Trial & Litigation

Court partially upholds Inteco's lawsuit against Baturina's current firm

18:30 10.12.2012

Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office accuses United States of derailing Shcherban case

Ukrainian First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin believes that the U.S. Department of Justice is trying to derail the case of Ukrainian MP and businessman Yevgeny Shcherban, who was killed in 1996.

18:15 10.12.2012

Mezhprombank's third-priority creditors to receive 1.5% claim amount

Mezhprombank's third-priority creditors will receive 1.53 percent of their claim amount as the majority of the obligations fall on them, the Deposit Insurance Agency, the bank's bankruptcy receiver.

17:50 10.12.2012

Siberian magistrate convicted of causing a wreck while driving drunk

The Tomsk Regional Court has deprived a magistrate of her license for 1.5 years for driving drunk and causing an accident, the regional prosecutor's office reported on Monday.

17:13 10.12.2012

E-justice does not yet work in Russia

Lawyers in Russia are not yet ready to cooperate with commercial courts via e-communication, Supreme Commercial Court Board Deputy Chairman Artur Absalyamov said while speaking at the Second International Legal Congress "Dialogues on the Future," organized by RIA Novosti and the Russian Legal Information Agency.

16:05 10.12.2012

Men accused in high-speed train terror plot sentenced to 15-18 years

The Moscow City Court sentenced four individuals connected with the case of a terror plot aimed at a high-speed train running between St. Petersburg and Moscow to between 15 and 18 years in prison.

15:31 10.12.2012

Hermitage museum seeks prosecutorial assistance with blasphemy allegations

State Hermitage Museum head Mikhail Piotrovsky has requested that the St. Petersburg Prosecutor General's Office deal with accusations by local residents deriding a recent exhibition by Jake and Dinos Chapman as blasphemous.

14:57 10.12.2012

Property freeze declared legal against ex Bank of Moscow head Borodin

On Monday, the Moscow City Court declared the freeze of former Bank of Moscow head Andrei Borodin's property legal, the court told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com).

13:48 10.12.2012

Gazprom appeals sulfur oil anti-monopoly ruling

Gazprom has appealed a ruling by the Moscow Commercial Court upholding the Federal Antimonopoly Service's decision on the company's overrating of liquid sulfur prices in 2011.

13:18 10.12.2012

Number of criminal cases over corruption in Russia increases in 2012

The number of criminal cases connected with corruption in Russia has substantially increased since 2011, according to the Investigative Committee.

10:27 10.12.2012

Top news

Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025