Bolshoi dancer pays out over $1,500 in compensation to acid attack victimBolshoi Ballet leading soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko, who stands accused of masterminding an acid attack on Bolshoi Artistic Director Sergei Filin has already paid him 50,000 rubles (over $1,500) in compensation.15:18 29.11.2013
Spartak Moscow seeks $450K from swastika-waving football fanSpartak Moscow is seeking to recover some 15 million rubles ($450,000) in compensation from a football fan whose swastika-waving antics at a recent game incurred a big fine for the Russian football club.15:27 22.11.2013
Opposition lawmaker to pay $83k to Skolkovo FoundationThe Moscow City Court on Friday upheld the ruling ordering State Duma lawmaker Ilya Ponomaryov to pay 2,728 million rubles ($82,621) to the Skolkovo Foundation, Russia's high-tech development center.12:31 22.11.2013
Ukraine was justified in refusing to order 1942 Death Match retraction – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that Ukraine did not violate the right to respect for private and family life by virtue of its courts’ refusal to order the redaction of allegedly defamatory information linked to the infamous 1942 Death Match soccer game between Ukrainian and German players.17:25 21.11.2013
Russia ordered to compensate special-needs boy for 30-day detention – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that the 30-day detention of a boy with special needs was unjustified, thus ordering Russia to pay out EUR 7,500 in non-pecuniary damages and EUR 1,493 in costs and expenses.15:18 14.11.2013
Beauty queen files suit against lawyer over $5 mln loss to Donald TrumpFormer Miss Pennsylvania and contestant for the title of Miss USA Sheena Monnin filed a malpractice lawsuit seeking unspecified damages against her former attorney whose “inept representation” of her a judge blamed for a $5 million loss to Donald Trump’s Miss Universe organization.13:23 14.11.2013
Opposition lawmaker appeals compensation to Skolkovo fundThe Moscow City Court on November 22 will hear the appeal of State Duma lawmaker Ilya Ponomaryov against the ruling ordering him to pay 2,728 million rubles ($82,776) to the Skolkovo Foundation, Russia's high-tech development center.11:45 01.11.2013
Appeal in Bank of Cyprus unjust enrichment case to be considered on Nov.7The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has postponed the hearing for the appeal in the rejected lawsuit of Algeba, seeking 380 million rubles ($11.8 million) in compensation from the Bank of Cyprus based on allegations of unjust enrichment, until November 7.14:09 17.10.2013
Russian student expelled for hijab sues University for $150A student expelled from The Krasnoyarsk State Medical University won 5,000 rubles ($150) in moral damages, Krasnoyarsk district court told RIA Novosti on Friday.14:24 11.10.2013
Pussy Riot member ups civil claim against former lawyer to $77kPussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich on Friday adjusted her civil claim against her former attorney Violetta Volkova to 2,5 million rubles ($77,000).12:12 11.10.2013
Moscow Metro fire civil claim hearing moved to October 22Meschansky District Court of Moscow will hear the lawsuit of Nigina Ashrapova, who suffered from a noxious gas poisoning during a fire in the Moscow Metro in June, on October 22.13:47 03.10.2013
Kazakhstan pays $23,000 to compensate families of 13 massacred border guardsThe Kazakh government has paid out 3.5 millon tenge (approximately $23,000) to the families of border guards killed in a May 2012 massacre.13:09 03.10.2013
Family demands $1.2 mln from Russian Railways for teen's deathThe family of Andrey Klishko, 15, who died after being electrocuted at a Lobnya railway station in the Moscow Region, is suing the Russian Railway monopoly for 40 million rubles ($1,2 million).11:54 10.09.2013
Woman demands compensation for Moscow Metro fireWoman who suffered from a noxious gas poisoning during a fire in the Moscow Metro in June, filed a civil claim with the Meschansky District Court of Moscow.11:41 04.09.2013
Pussy Riot's Samutsevich demands $61k from her former attorneyPussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich has filed a lawsuit against her former lawyer Violetta Volkova. She demands 2 million rubles ($60,750) in compensation for moral harm.12:42 20.08.2013
Russian court approves dismissal of Bank of Cyprus unjust enrichment caseRussia's Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Novosibirsk company Algeba seeking 380 million rubles ($12.1 million) in compensation from the Bank of Cyprus based on allegations of unjust enrichment.17:12 16.08.2013
Aeroflot ordered to compensate flight teams more than $30 millionThe Moscow City court ordered the Russian air carrier Aeroflot to pay more than a billion rubles ($30 million) to its flight teams for 2011-12 graveyard shifts, a Sheremetyevo Airport union spokesman told RAPSI on Thursday.13:22 25.07.2013
Woman widowed by Belogorod mass shooting seeks $1.5 mln in damagesA woman widowed during a mass shooting in Russia’s Belgorod intends to demand 50 million rubles ($1,5 mln) in compensation for her husband’s demise.17:33 22.07.2013
Yakuza boss faces unprecedented compensation claimA former restaurant owner from Nagoya filed the first civil lawsuit in Japan’s history against the boss of the country’s largest Yakuza syndicate “Yamaguchi-gumi”. Boss Kenichi Shinoda now faces a claim demanding full compensation for money allegedly extorted by his cohorts under threats of violence.13:13 17.07.2013
Deposit Insurance Agency seeks $41 million from Snc Villacota 3Russia's Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) acting as the bankruptcy receiver for Mezhprombank, has filed a 1.3 billion rubles ($40.9 million) claim against Snc Villacota 3, a French company allegedly affiliated with the bank's former owner, Sergei Pugachov.13:06 17.06.2013