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Court to hear renowned whistleblower's lawsuit against Rosneft on January 13

A commercial court adjourned until January 11 the hearing into the lawsuit by Rosneft's minority shareholder Alexei Navalny to provide him the minutes of the 2009 board meeting of Rosneft, a state-owned oil giant.

17:30 29.12.2011

Ukrainian Justice minister cannot say when Tymoshenko to be moved to prison

Minister of Justice of Ukraine Alexander Lavrinovich said it is hard to say now when former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will be moved to prison from the pre-trial detention center.

16:38 29.12.2011

Lawsuit against HPP on holding environmental assessment suspended

A court on Thursday upheld an application by the prosecutor to call an independent expert on hydro-technical facilities, and suspended the hearing into the lawsuit by the prosecutor's office against Boguchanskaya Hydro Power Plant.

15:48 29.12.2011

Court orders transfer of major shipyard's shares to Central Bank

A court has upheld the Central Bank's lawsuit to levy execution on the shares in a major shipyard pledged as a security for Mezhprombank's loans.

15:00 29.12.2011

Patent watchdog to end protection of Olympic brand registered for Spanish firm

The board of the Chamber for Patent Disputes upheld the application by the International Olympic Committee to prematurely end the legal protection of the "Olympic" trademark registered in favor of a Spanish firm.

14:00 29.12.2011

Troika Dialog's appeal in $4.8 mln dispute with pension fund to be heard on Feb.2

A court will hear on February 2 an appeal filed by Troika Dialog, one of Russia's top investment companies, against a courts decision to recover from it $4.8 million in favor of a non-governmental pension fund.

13:20 29.12.2011

Court to try captain for illegal crab catch worth $8.35 million

The case of the Novikovo trawler's captain, accused of illegally selling blue crabs in the Sea of Okhotsk and inflicting an over $8.35 million damage to the state, was submitted to court with an approved indictment.

12:48 29.12.2011

Supreme Commercial Court refuses to review Moscow hotel sale dispute

The Supreme Commercial Court dismissed a petition filed by the state property management agency (Rosimushchestvo) to reconsider the dismissal of its lawsuit against the sale of historical Hotel Sovietsky in Moscow.

12:26 29.12.2011

Appeal in $317.41 mln lawsuit against Gazprom to be heard on February 2

A commercial court will hear on February 2 a cassation appeal filed by Rosgazifikatsiya against the dismissal of the $317.41 million lawsuit against Gazprom and its registrar SR-DRAGA.

11:48 29.12.2011

Appeal in Swiss watchmaker's trademark infringement suit postponed

An appellate court has postponed until January 23 its hearing of an appeal against court judgment over a lawsuit by Swiss watchmaker Rado Uhren AG to prohibit Holmrook Limited from using its trademarks in the domain names.

11:18 29.12.2011

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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