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Acquitted crab case defendant denied lawsuit against Russian Finance Ministry

The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow refused to hear a lawsuit filed by US citizen Arkadi Gontmakher, who was acquitted earlier in a Kamchatka crab smuggling case. The suit was filed against the Russian Finance Ministry for compensation of over 200 million rubles ($4.7 mln) in damages, the court told RAPSI on Friday.

14:14 24.10.2014

Death of Total CEO: air traffic controller detained

Moscow's Basmanny District Court has sent in pre-trial detention Alexander Kruglov, air traffic controller of Vnukovo airport, over the plane crash that killed Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie.

13:21 24.10.2014

Naftogaz ordered to give up 5 billion cubic meters of gas

Kiev court on Friday ordered Ukraine’s largest state energy holding Naftogaz to reimburse the gas transit system operator Ukrtransgaz with 4,751 billion cubic meters of gas, UNIAN agency reports citing the court’s statement.

13:02 24.10.2014

France seizes assets of Moscow region ex-official

Two hotels in Courchevel, France, bought with money obtained through alleged criminal activity by former Moscow Regional finance minister Alexei Kuznetsov, were seized, a Russian Prosecutor General’s Office spokesperson, Marina Gridneva, said Friday.

11:49 24.10.2014

Sberbank challenges Western sanctions in European Court of Justice

OAO Sberbank, Russia's biggest bank, announced on Friday that a claim has been filed with the Court of Justice of the European Union over Western sanctions imposed on it following Crimea's break away from Ukraine.

11:16 24.10.2014

Russian nationalist leader detained in connection with BTA Bank case

Moscow's Tverskoy District Court has sent nationalist Alexander Belov (Potkin) in pre-trial detention in connection with Kazakhstan's BTA Bank embezzlement case.

10:20 24.10.2014

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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