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Application for Nastysha subsidiary property seizure rejected

The Lipetsk Region Commercial Court has rejected the Federal Tax Services application for the seizure of property owned by the Nastyusha Lipetsk Agricultural Firm (part of the Nastyusha grain company, a leading Russian grain processor).

10:49 01.09.2011

Court to hear Bank of Moscow's $16.35 mln lawsuit

The Moscow Commercial Court has set for October 6 preliminary hearings in a 473 million ruble ($16.35 million) claim filed by the Bank of Moscow against Moscows garage construction and management department and nine other co-defendants over the "Peoples Garage" program.

10:28 01.09.2011

Moscow supermarket chain fined for low quality wine

The Moscow Commercial Court has fined the Seventh Continent supermarket chain 100,000 rubles ($3,600) upon the request of the Federal Service for the Supervision of Consumer Protection (Rospetrebnadzor) for selling Muscatel white wine whose quality fell below government standards

10:09 01.09.2011

Yandex violated copyright law - court

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has held in favor of the Moscow Commercial Court, which prohibited Yandex from using Mikhail Lvov's Dictionary of Antonyms.

17:57 31.08.2011

Court to hear bankruptcy suit against Aviaenergo

The Moscow Commercial Court will hear on October 6 an application filed by Kurumoch International Airport for the bankruptcy of Aviaenergo, an airline.

17:22 31.08.2011

Settlement between Gazprom subsidiary and SOGAZ insurance company approved

The Moscow Commercial Court has approved a settlement between Gazprom Dobycha Astrakhan (a Gazprom subsidiary) and SOGAZ in a 107,592,000 ruble ($3.8 million) insurance indemnity dispute

16:46 31.08.2011

Convicts appeal verdict in lawyer murder case

The Supreme Courts Judicial Panel has scheduled for September 14 its hearing of the appeal filed by Nikita Tikhonov and Yevgenia Khasis, who were earlier convicted of murdering lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.

16:32 31.08.2011

Court upholds judgment against Inteco in 130 mln ruble suit against Moscow government

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court judgment against Inteco, a major development company, in its suit for 129.8 million rubles ($4.6 million) against the Moscow government.

14:59 31.08.2011

Right Cause party leader Mikhail Prokhorov sued for copyright infringement

A Moscow district court has received a lawsuit filed by writer Lyudmila Ropina against Right Cause political party leader Mikhail Prokhorov for copyright infringement.

14:33 31.08.2011

Khodorkovsky twice disciplined in prison

Former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison, has been reprimanded twice in August.

14:25 31.08.2011

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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