State Duma adopts draft law on simplified procedure casesThe State Duma adopted a draft bill yesterday in the second reading extending the number of summary only cases.11:29 24.05.2012
Supreme Commercial Court not to establish judges associationThe Supreme Commercial Court is not expected to establish a judges association, Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov told journalists on Wednesday.16:26 23.05.2012
Russian courts overloaded with tax disputesSupreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev, speaking at a judicial council meeting on Tuesday, stressed that tax disputes are a major problem for courts.17:46 22.05.2012
Supreme Court chairman disappointed with poor execution of judgmentsSupreme Court chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev, speaking at a judicial council meeting on Tuesday, brought up the issue of poor execution of judgments. He believes this indicates the inefficiency of justice in Russia and reflects very poorly on the entire judicial system.13:00 22.05.2012
Court recognizes foreign judgments based on common legal principlesThe practice of recognizing and enforcing foreign judgments in Russia is based on the Supreme Commercial Court's recommendations and the common principles of international law.17:06 18.05.2012
Russian commercial courts to move to electronic documents by 2017Russian commercial courts may move to the electronic circulation of documents by 2017, Igor Solovyev, Head of the Supreme Commercial Court's Informatization and Communication Department.15:16 18.05.2012
Federal Chamber of Lawyers concerned with foreign jurisdictionsThe Federal Chamber of Lawyers supports incentives protecting Russian people and companies from unfair activities of foreign judicial systems, the chamber's vice president Yuri Pilipenko says.12:58 18.05.2012
Supreme Commercial Court chairman seeks to differentiate in case review timeframesSupreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov has voiced his support for setting different timeframes to hear cases falling into various categories.16:19 15.05.2012
European Court of Human Rights hardly to charge feesWill the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) start rendering its services for money? What are the reasons behind the court’s overload and the ways to deal with it? What difficulties does the ECHR face when interacting with national courts? ECHR Registrar, Erik Fribergh, spoke about these questions in an exclusive interview with the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI).12:05 07.05.2012
Judges will be required to report attempts to put pressure on themJudges will soon be obliged to report any attempts to exert pressure on them or interfere in court proceedings. The relevant proposals are expected to be formulated in the near future.10:59 28.04.2012
Public defenders go on strike over low feesPublic defenders in Chuvash Republic went on strike in protest against low fees and refused to attend trials. As a result, the Republic's Supreme Court has postponed the hearings of six criminal cases.10:04 27.04.2012
Khodorkovsky may be pardoned only upon request - MedvedevPresident Dmitry Medvedev has stated that he is not entitled to pardon any prisoner, including former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, if he does not plea for a pardon.14:43 26.04.2012
Possible introduction of sharia court in Russia deemed provocationExperts have found attorney Dagir Khasavov's appeal to introduce a sharia court in Russia to be a provocation.18:09 25.04.2012
Number of releases on bail declinesThe system of releasing suspects on bail has yet to become a viable practice.11:00 23.04.2012
Courts reluctant to handle copyright ownership cases, expertThe low rate of criminal prosecution in intellectual property protection cases is the result of a systematic problem. Law enforcement and judicial authorities are reluctant to consider such cases.17:05 20.04.2012
Assignment of lease possible only with open tenderThe Supreme Commercial Court's Presidium validated the antimonopoly service's decision that an assignment of lease for state-owned property is impossible without tender.14:21 18.04.2012
Russian commercial courts to study Belarusian mediation experienceRussian commercial courts will follow the example of Belarusian economic courts while implementing mediation procedures for resolving business disputes out-of-court.15:06 13.04.2012
Parliament to consider court videoconferencing billA draft law allowing the courts to use videoconferencing in civil cases has been submitted to the parliament's lower house.10:25 12.04.2012
Medvedev welcomes tougher controls over court transparencyPresident Dmitry Medvedev has welcomed the proposal committing judges to report on all attempts to exert pressure on them.17:21 10.04.2012
Civil case witnesses may be questioned via videoconferencingThe Civil Code amendments adopted on Thursday will allow investigators to interrogate witnesses in civil cases by videoconferencing as the Supreme Court suggested.13:04 05.04.2012