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Articles with tag "Supreme Court"

Russia’s Supreme Court Upholds Prison Sentence for Ex-Rebel Commander Girkin

Igor Girkin, a convicted war criminal in the West and better known by his alias Igor Strelkov, was convicted of “inciting extremism” in January.

Russian Supreme Court Upholds Navalny’s 19-Year ‘Extremism’ Sentence

The court rejected an appeal by the late activist’s defense team against a nearly two-decade sentence on a string of “extremist” charges.
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Russia Bans Nonexistent ‘Anti-Russian Separatist Movement’

Rights groups say authorities could use the designation as a pretext for wider criminal prosecutions of anti-war, anti-colonial or Indigenous rights activists...
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Russia Seeks to Ban Nonexistent ‘Anti-Russian Separatist Movement’

Observers speculated that the designation could lead to wider targeting of indigenous rights and decolonial activists in Russia.
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Putin’s Ex-Classmate Nominated to Head Russian Supreme Court

Deputy Chief Justice Irina Podnosova and Vladimir Putin studied law at Leningrad State University, from which they both graduated in 1975.
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Hopeful Putin Challenger Leaves Russia as Top Court Rejects Presidential Bid

Boris Nadezhdin said he and his family had traveled to "a country in Asia" as Russia's Supreme Court upheld a decision to bar him from running in next...
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Hopeful Putin Challenger Asks Top Russian Court to Overrule Ballot Block

Nadezhdin said he filed two lawsuits challenging the decision by election authorities to bar him from running in the March presidential race.
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