Trial & Litigation

Navalny brother’s appeal against sentence in sanitary breach case set for October

The Moscow City Court will hear an appeal filed by Oleg Navalny, the brother of blogger Alexey Navalny, against his sentence in a case over sanitary violations at an unauthorized winter rally on October 5.

11:29 21.09.2021

Former owners of VIM Airlines lose appeal against bankruptcy ruling

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal filed by ex-president of VIM Airlines Rashid Mursekayev and his wife Svetlana against a ruling declaring them bankrupt.

10:47 21.09.2021

Parole ruling in favor of Urals photographer convicted of killing model wife overturned

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court on Monday overturned a lower instance’s ruling granting parole to Urals photographer Dmitry Loshagin, sentenced to 10 years in high-security colony for killing his wife, model Yulia Prokopyeva.

17:40 20.09.2021

Moscow court upholds fine imposed on TikTok for failure to delete banned content

Moscow’s Tagansky District Court on Monday upheld imposition of a 1.5-million-ruble fine (over $20,000) on TikTok for failure to remove information banned by Russian legislation from the platform.

15:18 20.09.2021

Probe launched into mass shooting in Russia’s Perm university

The Investigative Committee’s Main Investigations Directorate will conduct probe into a shooting attack in the Perm State University that led to the death of eight people on Monday.

13:22 20.09.2021

Head of Russian Investigative Committee puts check of voting breach reports under control

Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin on Monday ordered chiefs of investigative departments to conduct check of all reports of election violations the body had received from the Interior Ministry.

10:57 20.09.2021

Suspect in attack on police department in Voronezh region apprehended

Law enforcement officers have detained a resident of a village in the Voronezh Region, Viktor Mirsky, on suspicion of killing a family and attacking a police department in the town of Liski.

15:18 17.09.2021

Parole of ex-Senator Torlopov overturned by Supreme Court of Russia’s Komi Republic

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi has overturned a lower court decision to grant parole to former senator Vladimir Torlopov, who was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison in the case of ex-head of the Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer.

13:49 17.09.2021

Investigators seek to detain defendants in case over single voting days riots plot

Investigators have filed a motion seeking to place defendants in a case over online inducing citizens to take part in mass riots on the single voting days in detention until November 14.

11:35 17.09.2021

About 182,000 prisoners сan seek for community service – Russian Justice Minister

About 182,000 prisoners in Russia have a right to seek for the replacement of their jail sentence with community service, Justice Minister Konstantin Chuichenko said opening a new correction centre near Moscow on Thursday.

16:54 16.09.2021

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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