Trial & Litigation

Actor Efremov files notice of Pashayev defense service cancellation

Russian actor Mikhail Efremov has filed an application for cancellation of services of his former defense lawyers Elman Pashayev and Elizaveta Shargorodskaya.

18:11 01.10.2020

Police arrest suspects in icon theft from Russia’s Valdai Iversky Monastery

Law enforcement officers have arrested two suspects in the theft of an icon, altar cross and other values from the Valdai Iversky Monastery in Russia’s Novgorod Region.

17:27 01.10.2020

Efremov pays compensation to son of driver fallen in actor’s road traffic accident

Mikhail Efremov has paid compensation for moral harm in the amount of 800,000 rubles to the eldest son of Sergey Zakharov, a driver who had died in a road traffic accident with the actor.

16:45 01.10.2020

Supreme Court upholds revocation of authority of ex-deputy head of Moscow Commercial Court

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by ex-Deputy Chairperson of the Moscow Commercial Court Olga Aleksandrova against termination of her powers.

16:00 01.10.2020

Assets worth nearly $4 bln seized from four bankers on Russian Central Bank’s request

The Moscow Commercial Court has distrained property worth 283.8 billion rubles (about $4 billion) belonging to Mikail Shishkhanov, ex-president of Binbank and owner of Rost Bank, and three other bankers upon a request of Russia’s Central Bank.

14:32 01.10.2020

Moscow court to hear appeal against rapper’s detention in car crash case

The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal against detention of rapper Elmin Guliyev in a case over hitting pedestrians by car in central Moscow on October 12.

12:06 01.10.2020

Internet community admin arrested on suspicion of terrorism calls

One of the administrators of the Internet community Uber Alles suspected of publishing materials pushing for terrorist activities has been arrested.

11:58 01.10.2020

Curator of social media group of death from Yugra gets 8 years for murder attempt

Curator of a so-called social network group of death living in Russia’s Yugra has been sentenced to 8 years in high-security penal colony in a case over attempted murder of a schoolgirl.

10:49 01.10.2020

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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