Trial & Litigation

Preliminary hearing in case of ex-policemen accused of drug planting set for October 28

The Moscow City Court will conduct a preliminary hearing with regard to a case against former police officers, who have allegedly planted drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov, on October 28.

18:09 22.10.2020

Sentence of actor Efremov in fatal car crash case reduced by 6 months

The Moscow City Court on Thursday reduced jail sentence of actor Mikhail Efremov in a fatal car crash case by 6 months, from 8 to 7.5 years.

17:20 22.10.2020

Moscow lawmaker sentenced to suspended term for $30,000 embezzlement

The Moscow City Duma lawmaker Oleg Sheremetyev on Thursday received a 4-year suspended sentence with further 4-year probation for the 2 million-ruble (about $30,000) budget funds embezzlement.

16:16 22.10.2020

Ex-CEO of Far Eastern Energy Company gets 2.5 years in jail for $9 mln embezzlement

Ex-Director General of the Far Eastern Energy Company Victor Milush has been sentenced to 2.5 years in penal colony for embezzling over 680 million rubles (about $9 million).

15:28 22.10.2020

Refusal to release activist convicted of assault on officer on parole upheld

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s refusal to release activist Kirill Zhukov, who had committed an assault on a National Guard officer during an unauthorized rally in Moscow on July 27, 2019, on parole.

14:04 22.10.2020

Krasnoyarsk businessman Bykov freed from detention as part of double murder case

The Krasnoyarsk Krai Court has released local businessman Anatoly Bykov charged with double homicide masterminding from detention.

13:32 22.10.2020

Justice Ministry’s commission strikes 7 persons off ECHR judicial candidacy list

Russia’s Justice Ministry under the chairmanship of its head Konstantin Chuichenko has excluded 7 out of 34 judicial candidates for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) during the first meeting of the candidacy selection commission.

12:01 22.10.2020

Appeal of former MInBank managers against $2.5 bln recovery ruling set for winter

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will hear and appeal of ex-top managers of the Moscow Industrial Bank (MInBank) against an order to pay 198.06 billion rubles (over $2.5 billion at the current exchange rate) in damages on December 2.

11:26 22.10.2020

Probusinessbank’s $30 mln claim against ex-CEO of collector agency dismissed

The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed an application filed by Probusinessbank seeking to collect over 2 billion rubles (about $30 million at the current exchange rate) from ex-CEO of Life collector agency Sergey Kalachev sentenced earlier to 6.5 years in prison for embezzling the bank’s funds.

10:53 22.10.2020

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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