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11.12.2009, 14:46
Twenty high-ranking officials of the Federal Service for Execution of Sentences have been dismissed following the death of Hermitage Capital Management’s tax adviser Sergey Magnitsky in custody.
24.06.2010, 15:54
Moscow’s Simonovsky court has closed the case against the former vice president of oil company Yukos, Vasily Aleksanyan, because the statute of limitations has expired.
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.
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.
21.01.2010, 20:32
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Russian law has always been a complicated issue. RT has interviewed Aleksander Konovalov, Russia’s Justice Minister on widespread distrust in the country's legal system and on planned measures to improve the situation.
26.01.2010, 21:38
Controversy surrounding a luxury development in Western Moscow has reached the boiling point as residents of Rechnik settlement are protesting city hall's attempts to evict them from their homes.
19.11.2009, 13:55
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Russia’s Constitutional Court has ruled out the return of the death penalty to Russian courts after the 10-year moratorium on capital punishment expires on January 1, 2010.
27.02.2010, 19:12
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Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has reiterated that stabilizing the North Caucasus remains the country’s most-serious concern, during a visit to the volatile region.
29.07.2010, 21:21
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President Medvedev has demanded to reduce the number of criminals in jails, claiming that more crimes should be punished using alternative punishments.
29.09.2009, 09:53
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Moscow’s regional military court is due to resume hearing a sex trafficking case involving 13 suspects, one of whom is a senior Russian intelligence officer.
Published: 29 June, 2010, 17:04
Edited: 30 June, 2010, 06:37
Public watchdogs monitoring the rights of prisoners in Russia might be entitled to visit jails without a preliminary warning, take pictures or film inside prisons and talk to prisoners and detained unaided.
Incaceration needs complete overhaul from top to bottom, including pre-prison (remand), and the Judicial route to prison surrounding cash. We are 'up' there with the US and UK in having a lock them up attitude and corruption to match. It is not a great club to be part of, or anything to be proud of. Instead we must act in a concerted stable way to improve the whole situation. A good first step is to open it up to scrutiny and shine the light on the actual institutions, but it needs go wider and cover actual cases coming to trial by jounalists. There shouldn't be a process, where the criminal trial is being held up, as relatives seek cash to avoid incaceration. With the poor obviously getting 'slightly' different treatment to the rich. But that just deals with the backend. What is also important, is to lower the overall prison population, and lessen the graduates of these criminal universities, because once the tatoos go on and the stamp goes in the passport, you are a graduate for life. So we have to get opportunity and economic inclusion up in our society, together with a meaningful rehabilitaion route. yes prison shouldn't be an instrument of torture, but also it shouldn't be a resort, or a method for private money making. Prison issues, need sober consideration, we ain't dealing with angels, and we should always look into the victims faces first. But on the other hand we should look to reduce crime in the first place, this helps potential victims, and we should be humane regardless.