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Ex-head of Cosmos construction corporation goes on $2.6 mln overdue salary trial

A case over 182 million-ruble ($2.6 million) overdue salary against ex-owner of the Cosmos construction corporation Andrey Chernyakov has been forwarded to court for hearing with an approved indictment.

18:08 29.06.2020

Court refusals to follow Constitutional Court opinion prevent consolidation of Constitution primacy

Refusals on the part of general jurisdiction courts to follow opinions of Russia’s Constitutional Court or administer differently interpreted law are to be considered as noncompliance with the Court’s decisions, what prevents consolidation of Russia’s Constitution primacy and violates the right to judicial protection, according to a recent Constitutional Court’s judgement.

17:16 29.06.2020

Kuznetsova keeps track of case of man acquitted of sexual battery of 1.5-year daughter

Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova holds control over the situation in the Republic of Tatarstan where a court has acquitted a man of sexual battery against his 1.5-year daughter.

16:24 29.06.2020

Prosecutor seeks to free ex-accountant of theater director Serebrennikov from punishment

A prosecutor on Monday requested to sentence ex-chief accountant of Seventh Studio stage company Nina Maslyayava to 2 years and 3 months in penal colony and release her from punishment due to the time served in detention and under house arrest.

15:57 29.06.2020

Russian lawyer’s prison sentence for attempted embezzlement quashed

The Kostroma Regional Court has overturned sentence given to attorney Vladimir Zubkov for attempted embezzlement and falsification of documents.

14:45 29.06.2020

Russia's regional resuscitator again acquitted of wrongful death of 5-year old girl

The Vologda Regional Court has for the second time acquitted Vologda Regional Clinical Hospital emergency physician Alexey Smironv, accused of the wrongful death of a 5-year old girl.

12:29 29.06.2020

Crimea’s meat plant seeks to collect $50,000 of legal expenses from Navalny

The Crimean meat processing plant Druzhba Narodov has filed an application with the Moscow Commercial Court seeking to recover from Alexey Navalny 3.3 million rubles (about $50,000) of legal expenses in a defamation dispute.

10:32 29.06.2020

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