Moscow City Court declines Pussy Riot conviction appealThe Moscow City Court's presidium has declined the supervisory appeals of Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the court told RAPSI Wednesday.17:29 20.03.2013
Sovcomflot loses appeal of UK bribery ruling, vows to carry on to Supreme CourtSovcomflot failed last week in its attempt to recast a series of alleged bribes carried out by former director general Dmitri Skarga as crimes under English as opposed to Russian law in the appeals division of London’s High Court of Justice.18:22 13.03.2013
Politkovskaya murder accomplice to skip appeal hearing for health reasonsFormer policeman Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for involvement in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has asked the court to hear his appeal in his absence and also to grant him state protection in the pretrial detention ward.10:52 13.03.2013
Court refuses to reconsider fraud investigation against Navanly brothersThe Moscow City Court excluded from consideration Monday an appeal challenging a decision by Russian federal investigators to launch criminal case against political opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg, who stand accused of fraud and money laundering.18:38 11.03.2013
Pussy Riot's Alyokhina to stay in jail despite child's age - appeals courtThe Perm Territory Court has dismissed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina's appeal against the decision to reject her deferment plea.12:15 04.03.2013
Missing ex-BTA Bank chairman loses final debarment appealThe UK Supreme Court has rejected former BTA Chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov’s last-chance appeal of a judgment prohibiting him from defending himself against BTA Bank’s claims due to serious contempt of the court and failure to turn himself into British authorities.18:26 26.02.2013
Punishment for several defendants in 2009 train bombing case mitigatedRussia's Supreme Court mitigated punishment for six convicts in the case of the 2009 bombing of the high-speed Nevsky Express train. Beslan, Idris, Ilyas, Magomed, Tarkhan and Timur Kartoyev will be transferred from a top security to a lower security prison.11:10 26.02.2013
Pussy Riot's Alyokhina to persist on rights to raise child March 4On March 4 the Perm Territorial Court will hear an appeal filed by Maria Alyokhina, Pussy Riot member sentenced to two years in prison, against the lower court's refusal to defer her sentence.11:47 25.02.2013
US federal prosecutors file appelate brief against coke-smuggling Russian pilotUS federal prosecutors filed their brief Tuesday for the appeal of the case against Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison over an alleged cocaine smuggling scheme.11:18 20.02.2013
Siberian woman's compensation claim against Pussy Riot tossed out on appealThe Moscow City Court has upheld the ruling of the lower court to dismiss the compensation lawsuit filed by Novosibirsk resident Irina Ruzankina against the Pussy Riot punk rock group.12:00 19.02.2013
Former intelligence officer appeals sentence for attempted coupRetired Main Intelligence Directorate colonel Vladimir Kvachkov has appealed his 13 years long sentence for attempting to organize a coup.17:31 18.02.2013
Appeal on Russian telecom licenses in India turned downThe Supreme Court of India turned down the appeal filed by Shyam TeleServices Limited, which sought to overturn last year's court ruling to revoke its permits.11:13 15.02.2013
Ukrainian journalist's widow seeks review of murderer's verdictMiroslava Gongadze, the widow of journalist Georgy Gongadze, has appealed the verdict of her husband's murderer, former Interior Ministry General Oleksiy Pukach.16:44 13.02.2013
Khodorkovsky's partner to appeal ruling in lawsuit to mitigate sentenceFormer Menatep CEO and Mikhail Khodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev has forwarded his appeal against the ruling dismissing his lawsuit to mitigate his sentence to the Arkhangelsk Regional Court.17:31 06.02.2013
German education minister to appeal decision to revoke her Ph.D.German Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan will file a lawsuit to contest the University of Dusseldorf's decision to revoke her Ph.D. based on allegations of having plagiarized her doctoral thesis, according to her attorney.13:26 06.02.2013
Viktor Bout's lawyer files appealAttorneys of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, convicted for arms trafficking in the United States, have filed an appeal against the guilty verdict.12:28 31.01.2013
Pussy Riot member denied access to trial over group's videosThe Moscow City Court has rejected on Wednesday a Pussy Riot member's appeal against the verdict to deny her access to the group's videos extremist hearings.15:10 30.01.2013
Lithuania upholds conviction of Socialist for denying Soviet aggressionThe Lithuanian Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's conviction of Lituanian Socialist People's Front party leader Algirdas Paleckis for having denied the fact of "Soviet aggression against Lithuania and its people." Paleckis was the first person in Lithuanian history to be charged with denying Soviet aggression, a crime stipulated in the Criminal Code.11:03 23.01.2013
Refusal to initiate case over activist's kidnapping appealedLeonid Razvozzhayev's attorney has appealed the Investigative Committee's refusal to open a criminal case over claims of the oppositionist's kidnapping.15:00 14.01.2013
Samutsevich to appeal Pussy Riot extremism ruling Jan. 24On January 24, Moscow City Court will hear Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich's appeal of an earlier declaration of video footage of the group's various antics should be banned due to their extremist content.18:02 10.01.2013