Trial & Litigation

Russian Railways' insurance dispute with watchdog to be reviewed

The Supreme Commercial Court has accepted Russian Railways' application to review a lower-court judgment upholding the Federal Antimonopoly Service's resolution that it breached antitrust law while holding transport fleet insurance tenders.

14:24 27.04.2012

Continent airlines bankruptcy case to be handled on June 19

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed until June 19 the hearing of the Continent airlines bankruptcy case.

13:54 27.04.2012

Relatives of deceased YUKOS top manager seek to lift freeze on property

The Moscow Simonovsky Court has suspended by three weeks its hearing of a petition filed by relative of former YUKOS vice president Vasily Aleksanyan to lift the freeze on his property.

13:40 27.04.2012

Pussy Riot appeal to president against rights infringement

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, arrested for their "punk prayer" performed in Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, have sent a letter to President Dmitry Medevedev claiming breach of the Constitution in their case.

13:08 27.04.2012

Bank of Moscow files bankruptcy petition against Insurance Group

The Bank of Moscow filed on April 25 a bankruptcy petition against the Insurance Group company, a shareholder of the Capital Insurance Group.

12:43 27.04.2012

Police concludes investigation of state nuclear corporation's fraud case

The law enforcement agencies concluded investigation of the former management of RosRAO, a radioactive waste disposal company, who were charged with abuse of office.

12:21 27.04.2012

Ukrainian ex-defense minister contests sentence

Former Ukrainian acting Defense Minister Valery Ivashchenko and his two defense attorneys have challenged the five-year prison sentence passed by the Pechersky District Court in Kiev.

11:54 27.04.2012

Man gets 26 months in jail for affront to judge

Siberian resident Nikolai Togolev, 23, has been sentenced to 26 months behind bars for affronting a judge and a public prosecutor.

11:04 27.04.2012

Baturina withdraws $28 mln suit against Olymp-2014 developer

Russia's richest woman Yelena Baturina, the wife of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, has withdrawn her lawsuit to cancel her purchase of the Olymp-2014 company. The court has terminated proceedings in the case.

10:35 27.04.2012

Public defenders go on strike over low fees

Public defenders in Chuvash Republic went on strike in protest against low fees and refused to attend trials. As a result, the Republic's Supreme Court has postponed the hearings of six criminal cases.

10:04 27.04.2012

Top news

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