Trial & Litigation

Putin promises prison to illegal migration organizers

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has suggested prosecuting those who hire and accommodate illegal migrants and threatened the foreigners expelled for recurrent breaches of law with blocking their way to Russia for many years.

12:15 27.01.2012

Federal Grid Company pays $4.2 mln fine in antitrust case

The Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES) notified an antimonopoly watchdog that it paid an over $4.2 million fine for violating the antitrust law when operating at the electricity market.

11:52 27.01.2012

Russia leads in number of applications submitted to ECHR

Russia is again leading in the number of appeals submitted to the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR).

11:38 27.01.2012

Supreme Commercial Court chairman: Time to change business model

The commercial court system will celebrate its 20th anniversary in late January. In the run-up to the event, Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov spoke with Sergei Feklyunin, the Russian Legal Information Agency, about the system's work in 2011.

11:13 27.01.2012

Russian businessman Bulat Chagaev detained in Geneva

Geneva police arrested Russian businessman Bulat Chagaev, the owner of the bankrupt Swiss football club, Neuchatel Xamax.

10:42 27.01.2012

Renowned businessman denied $978k bail

A Moscow district court has refused on Thursday to release businessman Viktor Baturin on $978,000 bail and extended his arrest on fraud charges until March 28.

18:00 26.01.2012

Supreme Commercial Court head urges courts to publish all acts on civil cases

Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Aton Ivanov has called on regular courts to publish judicial acts on civil cases.

17:26 26.01.2012

Tymoshenko's defense appeals sentence in "gas case"

The defense of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has filed on Thursday an appeal to the Ukrainian Supreme Specialized Court for Considering Criminal and Civil Cases against the "gas case".

17:00 26.01.2012

Supreme Commercial Court to develop civil law interpretation

Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Aton Ivanov said on Thursday that the court will further develop the process of civil law interpretation.

16:44 26.01.2012

Prosecutors appeal Bhagavad Gita extremism ruling dismissal

Prosecutors in Russia’s Siberian city of Tomsk have insisted that a Russian translation of the book on a Hindu scripture called "Bhagavad-Gita As It Is" should be banned as extremist literature, filing an appeal against an earlier court ruling not to ban the book.

16:16 26.01.2012

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