Trial & Litigation

Russia’s Intellectual Property Court may be established in February 2012

Russia’s Intellectual Property Court may be established as soon as February 1.

15:05 14.11.2011

Regional head of Jehovah's Witnesses appeals extremism case sentence

The head of a local branch of Jehovah's Witnesses who was earlier found guilty of religious extremism appealed his sentence with the Altai Republic Supreme Court.

14:59 14.11.2011

State enterprise obligated to pay $33.8 mln to bank

A commercial court satisfied Transcreditbank's lawsuit to recover from the Mosstroyresurs state enterprise $33.8 million in loan debts.

14:53 14.11.2011

Bankrupt Mezhprombank wins lawsuits worth millions of dollars

A commercial court satisfied in November ten lawsuits filed by the International Industrial Bank (Mezhprombank) to recover from its debtors about $200 million and 5.5 billion rubles ($181.51 million).

14:36 14.11.2011

Court postpones appeal against dismissal to register 'gazeta.ru' brand

A court of appeals postponed until December 8 an appeal filed by Gazeta.Ru against the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks' decision to deny the company the "gazeta.ru" trademark.

14:03 14.11.2011

Court approves inclusion of F. HOFFMANN-La Roche into monopoly registry

A commercial court upheld the decision to enter F. HOFFMANN-La Roche Ltd and Roche-Moscow, its main distributor in Russia, into the monopoly registry.

14:00 14.11.2011

Boris Abramovich loses 42 mln euro to state development bank

A Moscow district court awarded on Monday 42 million euro to the Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (VEB) from businessman Boris Abramovich.

13:47 14.11.2011

Extension of Mezhprombank's bankruptcy proceedings to be heard January 17

The commercial court will consider on January 17, 2012, the extension of bankruptcy proceedings against Mezhprombank.

13:08 14.11.2011

Court upholds dismissal of $19.6 mln suit against radio frequencies commission

A commercial court of appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the State Radio Frequencies Commission and the Ministry of Communications to have the commission's inaction declared unlawful and recover $19.7 million in damages.

12:06 14.11.2011

Tupolev fueling service bankruptcy not registered

A regional commercial court did not register an application for the bankruptcy of Tupolev Service Aviation Refueling Facilities.

11:42 14.11.2011

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