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Dispute between Rusal and Nornickel to be heard on May 3

The Krasnoyarsk Territory Commercial Court adjourned until May 3 the preliminary hearings in Rusal's lawsuit demanding Norilsk Nickel to provide documents on its business activity.

17:54 26.04.2012

Military report on numerous violations in defense procurements

Over 3,500 defense procurement violations have been uncovered in 2011, according to Alexander Nikitin, an official at the Main Military Prosecutor's Office.

17:36 26.04.2012

Another JFC Group company files for bankruptcy

The St. Petersburg Commercial Court has registered an application filed by Cargo JFC, a division of leading Russian fruit importer, on its own bankruptcy.

16:51 26.04.2012

Bailiffs prevent thousands of attempts to bring arms to courts

Bailiffs have confiscated nearly 60,000 nuisance items such as arms and explosives from court attendants in the first three months of 2012.

16:23 26.04.2012

TNK-BP minority shareholders charged $92k in legal fees

A commercial court has partially satisfied BP's lawsuit to recover $92,000 in legal fees from TNK-BP minority shareholders who sued the company's BP-nominated board members.

15:38 26.04.2012

NLMK $183mln lawsuit against Maxi-Group founder to be heard on May 11

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed until May 11 the preliminary hearings in the Novolipetsk Steel lawsuit against Maxi-Group founder Nikolai Maximov to recover $183.9 million.

15:10 26.04.2012

Khodorkovsky may be pardoned only upon request - Medvedev

President Dmitry Medvedev has stated that he is not entitled to pardon any prisoner, including former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, if he does not plea for a pardon.

14:43 26.04.2012

Appeal against $290k award for sci-fi writer's copyright infringement delayed

The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has shelved for an unlimited period its hearing of the Astrel publishing house's appeal against the $290,000 award in favor of the Terra publishing house for illegally publishing the late sci-fi writer Alexander Belyayev's novels.

14:20 26.04.2012

Medvedev: Governors dismissed under suspicion of corruption

A number of governors have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption. Criminal cases have been opened against several of them, but the investigation has ceased in some cases due to a lack of evidence

13:57 26.04.2012

Interim measures imposed in VimpelCom's antimonopoly case

The Moscow Commercial Court has imposed interim measures on VimpelCom's shares on April 24 during proceedings in the antimonopoly watchdog's lawsuit against the shareholders of VimpelCom Ltd.'s parent company.

12:17 26.04.2012

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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