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Ural Invest appeals against seizure of assets

Ural-Invest, a company linked to Ural Rakhimov, which had been ordered by a Moscow court to pay AFK Sistema 70.7 billion rubles (over $1 billion) filed an appeal against seizure of assets.

17:31 11.03.2015

Russian court upholds 8-year sentence for mastermind of foiled terror attack

Russia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld an 8-year prison sentence for Yulai Davletbayev, who was convicted for planning a terrorist attack which was foiled in Moscow in May 2013.

16:52 11.03.2015

Three suspects in Nemtsov murder case plead not guilty

Zaur Dadayev and brothers Anzor and Shadid Gubashev, who were detained on suspicion of murdering opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on February 27, have pleaded not guilty.

16:02 11.03.2015

Spanish court bans auctioning of Columbus’s letter to his son

The Madrid High Court has prohibited the sale of Christopher Columbus’s letter to his son at a London auction.

14:41 11.03.2015

Indian court summons former Prime Minister accused of involvement in coal scam - report

A court in India on Wednesday summoned country’s ex-Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, who is accused of participating in illegal coal block allocation back in 2005.

12:32 11.03.2015

Russian Human Rights Council requests probe into alleged torture of Nemtsov murder suspects

Andrei Babushkin, a representative of the Presidential Council for Human Rights who visited the suspects in the Boris Nemtsov murder case, Zaur Dadayev, Shagid Gubashev and Anzor Gubashev, at a detention facility, has suggested an inquiry into whether they had been tortured.

11:43 11.03.2015

Moscow teen appeals sentence for shooting spree

Defense attorneys for Sergey Gordeev, a student who was charged with killing a teacher and a police officer, taking a classroom hostage in process, have appealed a court ruling ordering him to undergo psychiatric treatment.

10:13 11.03.2015

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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