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National Center of Sport Arbitration starts hearing labor and anti-doping cases

The National Center of Sport Arbitration has become fully operational in 2021 and is ready to hear sports and anti-doping cases. Applications from athletes, coaches and staff members will be accepted free of charge.

19:39 21.05.2021

Russian Supreme Court upholds Ukrainian ex-minister’s sentence for terrorist calls

The Military Collegium of the Russian Supreme Court on Friday upheld sentence passed on ex-defense minister of Ukraine Anatoly Gritsenko for calls through media to blast Russian trains and cars in absentia.

17:36 21.05.2021

Russian Justice Ministry to complete Prison of the Future project by 2024

It is planned that the Prison of the Future project envisaging development of a complex facility combining a pretrial detention center, correctional institutions of different types, a prison, courtrooms, offices of prosecutors and lawyers, sports grounds and a production base is to be implemented in Russia by 2024, Deputy Justice Minister Yevgeniy Zabarchuk said at The Modernization of National Prison Estates discussion session at the St.

15:00 21.05.2021

E-justice used in over 400,000 cases examined in Russia

In 2020, electronic justice systems were used when considering more than 400,000 cases in Russian courts, Alexey Solokhin, Counselor to the Department of Systematization of Legislation and Analysis of Judicial Practice of the Russian Supreme Court said at the Digitalization and Cybersecurity in Courts track of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) 9 ¾.

13:44 21.05.2021

Ex-owner of Promsvyazbank challenges seizure of assets worth $1.5 billion

Ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananyev has lodged an appeal against court refusal to overturn seizure of his monetary assets and other property worth over 113 billion rubles ($1.5 billion).

12:57 21.05.2021

Ex-top managers of Otkritie must pay $4 mln to bank - court

The Moscow District Commercial Court has dismissed cassation appeals lodged by former top managers of the Financial Corporation Otkritie against recovery of 289.5 billion rubles (about $4 million at the current exchange rate) from them in favor of the bank.

11:40 21.05.2021

Former owners of VIM Airlines declared bankrupt

The Moscow Commercial Court has declared ex-president of VIM Airlines Rashid Mursekayev and his wife Svetlana bankrupt.

10:29 21.05.2021

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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