Ukrainian court seizes Odessa oil refinery physical assetsThe property and land of the Odessa refinery will be seized by court decision, effective April 24, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s press service announced Tuesday.17:19 22.04.2014
Crimean Prosecutor’s Office sues to seize Privatbank propertyThe Crimean Prosecutor’s Office has filed a lawsuit to seize the physical assets of the Crimean branch of Privatbank, First Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Ministers Council Rustam Temirgaliyev announced at a government meeting Tuesday.14:23 22.04.2014
No foreign assets left in Russian lawmakers’ possessionAll the members of the lower house of Russian parliament have filed their income declarations that show that all the lawmakers have no more foreign assests and accounts in their possession, head of income control commission Nikolai Kovalyov stated at the commission's session on Wednesday.15:18 09.04.2014
Tajik court confiscates plant owned by Ukrainian gas mogul FirtashThe Economic Court of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, decided on Wednesday to nullify the privatization of Guliston, a company whose main shareholder is Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash, attorney Ishoq Tabarov said.12:15 03.04.2014
US court tosses out Bolshevik expropriation claims against YaleRefusing to second-guess Bolshevik nationalization policies, a US court held Thursday that Yale University’s title to Vincent van Gogh masterpiece The Night Café cannot be challenged by the heir of a wealthy Russian industrialist from whom the painting was expropriated in 1918.16:41 21.03.2014
Property forfeiture bill gains support in Russian State DumaThe Russian State Duma Committee on Property recommended during a meeting Tuesday that a bill on property-forfeiture procedure should be adopted in its first reading.16:33 11.03.2014
World War II orphan sues Germany for recovery of looted artThe great nephew of a holocaust survivor has turned to the US courts in hopes of compelling Germany to return a painting allegedly looted by Nazis.18:11 07.03.2014
Russia mulls seizing assets of US, EU companies in response to sanctionsThe Federation Council, the upper house of Russia’s parliament, is developing a bill that would provide for the confiscation of the assets and accounts of European and Amercian companies, including private ones, pending the imposition of economic sanctions against Russia.12:08 05.03.2014
Russian billionaire wins Hawaii property suit filed by estranged wifeRussian billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev has won a lawsuit filed by his estranged wife Yelena Rybolovleva in connection with a Hawaiian property, a source close to the case confirmed for RAPSI Thursday.16:31 27.02.2014
Russian billionaire Potanin’s ex on the hunt for US assetsRussian billionaire Vladimir Potanin’s former wife Natalia Potanina has turned to several US jurisdictions with her sights fixed on an accurate accounting of the couple’s marital assets.14:40 27.02.2014
Russian billionaire Potanin’s ex moves for speedy New York asset discoveryFollowing on the heels of Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin’s initiation Wednesday of asset-division proceedings in Moscow, Natalia Potanina has urged a federal court in New York to waste no time in allowing her pursuit of information on the couple’s marital assets, according to court documents.15:31 26.02.2014
US Treasury calls on banks to monitor Yanukovich’s assetsThe US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a recommendation for financial institutions to closely monitor transactions with accounts connected with ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich.12:49 26.02.2014
Defendants withdraw motion to dismiss US case alleging $230 mln Russian tax fraudThe defendants involved in a US case seeking the forfeiture of luxury New York City properties and other assets belonging to 11 companies in connection with an alleged Russian fraud scheme have successfully withdrawn a motion to dismiss without prejudice, according to a court order filed Friday.13:17 24.02.2014
Russia to simplify seizure of foreign criminals' assets - reportRussia’s Justice Ministry has drafted amendments to legislation and coordinated them with the proper authorities to simplify cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies in the fight against transnational crime and terrorism.10:31 14.02.2014
Officials may be dismissed for filing false income declarationsRussia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that officials can be dismissed for filing false income declarations, Kommersant newspaper writes on Thursday.11:22 13.02.2014
Russian nickel king Potanin gives his money to charity before divorceRussian tycoon Vladimir Potanin has turned over the bulk of his assets to charity, minus the money he has kept for his children. Potanin, 52, controls the Interros investment vehicle and is CEO and the major shareholder of the world’s largest nickel and palladium miner, Norilsk Nickel. His personal wealth is estimated at $14.3 billion.11:52 07.02.2014
Sale of Russian Trade Mission building in Sweden illegitimate – Foreign MinistryMoscow refuses to recognize the legitimacy of a resolution to sell a building that belongs to the Russian Trade Mission in Sweden as it could have an adverse impact on bilateral relations, Swedish Ambassador to Russia Veronika Bard-Bringéus was told when she was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry.17:56 29.01.2014
Former BTA Bank CEO's property may be seized in KazakhstanProperty of fugitive ex-CEO of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov may be seized in Kazakhstan, First Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Iogan Merkel told the press on Wednesday.12:08 29.01.2014
Fugitive mogul Polonsky's assets worth $100 mln frozenTverskoy District Court of Moscow on Monday seized foreign companies' stock owned by fugitive real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky, Russian Interior Ministry reports. The ruling came as a restrictive measure in the embezzlement case in which Polonsky was arrested in absentia last year.14:25 13.01.2014
Ukraine grants Russia’s request to freeze late Berezovsky’s assets – reportUkraine has granted a request filed by Russia to freeze late oligarch Boris Berezovsky’s assets in the country.20:09 09.01.2014