Russian MPs propose to re-implement practice of property forfeitureLawmakers from the Communist party have submitted a bill to the State Duma that reintroduces the confiscation of property as a secondary punishment for grave crimes.17:47 27.01.2016
Russia to create register of intellectual property rights holdersA register containing information about intellectual property rights holders will be compiled in Russia.17:35 20.03.2015
Ural Invest appeals against seizure of assetsUral-Invest, a company linked to Ural Rakhimov, which had been ordered by a Moscow court to pay AFK Sistema 70.7 billion rubles (over $1 billion) filed an appeal against seizure of assets.17:31 11.03.2015
Russian vessel arrested in India to be released for $200KAn Indian court has imposed a fine of more than $200,000 on a Russian vessel, "Sevastopol", arrested in India.11:14 27.02.2015
Russian lawmakers suggest gratis issue of land to peopleRussian lawmakers have drafted a bill to issue land to some groups of population in outlying regions for development and as an anti-recession measure.10:51 30.01.2015
Union State of Russia and Belarus to lift fee for property registrationRussia's lower house of parliament, or the State Duma, has adopted a bill in the final reading lifting fee for registration of property of the union state which Russia forms with Belarus.12:23 14.10.2014
Potanin’s ex-wife files counter-claim in property disputeThe former wife of Interros president and Norilsk Nickel general director, Vladimir Potanin, addressed Moscow’s Presnensky court with a counter-claim, asking the court to divide the ex-couple’s property, her representative Filipp Ryabchenko told RAPSI.14:57 08.10.2014
US ordered to return seven books from Schneerson collection to RussiaThe Moscow Commercial Court has sided Thursday with Russia's Ministry of Culture and the State Library against the US and its Congressional Library in a case over the disputed Rebbe Schneerson book collection.17:58 22.05.2014
Dispute over Schneerson collection to be considered on May 22The Moscow Commercial Court on May 22 will consider a lawsuit filed by Russia's Ministry of Culture and the State Library against the US and its Congressional Library over the disputed Rebbe Schneerson book collection, RIA Novosti reported from the courtroom on Monday.16:22 14.04.2014
Lithuania initiates referendum on land sales to foreignersThe Lithuanian parliament voted on Thursday to initiate a referendum on the sale of land to foreign individuals and businesses. 79 lawmakers voted in favor of the referendum, with four against and 19 abstentions.14:25 10.04.2014
US court tosses out Bolshevik expropriation claims against YaleRefusing to second-guess Bolshevik nationalization policies, a US court held Thursday that Yale University’s title to Vincent van Gogh masterpiece The Night Café cannot be challenged by the heir of a wealthy Russian industrialist from whom the painting was expropriated in 1918.16:41 21.03.2014
Wife of Moscow's ex-mayor sues Russian Finance Ministry for billion dollarsThe Moscow Commercial Court has postponed the preliminary hearing of the TD Setunskaya case against the Finance Ministry until January 20. The company, owned by Yelena Baturina, has filed for 33.596 billion rubles ($1.02bn) in compensation for the land in western Moscow seized by the state.13:45 13.01.2014
Court allowed to take sole real estate as collateral – Supreme Commercial CourtOn Tuesday the Supreme Commercial Court overturned a lower court decision that had blocked businesswoman Galina Mokicheva’s insolvency administrator from transferring ownership of her only residence, a property that was used as collateral in a loan taken out by Mokicheva.15:27 27.11.2013
Moldova court suspends Chisinau airport concessionMoldova’s Constitutional Court has suspended the government’s resolution to give a Russian company the right to run the key Moldovan airport.10:05 12.09.2013
Russia sues US and Congressional Library over Schneerson collectionRussia's Ministry of Culture and the State Library have filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Commercial Court against the US and its Congressional Library over the disputed Rebbe Schneerson book collection.17:09 02.07.2013
New York Attorney General sues HSBC for violating foreclosure lawNew York Attorney General's Office is suing HSBC Holdings Plc for allegedly breaking the New York foreclosure law. The company has reportedly failed to meet requirements for giving homeowners the opportunity to negotiate loan modifications.12:41 05.06.2013
No solution to Hasidic library drama - Supreme Commercial CourtThere is simply no solution to the legal disputes involving the Schneerson Library, Chairman of Russia's Supreme Commercial Court Anton Ivanov said Thursday at a roundtable meeting at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.15:23 16.05.2013
Claim against Alaska's sale rejected for failure to pay court feesThe Moscow Commercial Court has returned a lawsuit against the sale of Alaska filed by an Orthodox public association because the plaintiff failed to pay the required stamp duty.14:49 14.05.2013
French court upholds Russia's ownership of Orthodox Cathedral in NiceFrance’s Court of Cassation has upheld Russia’s ownership of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Nice, thus making the final decision over a seven-year dispute.13:36 11.04.2013
ECHR orders Russia to pay 152,000 euros to evicted Kremlin neighborsThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Russia Thursday to pay 152,000 euros to compensate a Moscow couple who were evicted from their Central Moscow flat in 2005 to make room for an expansion of the Moscow State Art Gallery.15:01 04.04.2013