Trial & Litigation

El Mundo ordered to refute allegations against Russian businessmen

The Moscow City Court has ordered the Spanish El Mundo newspaper to refute its allegations that a Russian businessmen laundered money for Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.

14:30 04.04.2012

New Prosecutor General's Office department to take care of state and public interests

A new department in the Prosecutor General's Office will take care inter alia of the federal control and law enforcement authorities' compliance with the law.

14:13 04.04.2012

Domodedovo's appeal in $12 mln dispute to be heard on May 12

The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has postponed until May 12 its hearing of an appeal filed by the Domodedovo Airport Commercial Agency against the adverse judgment in its action against Vnukovo airport to recover $12 million.

13:24 04.04.2012

Dismissal of tax charge on Christian Dior's subsidiary appealed

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will hear on April 26 the tax service's appeal against the court decision invalidating an additional charge of $682,700 in taxes on Christian Dior's Russian subsidiary.

12:56 04.04.2012

Energy grid's appeal against $15.8 mln fine to be heard on May 2

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will hear on May 2 the Moscow Unified Grid Company's appeal against the antimonopoly service decision to fine it $15.8 million.

12:34 04.04.2012

Peugeot Citroen subsidiary fined for misleading customers

Antimonopoly watchdog fined Peugeot Citroen Rus for unfair advertising of its lending terms and the Moscow Commercial Court has upheld the sanction.

09:52 04.04.2012

Alleged 'extremist' letter from Berezovsky to be probed on April 16

Moscow's Khamovnichesky District Court will hear on April 16 the lawsuit filed by the Moscow Central District's Prosecutor's Office to declare as extremist a letter written by exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky.

18:08 03.04.2012

U.S. court orders Tymoshenko to report on notifying defendants in RosUkrEnergo case

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered the lawyers of former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who filed a lawsuit against RosUkrEnergo and its owner Dmitry Firtash, to report on the notification of the defendants by April 20.

17:47 03.04.2012

Law enforcement authorities ready to close Magnitsky case

The case of Hermitage Capital investment fund consultant Sergey Magnitsky may be ceased if his relatives issue such a demand.

17:28 03.04.2012

Limitations removed from PIK Group's frozen shares

The Court of Cyprus has removed the limitations from 8.29 percent of shares in PIK Group that belonged to Holborner Services Limited (Holborner) and were later frozen under an application filed by Forienst Investment Limited (Forienst), which is owned by PIK co-founder Kirill Pisarev.

16:47 03.04.2012

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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