Trial & Litigation

AUE movement entered in register of extremist organizations banned in Russia

Russia’s Justice Ministry has added the movement Arestantskoye Ugulovnoye Yedinstvo / Criminal Unity of Inmates (AUE) to the list of extremist organizations banned in Russia.

18:03 29.10.2020

Moskalkova urges penitentiary authorities to appoint aides for disabled convicts

Territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) must provide jailed persons with disabilities of I and II groups with assistants (hospital aides), Russia’s Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova believes.

17:12 29.10.2020

Assets worth $1 mln seized from Krasnoyarsk businessman Bykov in tax evasion case

A court has seized property worth over 81 million rubles ($1 million) belonging to Krasnoyarsk businessman Anatoly Bykov as part of a tax evasion case against him.

16:34 29.10.2020

One more New Greatness extremism case defendant sentenced to jail

Moscow’s Lyublinsky District Court on Thursday sentenced a member of the New Greatness movement Pavel Rebrovsky to 6 years in penal colony for organization of an extremist community.

13:29 29.10.2020

Start of drug planting trial against former Moscow policemen scheduled for November

The Moscow City Court will begin the trial of former police officers, who have allegedly planted drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov, on November 11.

12:40 29.10.2020

Investigators seek to place detained bank top manager under house arrest

Investigators have lodged a plea to place executive director of the Bank Trust Mikhail Khabarov detained in a case over 900 million-ruble embezzlement under house arrest. The Basmanny District Court of Moscow would hear the petition on November 2, RAPSI was told in the court’s press servoice on Thursday.

11:17 29.10.2020

Russian Supreme Court upholds bankruptcy of ex-head of Promsvyazbank

The Supreme Court of Russia has dismissed an appeal of ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananyev against a ruling declaring him insolvent.

10:58 29.10.2020

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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