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	Navalny's Party Forbidden to Take Part in Elections
	On January 28, Moscow court forbidden the 'Progress Party' headed by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny to take part in any elections, the party's lawyer Dmitry Krainev said in his Twitter.
--28-01-2015--
	Prosecutor Demands Life Sentence for Politkovskaya's Killer
	The state prosecutor in the high-profile case of the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has requested the Moscow City Court sentence her convicted killer, Rustam Makhmudov, to life in prison.
--29-05-2014--
	Opposition Leader Navalny Loses House Arresr Appeal
	On Monday, March 24, the Moscow City Court upheld a lower court’s decision to place anti-corruption crusader and opposition activist Alexey Navalny under house arrest.
--25-03-2014--
	Russian Blogger Jailed For Insulting Judge
	A court in southern Russian city has sentenced a blogger and journalist Sergey Reznik to one year and six months in prison on charges of insulting a local judge and an attempt to offer a bribe.
--27-11-2013--
	Russian Court Releases 3 Arrested Greenpeace Activists on Bail
	On Monday, November 18, Russian court granted bail to three people from of the Greenpeace group that was detained in September for mounting a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic Sea.
--19-11-2013--
	Russian Court Rejects Bail for Three Greenpeace Activists
	On Friday, October 19, Russian court in Murmansk denied bail to three more Greenpeace activists detained last month while mounting a protest against offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Sea.
--19-10-2013--
	Greenpeace Activists Charged With Piracy by Russian Court
	First two members of a group of Greenpeace activists who were detained aboard a Greenpeace icebreaker during a protest action at an offshore oil rig in the Arctic last month, were officially charged with piracy.
--02-10-2013--
	Parody of Christian Orthodox Icon Is Banned by Russian Court
	A Russian regional court has banned an image based on a Christian Orthodox icon printed on t-shirts in support of the Pussy Riot punk band.
--30-09-2013--
	First of 951 Navalny's Lawsuits to Annul Moscow Election Rejected
	A Moscow city court on Friday rejected the first of 952 lawsuits by runner-up mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny seeking to annul the September 8 election over alleged violations.
--23-09-2013--
	Jail Terms for Khodorkovsky and Lebedev Reduced
	On Tuesday, August 6, Russia’s top court ruled to reduce the prison terms for the jailed former head of oil giant Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner by two months.
--06-08-2013--
	Russian Court Denies to Parole Pussy Riot Member
	On Friday, April 26, Russian court denied Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s motion for parole.
--29-04-2013--
	One Pussy Riot Member Freed on Appeal
	On Wednesday, a Moscow court mitigated the two-year prison penalty for Pussy Riot member Ekaterina Samutsevich to a suspended sentence at an appeal hearing.
--11-10-2012--
	Russia's Supreme Court to Examine "Homosexual Propaganda" Law
	A Supreme Court of Russia will consider the St. Petersburg's law about administrative responsibility for homosexual propaganda among minorities on October 3.
--30-08-2012--
	Hackers Deface Khamovnichesky Court Webpage Over Pussy Riot Case
	On Tuesday, computer hackers attacked the website of Moscow's Khamovnichesky Court, where three members of the anti-Putin punk group Pussy Riot were jailed last week.
--22-08-2012--