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Wind Jet can be sued but don't count on compensation, consumer society

Passengers can use their e-tickets to sue the Wind Jet airline, but Russians will have to take their fight to Italian courts, says Mikhail Anshakov, the chairman of the Public Control consumer rights protection society.

18:07 13.08.2012

Pussy Riot members' children not facing guardianship, attorneys

The defense of the Pussy Riot punk rock band members is not worried about its clients' children and is not putting them under anybody's guardianship.

17:43 13.08.2012

Moscow to pay $7.25 million for disrupting luxury housing project

The Moscow Commercial Court has recovered $7.26 million in losses for the disruption of elite housing construction from the city government for the Film Directors Guild's Trading House Forum-XXI.

17:29 13.08.2012

Metro Cash & Carry to pay $850k for supplied goods

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has confirmed the lawfulness of the court decision to recover 27.1 million rubles ($850,860) in debt from Metro Cash & Carry

16:31 13.08.2012

Another lawsuit on SU-155 bankruptcy submitted to court

Unicredit Bank has submitted a lawsuit to recognize SU-155's parent company as insolvent.

15:39 13.08.2012

Master-Bank submits defamation lawsuit against media

Master-Bank has filed a lawsuit against a number of media services that reported that its Vice President Yevgeny Rogachev was detained in April for his alleged involvement in the illegal cashing of funds.

14:00 13.08.2012

Aeroflot's appeal in defamation case to be heard September 10

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals set September 10 to hear a lawsuit by Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, against a lower court decision which dismissed its defamation lawsuit against the newspaper Izvestia.

13:25 13.08.2012

Muscovites unite in class action suit against metro construction

The Moscow Dorogomilovsky District Court combined the claims launched by a group of Moscow residents in Ramenki district into a single class action suit. The suit revolves around the construction of a metro station.

12:50 13.08.2012

Artist fined for displaying icons in defense of Pussy Riot

The Novosibirsk District Court dismissed an appeal by local artist Artyom Loskutov, who was fined for putting up icons in defense of Pussy Riot on Novosibirsk streets.

10:51 13.08.2012

Promoter sues lawmaker that accused Madonna of spreading homosexuality

PMI, the company that organized Madonna's concert in St. Petersburg, plans to sue Vitaly Milonov, the drafter of the city's law aiming to restrict the promotion of homosexuality.

10:14 13.08.2012

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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