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Arbitration judge considering Tapie-Lagarde dispute arrested

One of three arbitration judges who presided over a dispute resulting in a large payout to a French tycoon during International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde’s stint as the country’s finance minister was detained Monday by officials investigating the payout.

19:38 28.05.2013

Furniture factory loses defamation claim over comments on website

The Krasnoyarsk Regional Commercial Court has rejected the Group 396 furniture factory's lawsuit for 300,000 rubles in compensation from the commentjob.ru websites owner.

17:50 28.05.2013

Twelve Moscow 2012 Riots case suspects to stand trial on June 6

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow has scheduled the hearing on last year's Bolotnaya Square riots for June 6. The court will hear a case against 12 activists involved in the riots.

17:15 28.05.2013

Ukrainian opposition planned to accuse President of MP's murder - report

There was an attempt to launch a smear campaign by Ukrainian opposition against President Viktor Yanukovych over the murder of businessman and MP Evhen Shcherban in 1996, Ukraine's First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin said.

16:56 28.05.2013

Pussy Riot's Alyokhina continues hunger strike

Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, who is serving a two-year prison sentence, is continuing her hunger strike to protest the Berezniki City Court’s refusal to allow her to attend her parole appeals hearing.

16:32 28.05.2013

Business ombudsman backs IKEA in tax dispute

Business ombudsman Boris Titov has sent a motion to Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov to support household goods retailer IKEA in a 500 million ruble ($16 million) tax dispute.

15:13 28.05.2013

State Duma drafts law to prevent domestic violence

State Duma lawmakers are drafting a law to prevent domestic violence. Nearly 40% of women in Russia have suffered from verbal abuse and 20% from domestic violence, but only 12% have complained to the police, doctors or lawyers. The Statistics Service provided the data at a forum on Tuesday on the reproductive health of Russians.

14:49 28.05.2013

Drugs production has grown tenfold since ISAF was deployed to Afghanistan

Drugs manufacturing volumes have grown more than tenfold in Afghanistan since the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was established there, Russia's NATO envoy Alexander Grushko said on Tuesday.

14:08 28.05.2013

Official detained in Olympic construction bribery probe

Dmitry Lazarev, 40, the head of the Sochi Physical Fitness and Sports Department, was caught accepting a 1.1 million ruble ($35,145) bribe from the husband of a local businesswoman detained on suspicion of Olympic construction machinations.

13:46 28.05.2013

Government commission backs harsher punishments for extremism

A government commission has approved a Justice Ministry sponsored bill increasing punishment for extremist activity and religious organizations, reads a statement on the Governments website.

12:11 28.05.2013

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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