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The Russian parliament has passed a bill raising the country’s income tax and establishing a progressive tax scale ranging from 13 to 22 percent.
A Moscow court on July 10 issued an arrest warrant for self-exiled journalist Tatyana Lazareva on a charge of justifying terrorism.
Russian authorities have launched a probe against the chief of the International Anti-Corruption Foundation, Maria Pevchikh, who resides out of Russia, on charge of failure to fulfill the duties of a "foreign agent."
Lawyers for imprisoned outspoken Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, who suffers from a nerve disorder, say they have been barred from seeing him for a fourth time while his wife says he has been held incommunicado for a week, raising fears over his well-being.
NDTV television in India reported on July 9 that about 20 Indian nationals who are fighting with Russia's armed forces in Ukraine will return home soon.
A court in Moscow on July 8 convicted theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriichuk of "justifying terrorism" and sentenced each to six years in prison.
A political campaign strategist for the Russian opposition Yabloko party’s deputy chairman was rushed to hospital on July 8 after an ambulance was called to a courtroom during his trial in Moscow on a charge of disobeying police.
All 10 Russian wrestlers who received permission from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to participate in the Paris Olympics have refused to attend the Games, the Russian Wrestling Federation (RWF) said on July 6.
Russian Colonel Artyom Gorodilov, who is under U.S. sanctions due to suspected involvement in war crimes in Ukraine, has been detained in Russia on allegations of conducting large-scale fraud.
A Russian court has sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Woodland to 12.5 years in jail after finding him guilty of drug trafficking, Woodland's lawyer Stanislav Kshevitsky told Reuters on July 4.
Apple has removed from the Russian unit of its App Store several VPN services used to bypass blocking efforts by the Kremlin, Russian media outlets and VPN services reported on July 4.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on July 3 it summoned Romanian Ambassador Cristian Istrate and informed him that a diplomat of the Romanian embassy in Moscow was declared persona non grata.
The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow on July 3 sentenced three sons of an Orthodox priest Igor Ashcheulov to lengthy prison terms for their intention to join Ukrainian armed forces and fight against the Russian troops invading Ukraine.
Russia's Interior Ministry on July 3 added French businessman Philippe Delpal, a former senior executive in the Baring Vostok investment group, to its wanted list on unspecified charges.
The Moscow City Court announced a guilty verdict on July 1 against two Kazakhs living in Moscow who were charged with railway sabotage.
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, has been appointed to head the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
A court in the western Russian city of Pskov on July 1 fined Denis Kamalyagin, the editor in chief of the Pskovskaya Guberniya newspaper, for purportedly failing to comply with legal requirements stemming from his designation as a “foreign agent.
Ukrainian electricity provider Ukrenerho warned of blackouts and other restrictions on July 1 because of the effects of Russia's ongoing campaign of attacks targeting energy infrastructure combined with increased demand due to high summer temperatures.
Russia's Investigative Committee said on June 28 that the owner of an office building in the town of Fryazino near Moscow in which six people died after a fire on June 24 has been arrested.
The Moscow Prosecutor's Office said on June 28 that a probe was launched against self-exiled Russian historian Tamara Eidelman on a charge of "rehabilitating Nazism."
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