Bashneft-Polyus gives up suit on oil field license disputeBashneft-Polyus, the Bashneft and Lukoil joint venture, have pulled their lawsuit disputing the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use's revocation of the Trebs and Titov oil fields license and its return to Bashneft.13:14 31.08.2012
Presidential election committee's conduct declared unlawfulMoscow's Lyublinsky District Court has declared the actions committed by an election committee unlawful as presidency candidate Mikhail Prokhorov requested.12:57 31.08.2012
Clinton affirms Russian human rights activists are not US agentsMoscow Helsinki Group leader Ludmila Alexeyeva and Movement For Human Rights Director Lev Ponomarev have received from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton an answer to the question they posed to President Barak Obama relating to the foreign-agent status of US-funded Russian NGOs.11:57 31.08.2012
Cyprus court allows replacement of Nemiroff's Ukrainian subsidiary headsA Nicosia court has sided with Nemiroff holding co-owners Yakov Gribov and Alexander Kipish in a shareholders' dispute with 25.04 percent shareholder Alexander Glyus, according to the press service report of Nemiroff Vodka Rus, which is representing Gribov and Kipish.11:16 31.08.2012
France disappointed by Tymoshenko appeal rejectionFrance is disappointed by the rejection of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal of her sentence in the so-called gas case and is calling on the Ukrainian authorities to observe human rights.11:00 31.08.2012
UN hits and misses between the illegal arms trade and the right to bear armsThe United Nations is currently hosting its second conference in as many months aimed at regulating illicit arms trafficking. July’s conference strived, albeit unsuccessfully, to reach consensus on a binding international treaty that would regulate the global arms trade as a whole. The conference currently underway aims only to review the progress made by UN member nations individually and the international community as a whole in terms of the implementation of an action plan adopted by consensus in 2001 in order to combat the illegal trade of small arms and light weapons.19:46 30.08.2012
Justice Ministry cannot conduct examination in MMA champ murder caseThe Justice Ministry's specialists will not be able to carry out a court-ordered in connection with the case against MMA champion Rasul Mirzayev because the issues raised by the court are not within their field of competence.18:01 30.08.2012
Berezovsky v. Abramovich ruling - live updatesThe Russian Legal Information Agency website holds a live text coverage of judgment on the trial between Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich in London.17:22 30.08.2012
Breweries' fine for antimonopoly breach reduced from $3 mln to $346kThe St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast Commercial Court has mandated a reduction of the fine imposed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service on Baltika Breweries for breaching competition law in the one-liter can market from $3 million to $346,000.17:09 30.08.2012
Developers appeal of Moscow city damages award to be heard Sep. 19On September 19, the Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will hear an appeal by the Inteco construction company of a lower court's decision to allow Inteco's recovery of $2.96 million from the Moscow government for a development project.16:24 30.08.2012
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022