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Moscow court issues arrest warrant for suspect in grand theft from BTA Bank

The court has issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in the case of a high-profile theft from the Kazakh BTA Bank.

17:25 20.01.2012

Prosecutor general proposes to return prosecutors rights

Prosecutor General Yury Chaika believes it is necessary to give a number of rights back to prosecutors, including the right to initiate criminal cases.

16:11 20.01.2012

Prosecutor General's Office reads ex-prosecutor's extradition documents

The Prosecutor General's Office has received a complete set of documents requesting the extradition of former Moscow Region Deputy Prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko from Poland. Ignatenko is a suspect in so-called "gambling case" that recently rocked the Moscow region.

15:41 20.01.2012

Icebreaker manufacturer's appeal to recover 967.7k from Gazprom subsidiary

An appeals court will hear on February 7 Baltiysky Zavod's appeal against the first-instance court's decision to recover $967,700 in debt for gas supplies from a Gazprom subsidiary.

15:24 20.01.2012

Amicable agreement in $20mn dispute between plant and state agency approved

An appelate court approved an amicable agreement between St. Petersburg's Proletarsky Zavod and the Deposit Insurance Agency on the settlement of debts under a credit contract worth $19.99 million.

14:41 20.01.2012

Steel giant's $70 mln lawsuit to be considered in February

A commercial court has postponed until February 15 the preliminary hearing of the Novolipetsk Iron & Steel Corporation's (NLMK) lawsuit against the Stalkonstruktsiya Concern.

14:09 20.01.2012

Criminal Code amendments stop Euroset's telephone smuggling case

Investigators have dropped a criminal case of large-scale mobile telephones smuggling, which involved former Euroset head Yevgeny Chichvarkin.

13:24 20.01.2012

NLMK appeals dismissal of $7.4 mln suit against steel tycoons

A court registered an appeal filed by Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works (NLMK) against the dismissal of its $7.4 million lawsuit against two former Maxi-Group top managers, Nikolai Maximov and Alexander Loginovskikh.

12:43 20.01.2012

Alfa Group's insurance division contests $3.5 mln award for federal grid

An insurer has contested the court decision awarding $3.5 million to the Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES).

12:36 20.01.2012

Gazprom subsidiary's application for plant bankruptcy to be heard on March 16

A court will hear on March 16 an application filed by a Gazprom subsidiary, for bankruptcy of Plant Slantsy, which is a city-forming enterprise in the Leningrad Region.

12:16 20.01.2012

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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