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Russian bank’s libel suit over damaging internet comment postponed

A Moscow bank’s complaint over a negative comment posted online has been adjourned until June 4, RAPSI learned from the Moscow Commercial Court Thursday.

17:12 20.03.2014

Arrest order upheld against former Russian senator Pugachev

Moscow's Basmanny District Court has dismissed an appeal challenging the issuance of an arrest order against Sergei Pugachev, former Russian senator and founder of the bankrupted Mezhprombank, the court's press office told RAPSI Thursday.

16:54 20.03.2014

Fugitive mogul Polonsky charged in Russia with $4 million embezzlement

Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky has been officially charged with embezzling over 150 million rubles ($4.1 million) from the Rublyovskaya Riviera residential construction project's participants, the Interior Ministry reported Thursday.

15:41 20.03.2014

US court finds ‘encouraging’ suicide is a constitutionally protected right

Distasteful as it may be, speech encouraging or advising another to commit suicide is entitled to free-speech protection under the First Amendment of the US Constitution, Minnesota’s highest court held Thursday.

15:06 20.03.2014

Former Russian Microsoft employee arrested in US for data theft - report

Alex Kibkalo, a former Microsoft employee from Russia, was arrested in the US on Wednesday for stealing and distributing confidential commercial data.

13:04 20.03.2014

Russian man to be tried for bringing in drugs by mail from US and Netherlands

A court in Khabarovsk will hear a case involving a local resident who ordered various drugs by mail. From the US, he received blotters of synthetic drugs and a package of cocaine from the Netherlands, a regional office of the Federal Drug Control Service reports.

11:54 20.03.2014

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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