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Kirovles case against Navalny gets back to court

Documents related to Kirovles embezzlement case against Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny reached the Leninsky District Court of Kirov on Tuesday.

18:02 22.11.2016

Admin of social network group charged with pushing teens to suicide

Philipp Budeykin, aka Philipp Fox, an administrator of a closed group on Russian social network Vkontakte, was charged with inciting teenagers to commit suicide.

17:19 22.11.2016

Russian Supreme Court upholds ruling in Kalashnikov trademark case

The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld lower courts’ rulings in favor of the firearms maker Kalashnikov Concern in the trademark dispute with M. T. Kalashnikov, a firm established by the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle.

16:06 22.11.2016

Alleged organizer of 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis admits guilt in part

Khasan Zakayev, an alleged mastermind of the hostage taking at the Dubrovka theater in southeast Moscow in 2002 that left 130 dead, partially admitted guilt.

14:19 22.11.2016

Mayor Koshurnikov implicated in Rusnano embezzlement case appeals detention

Denis Koshurnikov, mayor of Pereslavl-Zalessky, implicated in a criminal case opened on charges of embezzlement of more than 1 billion rubles ($15.5 million) from state-owned technology corporation Rusnano has appealed his detention.

12:46 22.11.2016

Moscow court set to hear Google lawsuit against antimonopoly watchdog

The Moscow Commercial Court will hold on December 6 a preliminary hearing on a suit brought by Google Inc. against Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) over a 500,000 rubles ($8,000) fine.

11:27 22.11.2016

U.S. court denies new trial for Victor Bout

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a ruling of a lower court, denying to hold a new trial for Victor Bout, a Russian national who is serving a 25-year sentence for conspiring to kill Americans.

10:45 22.11.2016

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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).

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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.

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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.

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