deportation

In expelling foreign citizens for minor violations, the migration authorities are separating families and leaving children without parents, guardians, and breadwinners. Imagine a driver exceeding the speed limit. Or a pedestrian crossing the street in the wrong place. And then,…read more

On January 30, 2018, Leninsky district court of St. Petersburg ruled that A., a Georgian citizen, was guilty of violating Article 18.8 Section 3.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation for lack of identity documents and documents confirming…read more

The right to respect for private and family life is one of the most important universally recognized human rights and is protected by Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This article…read more

On October 23, 2018 St. Petersburg city court rejected the legal complaint filed by lawyer Olga Tseitlina concerning earlier ruling by the Moscow district court of St. Petersburg on fining and expelling two citizens of Tajikistan, who had been accused…read more

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…read more

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…read more