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US House backs Russia ‘Magnitsky’ rights restrictions

US lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly passed the “Magnitsky Act” to punish Russians deemed to have violated human rights, and also lifted a landmark Cold War-era law that has long impeded normal US-Russia trade relations.

11:58 17.11.2012

ICTY frees convicted Croatian generals

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has found Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac not guilty after they were convicted last year for committing military crimes against the Serbs in 1991-1995.

18:00 16.11.2012

Court denies ruling in Dubrovka hostage crisis came into effect

The Lefortvosky District Court has received a letter of protest from the prosecutor's office against the ruling obligating the Investigative Committee to open a criminal case against the officials who allegedly committed violations during the storm of the Dubrovka Theater in 2002.

17:34 16.11.2012

Deputies draft new bill to protect children's rights in Russia

The head of a State Duma Committee has proposed disallowing jury trials in sexual crimes cases concerning underaged individuals and prohibiting the public dissemination of information that details the physical and psychological sufferings of the child victims in such cases.

17:17 16.11.2012

Lawyer sues Prime Minister Medvedev

Attorney Igor Trunov has submitted a lawsuit against Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, asking the authorities to draft a bill regulating the procedure for holding legal proceedings in the event that a defendant is dead.

16:48 16.11.2012

Court ruling comes into effect on opening Dubrovka hostage case

The Lefortovsky District Court's ruling has come into effect to force the Investigative Committee to open a criminal case against the officials who allegedly committed violations during the storm of the Dubrovka Theater in Moscow in 2002.

15:44 16.11.2012

Renowned attorney appointed Moscow business association president

Mikhail Barshchevsky, a renowned lawyer and the government's representative to higher courts, has been appointed as the president of the Moscow International Business Association (MIBA) at the annual MIBA meeting on Friday.

15:07 16.11.2012

Lawsuit on Nemiroff management change to be heard on December 13

The Moscow Commercial Court will begin reconsidering on December 13 the Nemiroff vodka company's lawsuit to recognize as illegal its distributor's resolution to replace its CEO.

14:49 16.11.2012

Infamous Colonel Budanov murder case to be tried by jury

The Moscow City Court will hold a public jury trial for the case of Yusup Temerkhanov, who is accused of murdering ex-Colonel Yuri Budanov in June 2011. In July 2003, Budanov was convicted of war crimes in Chechnya.

13:44 16.11.2012

Aeroflot shareholder's suit for access to procurement data dismissed

The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed Aeroflot shareholder Igor Shilovsky's lawsuit in which he sought to be provided with information on the company's procurement activities in 2012.

13:09 16.11.2012

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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