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Ex-banker Muhiyev sentenced to 11 years in prison in $560 mln embezzlement case

MOSCOW, August 29 (RAPSI) – The Moscow Tverskoy District Court has sentenced former banker Magomed Muhiyev to 11 years in general regime penal colony in a criminal case over 37 billion rubles (about $560 million) theft of funds of clients of nine credit organizations.

16:56 29.08.2019

Supreme Court upholds forced mental treatment for cadet charged with plotting terror attack

Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to forcibly confine cadet Vadim Osipov charged with inducing to terrorism and preparing a terror attack in the A.F. Mozhaisky's Military-Space Academy in a psychiatric hospital.

14:57 29.08.2019

Moscow court adjourns hearing of appeal of ex-Vladivostok mayor until early October

The Moscow City Court has adjourned the hearing of an appeal submitted by Igor Pushkarev, an ex-mayor of the city of Vladivostok, sentenced to 15 years in prison for commercial bribery, abuse of office and taking bribes on a large scale, until October 3.

13:49 29.08.2019

Moscow Commercial Court to hear $9.3 mln claim of ex-insurer against Interior Ministry

The Moscow Commercial Court has accepted for hearing set on September 23 a petition of Tsentralnoye Obshchestvo company, (Tsentralnoye Strakhovoye Obshchestovo prior to August 9), the license of which was withdrawn and which is in the process of bankruptcy, seeking to claim 611.9 million rubles ($9.3 million) from the Interior Ministry.

11:46 29.08.2019

Ex-IT contractor of FIFA-2018 owes $15 mln to Hewlett Packard Enterprise – court

The Moscow Commercial Court has granted an application of Hewlett Packard Enterprise company within U.S. Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeking to put a 1 billion rubles (about $15 million) debt of Asteros company, the IT contractor of FIFA-2018, on the list of creditors of Asteros.

10:47 29.08.2019

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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