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Foreign insurers’ appeal against ruling in 2012 Superjet crash case set for March 24

The West-Siberian District Federal Commercial Court has scheduled for March 24 the hearing of a cassation appeal filed by twenty foreign insurance companies against a court order to pay about $16 million over the Superjet 100 aicraft crash in Indonesia in May 2012 to Russia's Kapital Strakhovaniye.

17:02 10.03.2016

Executive charged with polluting Russian Lake Baikal goes on trial

A criminal case against Gennady Tikhonov, an executive of the Baikal pulp and paper mill charged with polluting the Baikal Lake, has reached a court.

14:38 10.03.2016

Transaero ordered to pay $47 mln to Rosneft subsidiary

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to collect over 3.4 billion rubles ($47 million) from Transaero air carrier in favor of RN-Aero, Rosneft subsidiary specializing in supplying fuel for the air travel.

12:30 10.03.2016

Scythian gold hearing set for October 5

The Amsterdam District Court has set October 5 as the date of a hearing of a case over Scythian gold from Crimea.

11:59 10.03.2016

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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