Trial & Litigation

Student cleared of Moscow riots charges appeals against sentence for extremism

Student Yegor Zhukov has filed an appeal against a 3-year suspended term given to him for calls for extremism through YouTube.

19:09 16.12.2019

Ex-Defense Ministry’s auditor gets 10 years in prison for $175,000 graft

Moscow’s Kuzminsky District Court on Monday convicted ex-Director of the Russian Defense Ministry’s state contract audit department Maxim Kuksin, of receiving bribes worth over 11 million rubles ($175,000) and sentenced him to 10 years in a high-security prison.

16:28 16.12.2019

Ex-Moscow Region Finance Minister to be imprisoned for 14 years for $220 mln embezzlement

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Monday sentenced the former Finance Minister of the Moscow Region Alexey Kuznetsov to 14 years in penal colony for embezzlement of 14 billion rubles (about $220 million).

14:25 16.12.2019

St. Petersburg court upholds detention of history professor accused of student murder

The St. Petersburg City Court on Monday upheld detention of Oleg Sokolov, the St. Petersburg State University’s history professor, who stands charged with the murder of his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko.

13:49 16.12.2019

Ex-member of Moscow public monitoring committee gets suspended term for fraud

A former member of the Moscow public monitoring committee Denis Nabiullin received a 4-year suspended sentence in a fraud case on Monday, RAPSI reports from the Presnensky District Court of Moscow.

13:14 16.12.2019

Illegal summer rally participant Surovtsev to stay detained until late January

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld detention of a participant of the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on July 27 Sergey Surovtsev, who had allegedly beaten a National Guard officer with a metal guardrail, until January 27.

12:08 16.12.2019

Fraud probe completed into Moscow Region district ex-head

Investigation into ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun has been completed, the Investigative Committee’s press service reports Monday.

11:31 16.12.2019

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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