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Who will lead renewed Russia's Supreme Court?

17:30 09/04/2014 By the end of the summer, Russia’s Supreme Commercial Court will cease to exist. The court’s powers will be transferred in their entirety to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation under a federal law that entered into force on February 5. While the applicants gather documents and prepare for the Qualifications Board and the personnel department of the Presidential Executive Office and the Federation Council, RAPSI examines the most likely candidates.

Owen Pell on the shrinking scope of extraterritoriality in US law

17:03 26/03/2014 The extraterritorial application of US law in cases that at first glance have little if any connection to the US may have a chilling effect on foreign businesses and authorities. A partner with New York-based White & Case LLP, Owen Pell, sitting in its Moscow office tells RAPSI that the situation is changing with interesting implications for non-US companies.

Luxembourg: on-shore financial center with a commitment to privacy

18:00 28/02/2014 RAPSI interviewed experts from Luxembourg’s leading independent business law firm – Arendt & Medernach. Our guests included Alain Goebel, a partner in the firm’s tax law practice, and Alexander Sokolov, Vice-Head of the firm’s Moscow Representative office.

Top ten criminal case developments of 2013

10:03 31/12/2013 As far as worldwide crime fighting goes, 2013 has been an epic year. Zeroing in on the ten most important criminal developments of the year is anything but easy. We compromised on the present list of ten cases based on a series of criteria, including global reach and concrete legal impact.

Khodorkovsky has been pardoned: what’s next?

18:59 20/12/2013 Khodorkovsky’s pardon would almost certainly make him the winner only if he rejected it immediately and publicly. The certainty is qualified by an “almost” because then he would win many scores as a public figure, but would disillusion some as a simple man of flesh and blood. Less than a day after a shocking statement made by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the former oligarch has left his cell. The pardon was like a lightening bolt.

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Yugra bank co-owner put under house arrest in $120 mln embezzlement case

20:53 19/04/2019 Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Friday ordered house arrest for the majority stockholder of Russia’s Yugra bank Alexey Khotin suspected of 7.5-billion-ruble (about $120 million) embezzlement until June 18.

Crimean activist sentenced to 6 years for online calls for terrorism

19:35 19/04/2019 The North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced activist from Crimea’s Yevpatoria Yevgeny Karakashev to 6 years behind bars for calls for terrorism on VKontakte social network.

Moscow bar association president arrested, put in detention on embezzlement allegations

16:17 19/04/2019 Sergey Yuryev, the chairman of Moscow's bar association Mezhregion, was arrested as part of a case over 1-billion-ruble embezzlement (about $16 million) from the State Air Traffic Management Corporation (ATM), and placed in detention on Friday.

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