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13.07.2009, 08:56
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Jehovah’s Witnesses, known for their doomsday prophecies, are seen as an extremist cult by the Russian authorities. Banned in many countries, their activities could soon become illegal in Russia as well.
13.07.2009, 15:10
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There are at least tens of thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia and, if banned, they will go into hiding and it will be a source of conflict, says Andrey Zolotov from magazine Russia Profile.
26.01.2010, 08:41
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Russia is considering changing laws that would restrict missionary activity. Officials say the measure is to protect people from damaging cults, but there are serious fears over how it will impact on religious freedom.
21.04.2010, 17:11
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A court in Russia’s Urals has ruled that the materials by L. Ron Hubbard are to be banned as undermining the spiritual basis of life in Russia, says the Prosecutor-General’s official website.
21.05.2009, 00:23
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Six-year-old Aleksandra has finally arrived in Russia, her native land, though she has never been here before. On Monday, a Portuguese court returned the girl, living with a Portuguese couple, to her Russian mother.
26.05.2009, 11:09
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The father of a newborn girl has been sentenced to three years in prison for having sexual relations with his underage wife, who is the mother of his newborn daughter.
30.03.2010, 15:15
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A draft law imposing criminal liability of up to five years behind bars for the rehabilitation of Nazism has been submitted to the State Duma by a group of MPs from the ruling United Russia party.
01.02.2010, 12:42
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On March 19 the Basmanny court of Moscow will again take on the case of the murder of the family of Russia's last Tsar, Nicolas II.
16.10.2009, 09:05
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Convicted pedophiles in Russia could soon be chemically castrated. Parliament is set to discuss the law, which supporters hope will stop the high-level of child molesters re-offending.
19.02.2010, 13:08
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A former Moscow policeman has been found guilty of killing two people and attempting to murder 22 more in a shooting rampage at a supermarket last year. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Published: 10 July, 2009, 16:22
For the first time in modern Russia a small firm in has defeated in court the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Interior Ministry and the Defense Ministry over a legal case of reparations of damages in one fell swoop.
Excellent news, we all just want the law to be followed universaly for everyone. Cases like this are a great start, for the publicity they bring; but there is still lots to do, and many more cases will need to be won, before perceptions and reality change. Russia should aim, more and more in the strict legal direction, ignoring the model of heavily politicised courts in the west. We should aim for minimal strict law, followed and interpreted strictly, applicable to everyone.