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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."
A military court in Russia on June 27 sentenced a former Justice Ministry official who openly condemned Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine to 14 years in prison in absentia.
The chief of Russia's Investigative Committee, Aleksandr Bastrykin, said on June 27 that about 10,000 migrant workers with Russian passports have been sent to the Kremlin's war in Ukraine.
Russian Railways said on June 27 that two people were killed and one remained missing after nine of 14 passenger cars of the Vorkuta-Novorossiisk train derailed a day earlier in Russia's Komi region.
At least 70 people were injured on June 26 when nine of 14 passenger train cars derailed in the Komi region of western Russia.
One of the most influential Russian poets, Bakhyt Kenzheev died in New York at the age of 73, his colleagues wrote on social media on June 26.
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