Trial & Litigation

Stay of stand-up comic guilty of xenophobic jokes declared undesirable in Russia

Russia’s Interior Ministry has designated the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been earlier placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, undesirable.

14:33 30.08.2021

Case opened over organization of banned movement’s cell in Moscow detention center

Investigators have initiated probe into the organization of a cell of the banned movement Arestantskoye Ugulovnoye Yedinstvo / Criminal Unity of Inmates (AUE) in Moscow’s detention center Matrosskaya Tishina.

13:25 30.08.2021

Lawyer Tretyakov again denied review of collection of $4 mln from him

The Moscow Regional Commercial Court has repeatedly dismissed an application filed by lawyer Igor Tretyakov seeking to reconsider a ruling on the recovery of 308.5 million rubles ($4 million) from him review on new or newly discovered facts.

12:47 30.08.2021

Drunk carsharing drivers responsible for every eighth road accident involving injures

Since the beginning of 2021, a carsharing vehicle driven by a drunk driver has been involved in every eighth accident resulting in injured victims in Moscow.

16:49 27.08.2021

Second ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Alexey Ananyev arrested in absentia on fraud charges

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court issued an arrest warrant for the second ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Alexey Ananyev in absentia in a new fraud case on Friday.

13:55 27.08.2021

Pskov civilians’ murders during WWII recognized as genocide

The Pskov Regional Court on Friday recognized massacres of civilians committed in the region by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War as genocide.

11:31 27.08.2021

Russian watchdog fines Booking.com $17.5 mln for abuse of market power

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Booking.com B.V. managing Booking.com aggregator (The Netherlands) 1.3 billion rubles ($17.5 million) for abusing market dominance.

10:53 27.08.2021

Convicted defendant in $5M submarine model embezzlement case denied parole

Ex-CEO of NovIT PRO Andrey Petrov convicted of involvement in the embezzlement of 368 million rubles of involvement in the embezzlement of 368 million rubles allocated by the Defense Ministry for developing and manufacturing a 3D model for repairs of a submarine was denied parole.

16:40 26.08.2021

Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp fined about $500K for failure to localize Russian users’ data

A magistrate court in Moscow on Thursday fined social networks Facebook and Twitter as well as WhatsApp messengers 36 million rubles (around $500,000) in total for breaching law requirements concerning localization of personal data of Russian users in the Russian Federation.

15:03 26.08.2021

Sentence of New Greatness extremism movement member in extremism case upheld

The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld sentence against a member of the New Greatness movement Pavel Rebrovsky for organization of an extremist community.

12:56 26.08.2021

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Russian President signs decree on external debt payment

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing a new temporary procedure of payment of the country’s foreign debt. The document was published on the official website of legal information.

17:20 22.06.2022

Bill on liability for digital rights violation submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov has introduced a bill to supplement the national Code of Administrative Offenses with an article on the violation of digital rights before the lower house of Russia's parliament.

12:45 23.06.2022

Environmental violations up in Russia by almost 3 times — Supreme Court head

The number of cases related to violations of the environmental legislation has increased in Russia by almost 3 times over the past 10 years, the Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said during the presidium meeting on Friday.

15:36 24.06.2022