Trial & Litigation

BTA Bank warns against dealing with assets embezzled by its former CEO

Kazakhstan's BTA Bank has warned of a liability for transactions involving assets of its former chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov now seized by court; the bank has also been working on returning the assets.

12:24 06.04.2012

Amnesty International urges Russian authorities to close Magnitsky's case

Amnesty International, an international human rights organization, urges Russian authorities to terminate a criminal case against lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in the pre-trial detention center in November 2009.

12:15 06.04.2012

Vekselberg's Sual sues Rusal and Glencore over aluminum supply contracts

Sual Partners Group owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg and his partners initiated a commercial litigation in a London court against Rusal, the world's leading aluminum producer, the EN+ company, the Glencore trading company, which owns a 8.75 percent stake in Rusal, and Rusal's owner Oleg Deripaska over an aluminum supply contract.

11:35 06.04.2012

Tele2 subsidiaries may lose the GSM-1800 licenses

Subsidiaries of the Tele2 mobile communications provider are suspected of breaching their license terms and the Prosecutor General's Office is holding a compliance check in the company.

11:15 06.04.2012

Viktor Bout was railroaded, expert says

Russian businessman Viktor Bout sentenced by a New York court to 25 years in prison for arms trafficking, was railroaded, believes Russell Mace, a criminal defense attorney.

10:46 06.04.2012

Indian suspected of defrauding Moscow government of $3.4 mln

An Indian national has been detained on suspicion of defrauding Moscow government of over $3.4 million.

10:13 06.04.2012

Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years

A U.S. federal judge on Thursday sentenced Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison.

08:43 06.04.2012

Major insurer's lawyer sentenced to three years in prison for $1.3 mln fraud

The court of the city of Murmansk has sentenced a lawyer of Rosgosstrakh-Severo-Zapad insurance company to three years in prison for stealing almost $1.3 million by forging car insurance documents.

17:53 05.04.2012

Regulator's appeal in Gazprom bond placement case to be heard on May 17

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will hear on May 17 an appeal against the reversal of the antitrust watchdog's decision declaring Gazprom in breach of competition law when it held a bidding to place its exchange-traded bonds.

17:45 05.04.2012

Tymoshenko UESU case closed forcefully by former president

The case concerning former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the financial violations allegedly committed during her tenure as the head of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine was illegally closed in 2005 due to pressure exerted by then-President Viktor Yushchenko.

16:03 05.04.2012

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