Trial & Litigation

First online hearing on Court Portal platform held in St. Petersburg

The first ever court hearings in their entirety have been held online in St. Petersburg; the participants have registered via a governmental website of state services, what enabled distant identification.

18:17 27.05.2020

Moscow City Court extends detention of Togliattikhimbank head Popov until August 12

The Moscow City Court has extended detention of the former chairman of the board of Togliattikhimbank Alexander Popov until August 12 upon a motion of Russia’s Investigative Committee.

16:00 27.05.2020

Woman fined $200 for fake about death of child from COVID-19 in Russia’s Togliatti

A 35-year woman has been fined 15,000 rubles ($200) by a court in Russia’s Togliatti for distributing fake news about a local child allegedly died from coronavirus.

15:24 27.05.2020

Russia’s resident fined $420 for rehabilitation of Nazism

The Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Chuvashia has imposed a fine of 30,000 rubles ($420) on a 21-year local resident for rehabilitation of Nazism.

14:48 27.05.2020

Russia’s Supreme Court upholds ruling in Vostochny bank stock dispute

The Supreme Court of Russian Federation has decided not to reconsider an appeals court ruling in a stock dispute between the Cypriot Evison Holdings Limited, through which Baring Vostok and Russia Partners investment funds control a batch of the Vostochny bank’s stock, and Finvision Holdings company.

13:31 27.05.2020

Security firm’s license revocation over boy’s murder in Russian kindergarten upheld

The Fourteenth Commercial Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal agaist revocation of license of the private security firm Svyatogor whose employee had let a kid murder enter a kindergarten in Naryan-Mar, a town in the Nenets Autonomous Area.

12:16 27.05.2020

Over 50 law enforcement officers convicted of evidence tampering in 2019 - report

Fifty three officers of law enforcement agencies were convicted of tampering with evidence, five of them jailed, in 2019, according to a report of lawyer Maxim Nikonov, who cooperates with Zona Prava (Law Zone) advocacy group.

11:59 27.05.2020

Detention of defendants in ex-senator Arashukov case extended for 2 months

The Moscow City Court has extended detention of ex-first deputy chief of the Investigative Committee’s Karachay-Cherkessia investigation directorate Kazbek Bulatov and former regional high-ranking police officer Timur Betuganov involved in a case of ex-senator Rauf Arashukov and his father for 2 months.

10:27 27.05.2020

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025