Trial & Litigation

Investigators seek to detain ex-owner of notorious Moscow confectionary

Investigators have filed a motion seeking to detain ex-owner of Moscow’s confectionary Menshevik Ilya Averyanov until June 12 as part of a new case against him over attempted murder.

16:36 13.04.2021

Head of children's hiking group caught in avalanche freed from detention

The Murmansk Regional Court released Sergey Smirnov, the leader of a children's tourist group trapped under an avalanche in the Khibiny Mountains, what resulted in the death of a 13-year girl, from detention.

15:20 13.04.2021

Russian man suspected of treason placed in detention for three months

Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Tuesday ordered detention of Russian citizen Valery Golubkin suspected of treason until June 12.

14:12 13.04.2021

Moscow court to look into case on illegal withdrawal of over $1.6B to Moldovan bank

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow is to consider a criminal case over illegal currency transfers amounting to more than 126 billion rubles (about $1.6 billion) with the use of falsified documents to BC Moldindconbank S.A.

13:04 13.04.2021

Embezzlement case against lawyer Tretyakov again returned to prosecution

A court in Khimki, a town in the Moscow Region, on Tuesday again returned a case of lawyer Igor Tretyakov charged with embezzling 330 million rubles ($4.3million at the current exchange rate) from Roscosmos corporation to prosecutors.

11:41 13.04.2021

Moscow court recovers $4,500 from Navalny’s ally Milov in favor of businessman Prigozhin

Moscow’s Lyublinsky District Court has collected 350,000 rubles ($4,500) from Vladimir Milov, one of the allies of Alexey Navalny, in favor of businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin in a defamation dispute.

10:35 13.04.2021

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

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Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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