Trial & Litigation

Antitrust watchdog to challenge judgment in coal price ring case

The Federal Antimonopoly Service will contest in the Supreme Commercial Court the lower courts' judgment on the collusion in the power-generating coal market.

12:59 09.02.2012

Opposition leader not to contest presidential race expulsion in ECHR

Opposition leader Grigory Yavlinsky will not go to the Strasbourg Court to challenge the Supreme Court's decision affirming the Central Election Commission's refusal to register him as presidential candidate, but the Yabloko party will continue its political campaign.

12:26 09.02.2012

Major insurer obliged to submit engagement letters to minority shareholders

A court of appeals has held against Ingosstrakh insurance company's petition to cancel the $17,000 fine imposed by the Federal Service for Financial Markets for failure to provide engagement letters to its minority shareholders.

12:06 09.02.2012

Newspaper head demands prosecution for pro-Kremlin movement

Kommersant Director General Demyan Kudryavtsev demanded prosecution for press secretary of the Nashi movement Kristina Potupchik, and other persons for preparing DDoS-attacks on Kommersant's website in 2008.

11:43 09.02.2012

Notorious LUKOIL exec car crash won't be re-examined

Investigators have refused to hold another examination of the high-profile car crash involving a LUKOIL vice president at the request of the husband of one of two doctors killed in the crash.

11:10 09.02.2012

Viktor Bout to be sentenced on March 12

United States District Judge Shira Scheindlin set March 12 to pass a sentence in the case of Russian businessman Viktor Bout.

10:15 09.02.2012

Bout's motion for verdict reversal dismissed

A New York district court rejected on Thursday the motion for reversing the guilty verdict against Russian businessman Viktor Bout.

09:59 09.02.2012

Poland to extradite Russian ex-prosecutor

The Polish city of Nowy Sacz ruled on Wednesday to extradite to Russia former Moscow Region Deputy Prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko over his alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar gambling incident.

18:56 08.02.2012

Watchdog receives no application on major Russian companies' transaction

The Federal Animonopoly Service has not received a second application on the approval of the Gazpom-Renova energy asset merger.

17:45 08.02.2012

Hearing on extradition of Russian prosecutor in illegal casino case begins

The hearing in the case of former Moscow Region Deputy Prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko's extradition has started in the Polish city of Nowy Sacz.

16:28 08.02.2012

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