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Action against Foreign Ministry over Georgian consulate postponed

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed on Monday until April 17 its preliminary hearing of a lawsuit against the Foreign Ministry for stationing the Department for Georgian Interests in a mansion in Moscow.

15:45 12.03.2012

Opposition leaders cases to be heard in March

The court will hold hearings this month in the administrative cases of whistleblower Alexei Navalny, Left Front opposition movement leader Sergei Udaltsov and Solidarity movement leader Ilya Yashin, who were detained after protests in Moscow in early March.

15:35 12.03.2012

Bank of Moscow's $7 mln action against developer to be heard in May

The Moscow Commercial Court will consider on May 12 two Bank of Moscow lawsuits to collect from Premier Estate and TD Ramenskaya almost $7 million in loan debt.

15:21 12.03.2012

ECHR judge position bidding legal - Justice Ministry

The Justice Ministry believes that the results and the procedure of a competition to fill the judge position for Russia at the European Court of Human Rights were legal.

15:00 12.03.2012

Rusal's action against Norilsk Nickel won't be reconsidered

The Supreme Commercial Court held against Rusal's appeal to reconsider the Krasnoyarsk Territory Commercial Court's ruling on a transaction between Norilsk Nickel and the Third Generation Company of the Wholesale Electricity Market (OGK-3).

14:45 12.03.2012

Land seizure appeal in BTA Bank's head case to be heard on Mar.21

The Moscow City Court will hear on March 21 a complaint against the seizure of two land plots in the case against Mukhtar Ablyazov, the former head of the Kazakh BTA bank.

14:29 12.03.2012

Moscow City Court chairperson says Khodorkovsky case closed

Moscow City Court Chairwoman Olga Yegorova sees no ground to review the prison sentence given to former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

14:00 12.03.2012

Former Moscow mayor might appeal to ECHR

Former Moscow Mayor's defense attorney Alexei Melnikov said he might appeal the dismissal of the lawsuit against former Presidential Administration head Sergei Naryshkin in the European Court of Human Rights.

13:39 12.03.2012

Watchdog to investigate Defense Ministry's accounts transfer to VTB Bank

The Federal Antimonopoly Service will hear on March 19 a case against the Defense Ministry suspected of violating competition law by transferring some of associated companies' bank accounts to VTB Bank.

13:06 12.03.2012

Antitrust watchdog postpones Auchan case for two months

The Federal Antimonopoly Service has postponed for two months the Auchan case over the trading law violations.

12:36 12.03.2012

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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