Recovery of $214 mln from former Maxi-Group's head confirmedThe Ural District Federal Commercial Court left in force the lower court's decision to recover $213.6 million from former Maxi-Group top manager Nikolai Maximov.18:24 03.05.2012
Baturina withdraws $28 mln suit against Olymp-2014 developerRussia's richest woman Yelena Baturina, the wife of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, has withdrawn her lawsuit to cancel her purchase of the Olymp-2014 company. The court has terminated proceedings in the case.10:35 27.04.2012
Siberian grid's $160 mln lawsuit against region to be heard on May 29The Krasnoyarsk Territorial Commercial Court has postponed until May 29 its hearing of the Siberian Interregional Distribution Network Company's lawsuit against the region's finance ministry to recover $160 million in damages from the regional budget.11:58 26.04.2012
Khodorkovsky's partner to appeal denial of compensation for detentionFormer Menatep head Platon Lebedev will appeal the court's refusal to order the Finance Ministry to compensate him for his illegal three-month detention in 2010.15:52 20.04.2012
Aeroflot's action against bank over tickets sales failure to be heard on May 24The Moscow Commercial Court has delayed until May 24 its hearing of the Aeroflot airline's claim for $5 million in damages from the VTB-24 bank for an online tickets sales failure.17:02 17.04.2012
Ex-police officer wins $17k from Finance Ministry for overcrowded jailA Yekaterinburg resident has won over $17,000 from the Finance Ministry and the Federal Penitentiary Service for being kept in poor conditions in a pretrial detention center for nearly a year. The judgment came into force on Tuesday.16:42 17.04.2012
ECHR orders Russia to pay 340k euro to 50 military officersThe European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay nearly 340,000 euro to 50 military officers subject to dismissal, who complained about long delays during the execution of housing provision judgments.16:27 17.04.2012
Maxi-Group ex-top manager appeals $212 mln collectionThe Urals District Federal Commercial Court will hear on April 18 former Max-Group executive Nikolai Maximov's appeal against the court-ordered collection of $212 million as secondary liability under UralSnabKomplekt obligations.15:23 17.04.2012
Action against RuTube for Khodorkovsky film dismissedThe Moscow District Federal Commercial Court validated the dismissal of Pravda.Ru's lawsuit to recover $40,500 in damages from RuTube for distributing Andrey Karaulov's film, "Khodorkovsky. Pipes/Corpses".13:53 16.04.2012
Rusal-RusHydro dispute on notorious HPP accident to be reconsideredThe Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has submitted for reconsideration the Rusal Sayanogorsk Aluminium Smelters lawsuit to recover $859,260 in losses from RusHydro after a hydropower plant accident.16:32 11.04.2012
Music critic files suit against Bolshoi Theater for expulsionA Moscow newspaper music critic filed a lawsuit against the Bolshoi Theater demanding compensation of $67,620 for being turned out of a performance.14:00 10.04.2012
Defamation lawsuit against nationalist ex-presidential candidate dismissedA court in the Urals has dismissed the local resident's defamation lawsuit against lower house deputy and former presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky.10:06 05.04.2012
Siberian power supplier sues region for $160mln to offset lossesThe Krasnoyarsk Territory Commercial Court will hear on April 25 the lawsuit filed by Interregional Distributive Grid Company of Siberia (IDGC of Siberia) against the Krasnoyarsk Territory.12:17 28.03.2012
$58 mln award to defrauded Silvinite shareholder upheldThe Seventeenth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld a court decision awarding former Silvinite shareholder Anatoly Lomakin $58.2 million from the Uralkali calcium chloride producer and the Computershare Registrar.15:41 22.03.2012
Appeal in Rusal action on power plant accident to be heard on April 11The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has postponed until April the hearing of RusHydro's appeal against the decision to recover $871.055 in losses from the company under a Rusal Sayanogorsk Aluminum Smelter lawsuit.14:25 19.03.2012
Minority shareholder's $14bn claim against ВР dismissedThe Eighth Commercial Court of Appeals upheld the lower court dismissal of a lawsuit filed by TNK-BP minority shareholder Andrei Prokhorov against BP Russian Investments Limited and BP p.l.c. seeking to recover $14 billion in losses.15:50 02.03.2012
BP initiates recovery of damages from minority shareholdersBP Exploration Operating Company Limited has submitted to court its first application to recover legal fees connected with the process initiated by TNK-BP Holding minority shareholder Andrei Prokhorov, who has been trying to recover about $17.25 billion from BP and its board members since last August.15:54 28.02.2012
Leading insurer loses dispute over $1 mln in reputational lossA federal commercial court has upheld the lower court's decision to dismiss Ingosstrakh's lawsuit against Faktor for over $1 million in compensation for reputational loss.16:16 24.02.2012
ECHR to hear former Ukrainian minister's application in AprilThe European Court of Human Rights will open on April 17 public hearings in a former Ukrainian interior minister's application regarding his arrest and political persecution.13:50 20.02.2012
Tymoshenko to submit statement of defense in UTICo's suit in New York courtAttorney Kenneth McCallion, who represents former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a New York court, said he is ready to submit the statement of defense in the Universal Trading & Investment Co.'s (UTICo) lawsuit against his client.15:20 10.02.2012