Trial & Litigation

St. Petersburg Bar Chamber to decide on disbarment of lawyer Pavlov

The Chamber of Lawyers of St. Petersburg will decide whether attorney Ivan Pavlov should be disbarred due to his refusal to sign a pledge of secrecy in a treason case against former journalist Ivan Safronov.

16:29 13.10.2021

Investigators seek to detain head of Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences

Police investigators have filed a motion to place the rector of the The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev in detention until December 7 as part of a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case.

13:50 13.10.2021

Supreme Court overturns all decisions extending detention of businessman Ponomarev

The Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court has canceled all lower courts’ decisions extending the term of detention of businessman Konstantin Ponomarev, known for his legal battles with IKEA.

13:20 13.10.2021

Jurors selected in crime lord murder case against two defendants

The Moscow City Court has finished jury selection in a case over the 2009 murder of crime lord Vyacheslav “Yaponchik” Ivankov against two defendants Dzhambula Dzhanashia and Murtaza Shadaniya.

11:33 13.10.2021

Russian national convicted of selling abroad stolen parts of military helicopters to be jailed

Entrepreneur Andrey Yeresko was found guilty of legalizing helicopter components and parts stolen from a military unit in the amount of more than 20 million rubles ($280,000) and sentenced to 4.5 years in prison.

18:09 12.10.2021

Former Russian senator Sabadash to stand new embezzlement trial

The trial of ex-member of the Russian Federation Council and owner of Liviz liquor producer Alexander Sabadash, who stands charged with embezzling nearly one billion rubles from the Tavrichesky bank, will begin on October 21.

15:40 12.10.2021

Moscow lawmaker fined nearly $3,000 for breaching rally organization order

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Monday fined the Moscow City Duma lawmaker representing the Communist Party of Russia Yekaterina Yengalycheva 200,000 rubles (about $3,000) for breaching the order of holding a public event.

16:36 11.10.2021

Navalny’s suit against prosecutors, Roskomnadzor over website blocking rejected

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Monday dismissed an administrative lawsuit filed by Alexey Navalny against the Prosecutor General’s Office and Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor over blocking of his websites.

15:55 11.10.2021

Woman convicted of embezzling funds from 3 banks to spend 8 years behind bars in new case

Natalya Norimova, who had already been convicted of embezzling more than 700 million rubles ($9.8 million) from banks Taurus and Ascania Trust, was newly sentenced to 8 years in prison for complicity in the embezzlement of 12.6 million rubles ($176,000) from Vologdabank.

12:49 11.10.2021

Bankruptcy petition against Summa Group owner set for December

The Moscow Commercial Court will hear a bankruptcy application filed by GlobalElectroService against one of the Summa Group owners Ziyavuddin Magomedov, who stands charged with large-scale embezzlement, on December 1.

10:17 11.10.2021

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Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violations

A Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.

17:20 17.01.2023

Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

Russia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.

15:29 13.01.2023

Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022