Russian account holders plan to sue Cyprus over loss of savingsSome Russian bank account holders intend to sue Cypriot authorities over the bailout decision which will strip people of a substantial part of their savings, Andreas Sofokleous, says the founder and managing partner of the Andreas Sofokleous & Co. law firm.13:01 28.03.2013
Ombudsman's complaint about damages collected from Khodorkovsky rejectedThe Moscow City Court has rejected the supervisory complaint filed by Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin against the Meshchansky District Court's decision to collect around 17 million rubles (over $53,000) from former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his partner Platon Lebedev.13:50 21.03.2013
UTair files another complaint against dismissal of claim against Finance MinistryThe Supreme Commercial Court has registered another complaint filed by the UTair air carrier to reconsider the ruling concerning the dismissal of its 444.2 million ruble lawsuit against the Finance Ministry.18:24 18.03.2013
Supreme Commercial Court takes on Strait of Kerch oil spill lawsuitThe Supreme Commercial Court has accepted the British International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992's lawsuit over an oil spill in the Strait of Kerch in 2007.16:27 11.03.2013
Police look into meteor shower relief expensesThe police are reviewing whether the funds allocated to repair damage caused by a meteor shower in the Chelyabinsk region were spent legally.15:02 07.03.2013
Complaint about ineffectiveness of Dubrovka terror investigation dismissedThe Lefortovsky District Court in Moscow has dismissed the complaint filed against the investigating officer who refused to initiate a criminal case against the officials in charge of the hostage release operation at the Dubrovka Theater in 2002.10:39 28.02.2013
Lawyer accuses investigators in Domodedovo terrorist attack of ineptitudeLawyer Igor Trunov, who represents victims of the terrorist attack in Moscow's Domodedovo Airport in January 2011, has filed a request with the Investigative Committee to open a case against the officials who failed to find who was responsible for the violations of the airport's security procedures that led to the tragedy.14:46 27.02.2013
$232 mln lost from corruption in Russian armed forces in 2012Corruption in the Russian Armed Forces has caused 7.5 billion ($232 mln) rubles in damages in 2012 alone, the Investigative Committee reported on Thursday.14:15 21.02.2013
Minority shareholders file $330 mln suit against TNK-BPThe Commercial Court of the Saratov Region has registered a lawsuit filed by the minority shareholders of TNK-BP's Saratov refinery, who are suing TNK-BP for 9.984 billion rubles (over $331 million) in damages.13:37 20.02.2013
'Pregnant' Kazakh teenage male wins $330 in moral damagesA 15-year-old male student diagnosed as being pregnant has received 50,000 tenge (about $330) in moral damages from the Aktobe Emergency Hospital in Kazakhstan.15:23 15.02.2013
Urals residents affected by meteor shower can claim compensationThe Emergency Ministry's main department for the Chelyabinsk Region in the eastern Urals said that residents may be issued requisite compensation for injuries and damage sustained from the meteor shower.13:45 15.02.2013
Marshall Capital assesses damage from VTB loan fraud case at $500 mlnKonstantin Malofeyev's fund Marshall Capital (MarCap) has assessed its losses from the arrest of its assets in connection with a legal dispute with VTB exceed $500 million.10:55 07.02.2013
Russian agency sues Norilsk Nickel for $19.5 mln over eco damageThe Krasnoyarsk Territorial Commercial Court will hear on February 8 the Russian environmental agency’s 585.5-million-ruble ($19.5 million) claim against Norilsk Nickel.17:28 04.02.2013
Chinese farmers in Russian Far East fined $5 Mln over pollutionA court in Russia's Far East has fined Chinese farmers more than $5 million for polluting local soil with pesticides and canceled their lease on a large plot of land.13:41 01.02.2013
500 million ruble fine for oil spill in Kerch Strait upheldThe North-Western Federal District Commercial Court has upheld a fine of 503.17 million rubles for an oil spill in the Kerch Strait in 2007.16:49 25.01.2013
$9 million lawsuit against Justin Bieber dismissedThe woman who sued pop star Justin Bieber for $9.2 million claiming that the screaming at his concert impaired her hearing has asked the court to dismiss her case.10:17 21.01.2013
US court orders Russia to pay $50k per day until it returns religious booksThe US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the Russian government to pay $50,000 per day until it returns to the Hassidic community a massive collection of historic books seized during the process of Soviet nationalization.11:45 17.01.2013
Carnival, et al. move to dismiss US Costa Concordia suitCarnival Corporation and co-defendants on Monday filed to dismiss for forum non conveniens a civil case arising from 2012’s deadly Costa Concordia cruise ship crash off the coast of Italy, which was launched in a federal district court in Illinois.17:16 15.01.2013
Prokhorov's RBC sued by US partners in New YorkBidontheCity, a US-based property sales website, and Global Advertising Strategies, an international marketing agency, have filed suit in New York against the Russian media holding, RosBusinessConsulting (RBC), and its board members, including CEO Sergei Lavrukhin11:48 11.01.2013
Russia's ombudsman seeks Khodorkovsky sentence revisionHuman Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin has lodged an appeal against the 2005 sentence of former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev.12:54 25.12.2012