Theme: deportation

On October 26, 2018 St. Petersburg city court overruled the earlier decision by the Kolpino district court, according to which K., a native of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, had been expelled to the zone of military conflict. The city…

St. Petersburg City Court, having considered the legal complaint lodged by lawyer Yury Serov, considered an earlier court ruling concerning expulsion of K., a Georgian citizen whose wife and child are Russian citizens, ruled that it was a violation of…

On June 14, 2018 the St. Petersburg city court has overruled an earlier decision of the Vyborg district court dated December 14, 2017 concerning administrative deportation of G., a native of Donetsk region of Ukraine. Earlier this person had been…

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that it currently works on proposed amendments to Article 4.1 (“General Rules for Assignment of Administrative Penalties”) of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which gives the judges the opportunity to impose softer administrative…

In September 2017, Mr. K., a citizen of Uzbekistan, was detained in St. Petersburg for not having identity documents with him. Police officers charged him with violation of Article 18.8 Section 2 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses for…

In September 2017 Mr. L., a native of the Luhansk region (Ukraine), was detained in St. Petersburg without identity documents and found guilty by the court of violating the Russian immigration regulations. He was sentenced to a fine and administrative…