Trial & Litigation

Russian Space Systems head denies involvement in GLONASS fraud

Yuri Urlichich, General Director and General Designer of the Russian Space Systems, said that he is not the founder of the two firms involved in the criminal case on the non-targeted expenditure of budget funds stipulated for the development of the GLONASS navigation system.

15:57 23.07.2012

Museum's interim relief request in Defense Ministry suit rejected

The Moscow Commercial Court refused to uphold the Arkhangelskoye estate museum's motion to prohibit the Defense Ministry and its Central Territorial Department of Property Relations from disposing of and using three land plots around the estate museum.

15:08 23.07.2012

$65 mln claim against German design office dismissed

On Monday the Moscow Commercial Court dismissed Trio-Invest's $65 million lawsuit against Assmann Beraten + Planen, which had designed a storage facility for the plaintiff near Domodedovo, Moscow Region.

14:47 23.07.2012

U.S. air hostess attempted to import watch evading $94k duty

Moscow investigators have opened a case against U.S. citizen Susanna Dikker who is suspected of large-scale customs duty evasion.

14:24 23.07.2012

Steel giant's $68 million unjust enrichment suit postponed

The Lipetsk Regional Commercial Court has pushed back its hearing of the lawsuit by Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works to recover $68.36 million from Steel Construction Concern until August 8

13:44 23.07.2012

Cases against journalists detained during protest dropped

On Monday, a magistrate's court in St. Petersburg dropped the administrative cases against ITAR-TASS information agency correspondent Ivan Skirtach and RBC Daily correspondent Sergei Kovalchenko, who were detained by the police at the July 8 opposition rally in St. Petersburg for alleged resistance to police officers.

13:13 23.07.2012

Prosecutor's office indictes social network for pornography

The Prosecutor's Office of Murmansk's Oktyabrsky District has filed a lawsuit against VKontakte, accusing the owner of the social network of not limiting users' access to pornographic videos.

12:54 23.07.2012

Bout's Thai trial to resume in September

Thailand's next court session to reconsider Russian businessman Viktor Bout's extradition case will be held in Bangkok on September 17

12:29 23.07.2012

Appeal in oil fields license dispute set for hearing on August 2

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has scheduled August 2 to hear the appeal by Bashneft minority shareholders against the ending of court proceedings to dismiss the order by the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use to transfer the license for the Trebs and Titov oil fields in the Nenets Autonomous District to Bashneft-Polyus.

12:00 23.07.2012

Former Transaero shareholder to claim his rights in London

Eskerkhan Mutalibov, a former Transaero shareholder who claims that his shares in the airline were taken from him fraudulently, is determined to assert his rights in London's High Court of Justice.

11:42 23.07.2012

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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