Constitutional Court to consider deputies' inquiries on two controversial lawsThe Constitutional Court will consider state deputies' inquiries to check the validity of the laws on direct gubernatorial elections and increasing the punishment for violations committed during mass rallies on November 13 and November 27.16:29 22.10.2012
Madonna to receive statement of claim from St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg's Moskovsky District Court will send Madonna the statements of claim from the concerned individuals seeking to recover about $10.8 million in moral damages after she expressed her support for the LGBT community during her performance in St. Petersburg on August 9.12:06 17.10.2012
Jurisdiction of crimes committed by Russian citizens abroad to be determinedThe Constitutional Court has obliged federal legislators to amend the Criminal Procedure Code to set the jurisdiction of crimes committed by Russian citizens against their compatriots abroad.13:43 16.10.2012
Madonna's representatives fail to show up at $10.7 mln lawsuit hearingMadonna's representatives failed to appear at a St. Petersburg's Moskovsky District Court preliminary hearing on the lawsuits filed against her and her concert organizers.16:19 11.10.2012
Russia's top social network to pay for illegally hosting songsThe St. Petersburg Commercial Court has sided with Gala Records in its lawsuit to recover $18,000 from VKontakte social networking service for hosting songs by the popular singer MakSim.12:06 11.10.2012
Oppositionist Limonov's complaint against rallies law acceptedThe application to have the rallies law deemed unconstitutional filed by opposition figure Eduard Limonov on Monday has been accepted by the Constitutional Court.11:58 10.10.2012
Anti-gay propaganda law complaint dismissedThe St. Petersburg Statutory Court has dismissed the complaint of Nikolai Alexeyev, the founder of an advocacy organization focused on the rights of sexual and gender minorities, who requested an examination on whether the law banning the promotion of homosexuality among minors corresponds to St. Petersburg city charter.11:40 26.09.2012
Challenge to St. Petersburg anti-gay law to be heard Sep. 27The St. Petersburg Charter Court will review on September 27 a complaint submitted by LGBT rights organization founder Nikolai Alexeyev to determine whether a city law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality among minors complies with the city's charter.17:14 24.09.2012
$10.9 mln claim against Madonna gay rights promotion to be heard Oct. 11The Moskovsky District Court in St. Petersburg will hear on October 11 complaints filed against Madonna and her concert organizers for promoting homosexuality, attorney Alexander Pochuyev, who is representing the St. Petersburg activists that filed the claim, told RIA Novosti on Monday.15:00 17.09.2012
St. Petersburg activists file corrected claims against MadonnaSt. Petersburg activists filed with the court on Thursday corrected claims against pop legend Madonna and the organizers of her local concert. The lawsuits seek 333 million rubles ($10.73 million) in damages.15:00 14.09.2012
Bankruptcy procedures commenced for major train manufacturerThe St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Commercial Court has placed train manufacturer Vagonmash under a supervisory bankruptcy procedure.17:13 07.09.2012
$76.8 mln lawsuit over raid on SMARTS postponed until Sept. 18The St. Petersburg and Leningrad Regional Commercial Court has postponed until September 18 its hearing of Angentro Trading and Investments' lawsuit to recover 2.48 billion rubles ($76.81 million) in losses allegedly caused by a raid on SMARTS, from Sigma Capital Partners.14:02 04.09.2012
Detention of MMA fighter Red Tarzan extended for three monthsOn Monday, St. Petersburg's Nevsky District Court extended the detention of nationalist and renowned mixed martial artist Vyacheslav Datsik for three months, Datsik's attorney Andrei Fedorkov told RIA Novosti. Datsik is accused of robbery and committing arson in a church.11:19 04.09.2012
MMA fighter accused of arson and robbery seeks bail in St. PetersburgFormer mixed martial artist Vyacheslav Datsik, who has been accused of committing robbery and a church arson attack, has applied for release on $30,700 bail in St. Petersburg's Nevsky District Court.16:59 03.09.2012
St. Petersburg Museum antimonopoly case to be reviewed October 9The Thirteenth Commercial Court of Appeals will consider on October 9 the city antitrust authority's motion against the reversal of its decision that local museums breached competition law by refusing to enter into excursion contracts with an entrepreneur.14:47 03.09.2012
Breweries' fine for antimonopoly breach reduced from $3 mln to $346kThe St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast Commercial Court has mandated a reduction of the fine imposed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service on Baltika Breweries for breaching competition law in the one-liter can market from $3 million to $346,000.17:09 30.08.2012
Investigators file complaints of Madonna's legal violationsThe St. Petersburg Main Investigative Department has submitted to the city prosecutor's office a series of applications detailing violations that allegedly occurred at Madonna's concert in Russia's cultural capital.14:53 29.08.2012
Illegality of Heineken ad featuring footballer Arshavin upheldThe St. Petersburg and Leningrad Regional Commercial Court has held against a claim filed by Heineken Joint Breweries of the invalidity of a decision rendered by the local antitrust service branch that one of its beer advertisements is unsuitable due to its depiction of people and animals.13:39 29.08.2012
Stena RoRo to collect $37.7 mln from shipyard as secondary creditorThe Thirteenth Commercial Appeals Court has upheld a lower court decision satisfying Swedish shipyard company Stena RoRo's complaint to recover $37.7 million from the Baltiysky Zavod shipyard after its primary creditors receive their debt payments.14:41 27.08.2012
Russian gay activist files fourth suit against lawmakerThe founder of an organization supporting the rights of sexual and gender minorities has filed his fourth defamation lawsuit against a local lawmaker Vitaly Milonov in St. Petersburg.16:49 24.08.2012