Rosneft and Bashneft file $2.2 billion lawsuit against AFK SistemaRussian oil corporations Rosneft and Bashneft have filed a lawsuit with the Bashkortostan Republic’s Commercial Court seeking to recover 131.6 billion rubles (about $2.2 billion) of damages from AFK Sistema and Sistema-Invest.17:05 07.12.2017
Asset managing firm files $136 million lawsuit against shareholder of Enel RussiaStructures of Prosperity Capital asset managing firm have filed a lawsuit with the Sverdlovsk Regional Commercial Court seeking to recover 8 billion rubles (about $136 million) from Enel Investment Holding B.V., a shareholder of Russian energy company Enel Russia.17:51 04.12.2017
Moscow court refuses to repeal Professional Ethics Code for LawyersThe Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow has dismissed a lawsuit filed by lawyer Igor Trunov demanding to declare the Professional Ethics Code inoperative.11:39 01.12.2017
Hearings in legal dispute between Gazprom and Lithuania set for June 2018Russia’s Gazprom is preparing its legal position regarding its ongoing dispute with Lithianian Ministry of Energy over allegedly unfair gas prices, the quarterly report of the corporation reads on Tuesday.17:53 14.11.2017
U.S. court stays proceedings in Povetkin’s claim against WilderThe Federal District Court for Southern District of New York has granted a motion filed by Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin seeking to stay proceedings in a defamation lawsuit against U.S. athlete Deontay Wilder.17:34 09.11.2017
Siemens seeks to halt proceedings over alleged supply of its turbines to CrimeaGerman conglomerate Siemens has filed a motion with the Moscow Commercial Court asking to halt proceedings in its lawsuit against subsidiaries of Russia’s state corporation Rostec, Technopromexport companies, over alleged supply of its turbines to Crimea.11:32 02.11.2017
Russian businessman’s $2.4 billion lawsuit against AFK Sistema dismissedThe Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has dismissed a lawsuit filed by businessman Yevgeny Grafeyev seeking to recover 142.5 billion rubles (about $2.4 billion) of alleged unjust enrichment from AFK Sistema “for the period of illegal ownership of Bashneft.”17:53 01.11.2017
Temporary manager files lawsuit against ex-CEO of prominent Russian construction firmTemporary manager of the Mostovik construction firm has filed a lawsuit with the Omsk Regional Commercial Court seeking to recover 72 billion rubles (about $1.25 billion) from ex-CEO of the company Oleg Shishov.16:00 01.11.2017
Prominent Russian journalists to sue FSB over TelegramProminent Russian journalists Oleg Kashin and Alexander Plyushchev on Wednesday will file lawsuits against the Federal Security Service (FSB) over the request to obtain information on Telegram messages decoding.13:31 25.10.2017
Unijet files lawsuit against Vnukovo airport over Total CEO crashFrench airline Unijet, which managed the airplane of Total CEO Cristophe de Maergerie before the fatal crash in October 2014, has filed 458.3 million rubles (nearly $8 million) lawsuit against the Vnukovo airport.16:27 23.10.2017
Rostech subsidiary files counterclaim against Siemens regarding turbine supplyTechnopromexport, a subsidiary of Rostec state corporation, has filed a counterclaim against Siemens with the Moscow Commercial Court seeking to recognize a contract with Russian Siemens subsidiary over supply of turbines as partially invalid.12:15 16.10.2017
Moscow court dismisses $2.3 billion lawsuit against SistemaThe Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Evgeny Grafeyev seeking to recover 133 billion rubles (about $2.3 billion) of dividends from AFK Sistema and Sistema-Invest companies “for the period of illegal ownership of Bashneft.”09:58 09.10.2017
Moscow court dismisses Vkontakte’s lawsuit against Double DataThe Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Vkontakte social network against Double Data seeking to cancel the latter company’s use of open data provided by users on the social network to sell its own services.10:54 06.10.2017
Ex-shareholders of Yukos and Russia unable to agree on report for U.S. courtFormer shareholders of Yukos and Russian authorities were not able to reach agreement during preparation of a joint status report for a U.S. court regarding the dispute in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, and filed two separate reports as a result.14:46 02.10.2017
Moscow court grants another defamation lawsuit against NavanlyThe Lyublinksy District Court of Moscow has granted a defamation lawsuit filed by businessman Sergey Mikhailov against Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny.11:43 02.10.2017
Demands of Ukraine’s Naftogaz against Russia reach $7 billionThe Chief Commercial Officer of Ukraine’s largest oil and gas corporation Naftogaz, Yury Vitrenko, stated on Thursday on his Facebook account that the company seeks to recover over $7 billion from Russia due to losses of assets in Crimea.17:56 21.09.2017
Ukraine's Naftogaz demands $5 billion from Russia in Hague courtUkrainian largest oil and gas corporation Naftogaz has filed a lawsuit with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague seeking to recover $5 billion from Russia due to losses of assets in Crimea.11:30 20.09.2017
Siemens lawsuit over alleged supply of its turbines to Crimea postponed until OctoberThe Moscow Commercial Court has set preliminary hearings in a lawsuit filed by prominent German conglomerate Siemens against Russian Technopromexport, a subsidiary of state corporation Rostec, until October 16.11:51 18.09.2017
Aeroflot’s $34.7 mln lawsuit against Transaero to be heard in NovemberThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region will review Aeroflot airline’s lawsuit, seeking to recover over 2 billion rubles (about $34.7 million) from bankrupt Transaero air carrier, on November 16.11:45 15.09.2017
Refusal to collect $4 billion from tycoon Potanin in favor of his ex-wife upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling to dismiss a lawsuit lodged by Natalia Potanina seeking to collect 215 billion rubles (about $4 billion at the current exchange rate) from her ex-husband, billionaire Vladimir Potanin.10:57 15.09.2017