Special Coverage | Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI).

RIA Novosti website group:
en.rian.ru
|
R-sport
|
More »

Energy to Crimea: Stupidity and Sabotage

21:30 23/12/2015 In mid-December, Russia established the second link of an “energy bridge” between Russia’s mainland Kuban region and Crimea, a peninsula geographically connected with Ukraine. The first link was set for repairs a few days earlier. The repairs were needed only 10 days after the bridge’s grand opening. Local residents immediately felt the effects of the new limitations on sending electricity to the peninsula – after all, in such situations it is acceptable to first cut off power to the residential sector in an effort to keep the lights on in strategic and public buildings.

Ameropa puts political pressure on Russia during Togliattiazot probe

17:19 03/11/2015 Andreas Zivy, the Swiss owner of Ameropa AG, declared his intention to litigate against the Russian government for alleged loss of Ameropa’s investment in Togliattiazot. RAPSI publishes several opinions of Russian media on the subject.

Mikhail Kazantsev: capital amnesty is an outreach to the business community

16:58 28/07/2015 Russia’s law broadly known as the “Capital Amnesty Law” - was adopted on June 8. Under the amnesty, taxpayers are able to declare their foreign assets by filing a special declaration with Russia’s tax authorities. Meanwhile, the state guarantees a waiver of tax proceedings related to the assets declared. Mikhail Kazantsev, a partner at Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners, spoke with RAPSI about what had come out of it and how it might operate in practice.

Axel Filges speaks on German legal market, proficiency standards

13:03 13/07/2015 Axel Filges, president of the German Federal Bar, visited RAPSI’s open studio at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum to speak about the local legal market, specific features of the monopoly on providing legal services and proficiency-based education.

Elusive price

10:52 03/07/2015 The shortcomings of pricing regulations are giving rise to litigation and threatening businesses with billions in losses.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun

Top news

Court seizes ex-Tatfondbank managers assets worth $1.5B

17:12 18/02/2020 The Tatarstan Commercial Court has seized assets owned by ex-Tatfondbank chairman Robert Musin and ten other persons formerly in control of the bank totaling to 96.5 billion rubles (about $1.5 billion) in a case initiated by Russia’s State Corporation Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA).

Human Rights Council and Association of Russian Lawyers Chairs sign cooperation agreement

16:01 18/02/2020 The Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev and the Chairman of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Piligin have signed a cooperation agreement between two organizations.

Bribery case launched over reconstruction of ill-fated Kemerovo mall reaches court

14:30 18/02/2020 The Zavodskoy District Court of Kemerovo is to examine a case over bribery during reconstruction of Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall’s building, that became a site of deadly fire killing 60 people in March 2018.

Most Popular

Russian Economy Minister Ulyukayev charged with bribery

IKEA’s slippery slope in Russia

Russian antimonopoly watchdog probes Microsoft upon complaint from Kaspersky

Russian communications regulator starts blocking LinkedIn

Top multimedia

Photo: The Navalny brothers sentenced in Yves Rocher case

Photo: 2012 Bolotnaya protesters found guilty

Photo: Bolshoi soloist Dmitrichenko on trial for acid attack

Infographics: What changes lie in store for non-profit organizations