Bailiffs prevent thousands of attempts to bring arms to courtsBailiffs have confiscated nearly 60,000 nuisance items such as arms and explosives from court attendants in the first three months of 2012.16:23 26.04.2012
TNK-BP minority shareholders charged $92k in legal feesA commercial court has partially satisfied BP's lawsuit to recover $92,000 in legal fees from TNK-BP minority shareholders who sued the company's BP-nominated board members.15:38 26.04.2012
NLMK $183mln lawsuit against Maxi-Group founder to be heard on May 11The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed until May 11 the preliminary hearings in the Novolipetsk Steel lawsuit against Maxi-Group founder Nikolai Maximov to recover $183.9 million.15:10 26.04.2012
Khodorkovsky may be pardoned only upon request - MedvedevPresident Dmitry Medvedev has stated that he is not entitled to pardon any prisoner, including former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, if he does not plea for a pardon.14:43 26.04.2012
Appeal against $290k award for sci-fi writer's copyright infringement delayedThe Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has shelved for an unlimited period its hearing of the Astrel publishing house's appeal against the $290,000 award in favor of the Terra publishing house for illegally publishing the late sci-fi writer Alexander Belyayev's novels.14:20 26.04.2012
Medvedev: Governors dismissed under suspicion of corruptionA number of governors have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption. Criminal cases have been opened against several of them, but the investigation has ceased in some cases due to a lack of evidence13:57 26.04.2012
Interim measures imposed in VimpelCom's antimonopoly caseThe Moscow Commercial Court has imposed interim measures on VimpelCom's shares on April 24 during proceedings in the antimonopoly watchdog's lawsuit against the shareholders of VimpelCom Ltd.'s parent company.12:17 26.04.2012
Siberian grid's $160 mln lawsuit against region to be heard on May 29The Krasnoyarsk Territorial Commercial Court has postponed until May 29 its hearing of the Siberian Interregional Distribution Network Company's lawsuit against the region's finance ministry to recover $160 million in damages from the regional budget.11:58 26.04.2012
Pussy Riot rally not a crime, says investigationThe expert investigation does not consider the actions of the Pussy Riot band, who organized a "punk prayer service" at a Moscow church, to be a crime.11:16 26.04.2012
Journalist's widow seeks murder charges against Ukrainian ex-presidentThe widow of murdered journalist Georgy Gongadze appealed the court ruling to drop charges from former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma of involvement in her husband's murder.10:51 26.04.2012
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