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AMT Bank allocates $48 million for payments to creditors

The AMT Bank has allocated 1.47 billion rubles ($47.6 million) for payments to creditors, the state-controlled Deposit Insurance Agency reported on Wednesday.

19:16 27.03.2013

US Supreme Court grapples with California’s gay marriage ban

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case contesting California’s state legislative initiative defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

18:58 27.03.2013

Former Kyrgyz president's son sentenced in absentia to 25 years jail

A Kyrgyz court has sentenced former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's son Maxim Bakiyev to 25 years in prison for corruption in absentia, the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office reported in a statement on Wednesday.

18:29 27.03.2013

France wants Russia to explain recent NGO inspections

France has asked Russia to explain the recent inspections of a number of NGOs in the country, some of which are French, Philippe Lalliot, the spokesperson of the French Foreign Ministry.

18:01 27.03.2013

Witness claims dead defendant Magnitsky used illegal business scheme

A former colleague of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was charged with evading taxes and died in a pretrial detention center in 2009, told the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow that Magnitsky had used an illegal business scheme.

17:45 27.03.2013

Parliament legalizes freelancing

The Federation Council has approved a law on Wednesday obliging employers to sign labor contracts with freelancers. The relevant amendments will be made to the Labor Code and the law on electronic signature.

17:07 27.03.2013

Moscow artist sentenced to 4 years for dealing forged paintings

The Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced a Moscow artist and his daughter to four and two years in prison, respectively, for counterfeiting paintings and selling them for 20 million rubles ($650,000).

16:35 27.03.2013

Prosecutors begin audit of Agora human rights group

The prosecutors of the Vakhitovsky District of Kazan, capital of the republic of Tatarstan, have started investigating the workings of Agora interregional human rights association

15:53 27.03.2013

Supreme court upholds sentence over aborted high-speed train attack case

The Supreme Court has upheld the lower court sentence handed down to the four men convicted of plotting to bomb a high-speed train.

15:01 27.03.2013

Investigators probe $3 mln defense firm fraud

Investigators are probing the suspected embezzlement of 102 million rubles ($3.3 million) by the head of a state-owned defense firm during the development of a space rocket system

14:36 27.03.2013

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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