Russian consumer protection watchdog appeals court ruling over banned goodsThe Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) has appealed a court ruling on cancelling a fine on Tander company (Magnit supermarket chain) for selling products banned from import to Russia.15:15 14.07.2015
Russian consumer rights regulator confiscates 45 tons of banned importsRussia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) confiscated about 45 metric tons of banned imports between August 8, 2014 and July 1, 2015.10:32 08.07.2015
State Duma lawmaker proposes ban on Coca-Cola and Pepsi in Russia - reportState Duma lawmaker Igor Zotov (A Just Russia party) has sent a petition to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with a proposal to ban imports of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in addition to the current food import embargo.10:17 26.06.2015
Russia to extend counter-sanctions against Western countriesRussia considers extending a ban on Western food imports after the European Union made a decision to extend sanctions against Moscow for six months.10:34 23.06.2015
Russia set to extend import ban on Western food – officialRussia will extend a ban on Western food imports if economic sanctions imposed on the country stay in place, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told journalists on Tuesday.17:21 02.06.2015
Russian air defense systems manufacturer appeals against EU sanctionsRussian air defense systems manufacturer Almaz-Antey said on Friday that it had filed a complaint with the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union against sanctions imposed on it over the crisis in Ukraine.15:36 22.05.2015
Google wins dismissal of lawsuit over Crimean exodusA court in the Crimean city of Sevastopol dismissed a lawsuit filed after US companies, including PayPal, Google, and Apple, suspended their operations on the peninsular under the sanction regime against Russia.15:37 09.04.2015
Russia considers amending force majeure concept to cover sanctionsA bill amending the concept of force majeure to cover sanctions imposed on Russia has been submitted to the lower house of parliament, the State Duma.16:58 30.03.2015
Russia bans machinery imports for municipal and state needsPrime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed an order banning imports of machinery for state and municipal purposes.17:30 02.02.2015
Russian MPs urge retaliatory measures against US companies over Crimea - reportRussian Communist Party lawmakers are to file a request with the Prosecutor General's Office and the Central Bank to look into the situation with PayPal, Apple, Google and a number of other companies that stopped operating in the Republic of Crimea following sanctions.11:40 29.01.2015
Rosneft's case against sanctions sent to European Court of JusticeA case lodged by state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft which challenges sanctions imposed on it by the EU's European Council over Russia's actions in Ukraine was sent to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg by judges of London's High Court.10:37 28.01.2015
Dismissal of Russian national’s suit against MasterCard upheldThe Moscow City Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Russian national Alexander Moskovkin against MasterCard, which blocked his card after the US imposed sanctions on Russian officials and several Russian banks over the situation in Ukraine.16:12 16.01.2015
US ready to expand Magnitsky List – State DepartmentIn the future, the US intends to expand the Magnitsky List, a human rights abuse sanction roster established in 2009, RIA Novosti reports on Tuesday citing the US State Department.11:10 30.12.2014
EU imposes new sanctions on CrimeaCouncil of the European Union has announced on Thursday that a range of new measures are introduced against Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.15:58 18.12.2014
Switzerland expands sanctions against Donetsk individuals and companiesSwitzerland has updated the list of sanctioned individuals and companies in connection with the crisis in Ukraine, adjusting it to the EU restrictions.13:08 16.12.2014
Russia's Rosneft relies on nine pleas in support of its claim in ECJRosneft oil company relies on nine pleas in support of its application lodged with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over sanctions imposed on it among a number of other Russian entities, according to court records.11:35 12.12.2014
Russian billionaire Arkady Rotenberg drops suit over EU sanctionsRussian businessman Arkady Rotenberg has withdrawn one of two suits he filed with the European Court of Justice challenging his EU visa ban and assets freeze over the Ukrainian crisis.17:45 11.12.2014
Japan expands sanctions against Russia over Ukrainian turmoilJapanese government has expanded the sanctions against Russia by adding another 26 individuals and 14 entities, allegedly involved in the elections in the self-proclaimed People’s Republics in Eastern Ukraine, to the sanctions list, Interfax reports on Tuesday.12:32 09.12.2014
US government files $190 million lawsuit against Deutsche BankThe US government filed a $190 million tax evasion lawsuit against Deutsche Bank. The suit names several other defendants, including Wells Fargo.10:17 09.12.2014
Kalashnikov contract with US suspendedA contract to deliver up to 200,000 Kalashnikov guns to North America has been suspended on the initiative of the North American party. “We have not delivered a single gun under this contract,” Kalashnikov Director General Alexei Krivoruchko told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.15:46 02.12.2014