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Putin: Business ombudsmen should not be lobbyists

Business rights commissioners should not lobby for businesses. They should only be allowed to protect a business's violated rights, President Vladimir Putin stated at a meeting in Novo-Ogaryovo.

09:48 12.10.2012

Politkovskaya murder suspect objects to accomplice plea bargain

Former Interior Ministry officer Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, who is charged with planning the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has filed a motion for the court to withdraw the plea bargain agreement with his accomplice, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov.

18:02 11.10.2012

Gazprombank contests rejection of grid company acquisition

Gazprombank has filed a complaint with the Moscow Commercial Court to overturn the Federal Antimonopoly Service's July 6 decision to reject its acquisition of 50.9 percent of the voting shares in Moscow United Electric Grid Company (MOESK) for the purposes of trust management.

17:51 11.10.2012

$30 mln art collection at stake in divorce of former Russian senator

A district court suspended a ruling that would have stripped Olga Slutsker, ex-wife of former Russian senator Vladimir Slutsker, of her ex-husband's $30 million art collection, thus leaving the collection in her hands, the Federal Bailiff Service announced Thursday.

17:30 11.10.2012

World cycling authority to break silence on Armstrong

The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced today that it will consider the legal and procedural issues arising from the US Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) decision to impose heavy doping sanctions against world champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, and will respond within 21 days.

17:03 11.10.2012

Russian investigators probe opposition in light of new documentary

The Investigative Committee has received the videos which served as the basis for the scandalous anti-opposition film Anatomy of Protest-2, and they are being reviewed.

16:49 11.10.2012

Madonna's representatives fail to show up at $10.7 mln lawsuit hearing

Madonna's representatives failed to appear at a St. Petersburg's Moskovsky District Court preliminary hearing on the lawsuits filed against her and her concert organizers.

16:19 11.10.2012

Oppositionist Udaltsov admits to having contacts with Georgian citizens

Opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov admitted during an Investigative Committee interrogation that he has had contact with Georgian citizens. The admission was in response to his being identified in the Anatomy of Protest-2 film.

16:00 11.10.2012

Pussy Riot video may have been leaked by jailers

The Federal Penitentiary Service will look into where media obtained a video from the pretrial detention center where the Pussy Riot members are presently being held.

15:24 11.10.2012

Former intelligence officer to stand trial for attempted mutiny on October 18

The Moscow City Court will hold on October 18 the preliminary hearing in the case of former Main Intelligence Directorate officer Vladimir Kvachkov, who has been charged with preparing a mutiny.

14:38 11.10.2012

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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