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Bout in Oklahoma City's transit prison

Russian citizen Viktor Bout is now being held in Oklahoma City's transit prison. He was transferred there from a Brooklyn prison on Wednesday.

12:08 08.06.2012

Siberian artist to be fined for posters in support of Pussy Riot

The city prosecutor's office has concluded that posters of icons, which appeared around Novosibirsk in March, in support of the Pussy Riot female punk group were put up by local artist Artyom Loskutov.

11:24 08.06.2012

Seselj will be sentenced before March 2013, ICTY chairman says

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chairman Theodor Meron expects the court to pass sentence on Vojislav Seselj, the founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party, charged with war crimes, before March 2013.

10:43 08.06.2012

Russia urges United States to improve pilot's confinement conditions

Russia has urged the United States to improve the living conditions of convicted pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving time in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.

18:03 07.06.2012

Former YUKOS manager's case to be reviewed in absentia on June 15

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow will review the criminal case against former YUKOS executive Alexei Spirichev for tax evasion on June 15.

16:41 07.06.2012

Third round of dispute between Moscow airports set for August 14

The Moscow Commercial Court will hear on August 14 the Domodedovo Airport Commercial Agency's $10.7 million claim against the Vnukovo Airport for debt owed by Domodedovo Airlines.

16:04 07.06.2012

Sentence in notorious shares fraud case upheld

The Moscow City Court has validated the sentence of entrepreneur Alexei Kozlov, who was earlier sentenced to five years in prison for committing fraud with shares.

15:33 07.06.2012

Attempted fraud case opened in infamous Ponzi scheme

Investigators have opened a criminal case for attempted fraud involving the MMM-2011 investment company upon the Moscow Prosecutor's Office's request.

14:57 07.06.2012

Khodorkovsky seeks to cancel sentence in second YUKOS case

Former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky has asked Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev to cancel the sentence in the second case against him, according to his press center.

14:28 07.06.2012

Russia will not give up U.S. spy for Bout

Former FSB colonel Valery Mikhailov, sentenced to 18 years in prison for giving secret papers to the United States, cannot not be exchanged in return for Viktor Bout, sentenced in the United States for arms trafficking.

13:51 07.06.2012

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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