Witness claims dead defendant Magnitsky used illegal business schemeA former colleague of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was charged with evading taxes and died in a pretrial detention center in 2009, told the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow that Magnitsky had used an illegal business scheme.17:45 27.03.2013
Moscow artist sentenced to 4 years for dealing forged paintingsThe Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced a Moscow artist and his daughter to four and two years in prison, respectively, for counterfeiting paintings and selling them for 20 million rubles ($650,000).16:35 27.03.2013
Supreme court upholds sentence over aborted high-speed train attack caseThe Supreme Court has upheld the lower court sentence handed down to the four men convicted of plotting to bomb a high-speed train.15:01 27.03.2013
Abramovich, RBC may settle false report dispute out of courtRussian tycoon Roman Abramovich could settle a dispute with RBC Media group over its false report on Monday of the Chelsea football club owner’s arrest in the United States out of court09:36 27.03.2013
Kirovles embezzlement case against Navalny reaches courtThe Leninsky District Court in the town of Kirov has received the embezzlement case concerning the Kirovles logging company. Opposition blogger Alexei Navalny has been charged in the case and faces up to 10 years sentence.18:10 26.03.2013
Supreme Court approves year-round daylight saving timeThe Supreme Court refused to repeal the government's decision to adopt year-round daylight saving time, thus rejecting a claim filed by president of health advocacy group League for the Defense of Patients Alexander Saversky, who argued that the lack of time change is unhealthy, RAPSI learned in the courtroom on Tuesday.17:38 26.03.2013
Egypt extradites two Ghaddafi-era officials to LibyaEgypt handed over to Libya two former top Ghaddafi-regime officials, local media reported Tuesday. Former Ambassador to Egypt Ali Maria and former Information Minister Mohammed Ibrahim Ghaddafi were delivered to their home country on a special plane.17:10 26.03.2013
Supreme Court calls for review of Khodorkovsky caseThe Khamovniki and Meshchansky district courts have submitted for review upon the request of the Supreme Court the cases of former YUKOS CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner, former Menatep CEO Platon Lebedev.16:52 26.03.2013
Supreme Commercial Court sends offshore company's case for reviewThe Supreme Commercial Court has sent for review a case that required the disclosure of an offshore company's details, the court told RAPSI on Tuesday.16:02 26.03.2013
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022