U.K. Foreign Office criticizes new Russian law on NGOsThe U.K. Foreign Office has criticized the new law on the activity of foreign NGOs in Russia, saying that the law will generate mistrust in the public and create unnecessary barriers in Russian civil society.12:05 26.07.2012
Berezovsky scoffs the nonprofit organizations billThe controversial legislation classifying as foreign agents those non-profit organizations receiving funds from foreign sources and engaged in politics may well be circumvented by sponsors from abroad, says self-exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky.12:35 25.07.2012
Former Transaero shareholder to claim his rights in LondonEskerkhan Mutalibov, a former Transaero shareholder who claims that his shares in the airline were taken from him fraudulently, is determined to assert his rights in London's High Court of Justice.11:42 23.07.2012
Application for suspect's arrest in BTA Bank case rejectedThe High Court of Justice in London turned down the BTA Bank's motion to issue an arrest warrant for Anatoly Yereshchenko on charges of contempt of court.16:38 11.07.2012
Cherney v Deripaska: plaintiff makes opening statementThe counsel for businessman Mikhail Cherney, who is suing Russian aluminum giant owner Oleg Deripaska in London's High Court of Justice, have stated the plaintiff's position, claiming that their client was a partner of Deripaska in the aluminum business.11:17 10.07.2012
Another Russian tycoons' legal battle starts in LondonToday the High Court in London will begin hearing the lawyers' opening speeches in the high-profile litigation launched by Israeli resident Mikhail Cherney against Oleg Deripaska, owner of the Russian aluminum giant, RUSAL.10:39 09.07.2012
London court reschedules hearing in Snoras caseThe Westminster Magistrates Court in London has once again postponed its hearing in the extradition of businessmen Vladimir Antonov and Raimondas Baranauskas, who have been charged with defrauding the Lithuanian Snoras bank.17:36 06.07.2012
BTA Bank head appeals arrest in London High Court of JusticeToday the High Court of Justice will start hearing the appeal by former head of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov against the prison sentence that was passed on him this February but was never executed.10:56 02.07.2012
Gazprom suspected of violating shareholders' agreementNorthgas co-owner Farkhad Akhmedov has reported that Gazprom violated shareholders' agreements with the company and has filed a lawsuit with the London Court of International Arbitration.12:01 13.06.2012
Assange to be extradited to SwedenWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his British Supreme Court appeal on Wednesday against extradition to Sweden for questioning over alleged sex offences.13:58 30.05.2012
Russia believes UK rushed to submit Litvinenko case to courtThe Russian Prosecutor General's Office has expressed bewilderment that the high-profile case of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko was submitted to court before the investigation was completed and the guilty parties identified.10:51 30.05.2012
London court dismisses Ingosstrakh's appeal in dispute with BNP ParibasOn Thursday, the London Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal by Ingosstrakh-Investments, which disputed the lawfulness of the consideration of BNP Paribas' claims against it in British courts.11:15 25.05.2012
Widow of UK victim of Siberian mine disaster goes to London courtThe widow of UK citizen Ian Robertson, who died in the Ulyanovskaya Mine explosion in 2007, has lodged a lawsuit to seek compensation with the High Court of Justice.15:55 24.05.2012
British court seizes assets of former Snoras bank shareholderThe British court has seized Russian businessman and major Snoras bank shareholder Vladimir Antonov's assets upon the request of the Lithuanian bank's bankruptcy administrator. The seized property is worth an estimated 493 million euro.14:52 23.05.2012
London court upholds ruling in BTA Bank's $1 bln dispute with ex-chairmanThe High Court of Justice has dismissed the appeal filed by offshore companies allegedly involved in the misappropriation of over $1 billion from Kazakhstan's BTA Bank. The companies had previously been deprived of the right to defend themselves in court due to their failure to abide by court orders.11:29 03.05.2012
UK denies political asylum to former Bank of Moscow headsThe UK has refused to grant political asylum to former Bank of Moscow head Andrei Borodin and his deputy Dmitry Akulinin, who have been charged with fraud in Russia.17:35 02.05.2012
UK experts say Russian MP not guilty in Litvinenko's deathUK experts have concluded that Russian MP Andrei Lugovoy was not involved in the death of former security service officer Alexander Litvinenko.17:53 25.04.2012
London's position in Litvinenko case unchangedThe UK has not changed its position on the Litvinenko case, according to UK Ambassador to Russia Tim Barrow.11:48 18.04.2012
Rusal spat and fair market principlesRussian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg’s Sual Partners launched arbitration proceedings against EN+, Glencore, UC Rusal (Jersey) and its major shareholder Oleg Deripaska.10:44 10.04.2012