Trial & Litigation

Dispute related to Magnitsky’s case won't be reconsidered

The Supreme Commercial Court will not reconsider the lower courts’ decisions denying the Hermitage Capital investment fund's subsidiaries ownership of three companies that were allegedly used to drain $178.6 million from the state budget.

12:54 21.02.2012

Auchan files defamation suit over poisoned food

The Moscow Commercial Court will hear on March 28 a defamation lawsuit filed by the Auchan retail group against News Media, the founder of the lifenews.ru portal.

12:21 21.02.2012

Prosecutors' suit against сommentary on Bhagavad Gita reasonable - expert

Head of the Justice Ministry's religion expert council Alexander Dvorkin holds that the Tomsk prosecutor's office has good reasons to declare сommentary on Bhagavad Gita extremist.

11:54 21.02.2012

Bank of Moscow files 288 suits worth $2.6 bln

The Bank of Moscow filed 288 lawsuits worth a total of $2.65 billion as of mid February while the courts accepted 151 suits amounting to over $1.67 billion.

11:28 21.02.2012

New administrative courts won't cope with caseload

It is unreasonable to establish a system of administrative courts without reducing the amount of disputes to be resolved there, the Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov said.

11:05 21.02.2012

Russian Post fined for delays in delivery

The Moscow Commercial Court fined the Russian postal service $1,000 for missing deadlines. Earlier the Prosecutor General's Office reported that the Russian Post audit exposed mass violations of post service regulations.

10:08 21.02.2012

Google claims to ban googl.ru and gugl.ru domains

A commercial court will hear on April 6 Google Inc.'s lawsuit to prohibit Weblink Ltd. from using the googl.ru and gugl.ru domains.

18:25 20.02.2012

Appeal against ex-officials' arrest on $500k fraud charge postponed

The Moscow City Court has postponed until February 22 the hearing of Oleg Axyonov's appeal against his arrest on fraud charges.

17:58 20.02.2012

Summary justice bill not to infringe right to defense - Supreme Court chairman

The Supreme Commercial Court's draft law to extend the list of cases subject to summary proceedings will not infringe the basic right to legal defense.

17:35 20.02.2012

Constitutional Court calls for obeying European Court's decisions

The Constitutional Court stands for strictly obeying all the judgments passed by the European Court of Human Rights, Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkyn told journalists.

17:10 20.02.2012

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