Trial & Litigation

Investigators urge detention of Russian businessman in embezzlement case to be extended

The Moscow City Court will hear a motion of investigators demanding to extend detention of businessman Vasily Boiko-Veliky in the Credit-Express bank embezzlement case for three months on August 17.

17:27 13.08.2020

Ex-officer convicted of extortions from personnel seeking mission in Syria to serve longer term

Former military officer Anton Danilevsky, sentenced to 2 years in a maximum security penal colony for extorting money from servicepersons wishing to be sent on mission in Syria, is to spend additional 2.5 years behind bars after found guilty on two new counts.

15:57 13.08.2020

Ex-employee of Zabaikalye penal colony jailed for 4.5 years in bribery case

A court in Russia’s Zabaikalsky Krai has sentenced a former employee of one of the regional penal colonies to 4.5 years in jail for taking bribes from a convict.

14:32 13.08.2020

Businessman charged with fraud arrested in absentia

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Felix Bazhanov, CEO of the Association Master, in absentia in a fraud case.

13:51 13.08.2020

Ex-mayor of Russia’s Orenburg sentenced to 4.5 years in jail for corruption

A court of Russia’s Orenburg has passed a 4.5-year high-security penal colony sentence on the former city mayor Yevgeny Arapov for corruption crimes.

12:26 13.08.2020

Slander action against Navalny to begin on August 17

A magistrate court will conduct preliminary hearing of a case against Alexey Navalny over his statements about veteran of the Great Patriotic War Ignat Artemenko on August 17.

12:09 13.08.2020

Two gang members get life sentence for prosecutor’s murder

The Smolensk Regional Court has sentenced two gang members to life in prison for the murder of a prosecutor of Roslavl town in 2005.

11:08 13.08.2020

Moscow resident detained in bride murder case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has detained Muscovite Alexander Voronin charged with killing his bride shortly before their wedding.

10:56 13.08.2020

Five New Greatness extremist activists appeal against sentence

Five participants of the New Greatness (“Novoe Velichie”) movement have challenged their sentences for organizing an extremist community.

09:14 13.08.2020

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