Trial & Litigation

Sunlight jewelry retailer, MTS mobile operator suspected of spamming

Moscow’s Directorate of the Federal Antimonopoly Service has opened a case against jewelry retailer Sunlight and mobile operator MTS over ads spamming.

17:53 24.08.2020

Case over slander of Great Patriotic War veteran against Navalny shelved

A justice of peace on Monday suspended hearing of a case against Alexey Navalny over his statements about veteran of the Great Patriotic War Ignat Artemenko because of the defendant’s illness.

16:28 24.08.2020

Investigators’ decision to open abuse of office case against Bashkir bar chamber head invalidated

A court in Ufa, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Bashkiria, on Monday invalidated an investigators’ order to open a criminal case over abuse of office against a former president of the Republican Bar Chamber Bulat Yumadilov.

16:16 24.08.2020

U.S. court refused to release Bogdana Osipova from custody - Moskalkova

A court in the U.S. has refused to release Bogdana Osipova from jail after withdrawal of several charges in a kidnapping case, according to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova. L

15:42 24.08.2020

Investigation launched into Voronezh Region lawyer on fraud allegations

A probe has been launched in the Voronezh Region into a local attorney over alleged fraud.

14:49 24.08.2020

Russia’s Security Service suspends probe into scientist charged with treason

The Federal Security Service (FSB) has suspended a preliminary investigation of the case of Viktor Kudryavtsev, a scientist of the Central Research Institute for Engineering Technology (TsNIImash) charged with treason; his travel restrictions have been lifted.

11:01 24.08.2020

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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