice over the past four years is increasing. With people scared of seeing men in uniform, human rights activists and lawmakers in Russia are calling for urgent police reform.
09.06.2009, 00:08
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The Russian Prosecutor General’s office has, in its own words, ‘rehabilitated’ six members of the former Russian Royal family, the Romanovs.
Published: 22 April, 2009, 16:51
A former lawyer for the Yukos oil company, Svetlana Bakhmina, has not yet been released. Although the court ruled in her favor on Tuesday, she reportedly is remaining in prison until the required paperwork has been done.
