Trial & Litigation

Prison officer placed on probation for beating up female prisoners

A Far Eastern court placed former deputy prison governor on probation for beating up female prisoners.

12:24 07.03.2012

Banks suspected of colluding with insurance companies

Criminal cases were opened against several banks and insurance companies suspected of collusion.

11:22 07.03.2012

Counsel for Russian flight attendant claims her innocence

Tyler Hodgson, counsel for Russian flight attendant Marina Talashkova detained in Canada at U.S. request, alleged that the prosecution had so far failed to produce any persuasive evidence of her guilt.

10:51 07.03.2012

VEB deputy chairman released on $170K bail

Vnesheconombank (VEB) Deputy Chairman Anatoly Ballo, who is suspected of large-scale fraud, was released on a $170,000 bail.

10:06 07.03.2012

Russia calls on Finland to respect international commitments

Russia has called on Finland to respect international legal commitments and to prosecute Finnish diplomat Simo Pietilaeinen, who illegally smuggled a child from Russia in the trunk of his car.

18:25 06.03.2012

Magnitsky's representatives may examine court materials on March 11

An official notification was sent to the attorneys of Sergei Magnitsky, an auditor for the Hermitage Capital Management Fund who died in an investigative isolation ward which state that they will be able to familiarize themselves with the criminal case materials on March 11.

17:54 06.03.2012

Suspect in Politkovskaya's murder to remain under arrest until late spring

The Basmanny District Court extended on Tuesday until May 31 the arrest of Rustam Makhmudov, who is suspected of murdering journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

17:05 06.03.2012

ECHR recovers 260k euro for Russian peacekeepers

The European Court for Human Rights recovered from the Russian authorities 260,000 euro for 12 Russian soldiers who took part in peacekeeping operations in the former Yugoslavia.

16:34 06.03.2012

Khodorkovsky gives no comments on Medvedev's order to examine his sentence

Former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was sentenced to 13 years in jail for oil theft and money laundering, refused to comment on the president's order to the Prosecutor General's Office to examine lawfulness of his sentence.

16:16 06.03.2012

Soviet Writer Publishing House goes into bankruptcy

The Moscow Commercial Court placed on Monday the Sovetsky Pisatel Publishing House into administration as part of its bankruptcy case.

15:45 06.03.2012

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