European Parliament urges Kiev to guarantee impartiality in Tymoshenko caseThe European Parliament has called on the Ukrainian authorities to guarantee impartiality and transparency while considering former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal and to release all prisoners convicted on political grounds.16:41 24.05.2012
European commissioner supports sending lawyer to Tymoshenko's trialEuropean Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule supported on Tuesday European Parliament President Martin Schulz's initiative to send a European lawyer to the hearing of Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal against the "gas case" sentence.16:45 22.05.2012
EU lawyers to participate in Tymoshenko caseThe EU will send lawyers to Ukraine to take part in the hearing of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal against her prison sentence.18:03 16.05.2012
German magazine prohibited from publishing remarks about NLMKThe Hamburg Supreme Court has validated the lower-court decision prohibiting the Wirtschaftswoche weekly from disseminating former Maxi-Group head Nikolai Maximov's statements about Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works (NLMK).17:55 14.05.2012
ECHR to hear activist's complaint about prison conditionsThe European Court of Human Rights has accepted a complaint filed by an Other Russia activist Taisia Osipova, who has been charged with selling narcotics. Osipova has complained about the allegedly inhumane prison conditions at the Smolensk pretrial detention center.16:18 14.05.2012
Russia secures seizure of Berezovsky's 13 mln euro propertyThe Prosecutor General's Office has obtained the seizure of a 13 million euro property in France owned by self-exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky.16:29 28.04.2012
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
Russia provides insufficient information about executed Polish POWs - ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights has held that the Russian government failed to provide sufficient information to the relatives of the Polish prisoners of war executed in Katyn in 1940.14:05 16.04.2012
Airlines responsible for force majeure situations - ECJAirlines must bear responsibility for flight delays and cancellations resulting from force majeure circumstances, according to Yves Bot, Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).18:08 22.03.2012
ECHR's landmark ruling enters into forceThe European Court of Human Rights' Grand Chamber has held for the court's earlier judgment in favor of Russian serviceman Konstantin Markin.15:19 22.03.2012
Russia expects UN to adopt resolution on organ trafficking investigation in KosovoRussia and Serbia expect the UN to adopt a resolution to promote the investigation of illicit human organ trade in Kosovo.14:14 16.03.2012
Swedish MPs call for sanctions on Russian officials over Magnitsky caseSwedish MPs have called on the government to impose sanctions against Russian officials over the case of Sergey Magnitsky, an auditor for the Hermitage Capital investment fund.11:34 12.03.2012
Monaco extradites Russian suspected of drug distributionInterpol's National Central Bureau in Russia has extradited Russian Knostantin Matviyenko from Monaco to Moscow on Wednesday. Matviyenko has been charged with drugs production and distribution.17:34 29.02.2012
European parliament seeks to ban officials involved in Magnitsky case from EUMembers of the European Parliament's communications delegation have called for banning the individuals allegedly involved in the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky from entering the EU.16:33 29.02.2012
Russia leads in number of applications submitted to ECHRRussia is again leading in the number of appeals submitted to the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR).11:38 27.01.2012
European Court to hear first appeal against conviction for extremism in RussiaThe European Court of Human Rights began to consider an appeal filed by a National-Bolshevik Party member, who was given a two-year probation for distributing leaflets which called for eating in Moscow restaurants without paying for the meals.10:10 25.01.2012
Russia may challenge EU anti-dumping rules in court after joining WTORussia may challenge in court EU anti-dumping law regulations against its metallurgic products after it accedes to the World Trade Organization.14:52 24.01.2012
European Court awards prisoner 18k euro from Russia for tortureThe European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay 18,000 euro to prisoner Vladimir Alchagin for inhuman treatment after his arrest.15:16 17.01.2012
Russia to supply documents for ex-prosecutor's extradition from PolandThe Investigative Committee has sent to the Prosecutor General's Office a complete set of documents necessary for the extradition of former Moscow Region Deputy Prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko. Ignatenko was placed on the international wanted list after an infamous gambling scandal.09:54 17.01.2012
Khodorkovsky challenges European court's denial of political motive in caseFormer YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who is serving a prison sentence for economic crimes, challenged the European Court of Human Rights' ruling that his prosecution was not politically motivated.17:52 11.01.2012