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Rosneft president Igor Sechin wins defamation row with Forbes

The Savyolovsky District Court of Moscow has ruled in favor of Rosneft President Igor Sechin’s defamation of character lawsuit against Forbes’ Russian editorial office and has ruled that the magazine must retract the statement that Sechin is the highest-paid top manager in Russia, a RAPSI correspondent reports from the courtroom.

17:02 01.08.2014

Opposition activist Navalny to remain under house arrest in Yves Rocher embezzlement case

Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Wednesday rejected a request to detain opposition activist Alexei Navalny in the Yves Rocher embezzlement case, the court told RAPSI.

15:52 01.08.2014

Russian lawmakers call for probe into Kolomoisky’s alleged Moscow property

Communist Party deputies of the State Duma have requested that Prosecutor General Yury Chaika review media reports about the alleged Moscow property of Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and confiscate it.

15:38 01.08.2014

Court rules that Russian police general’s death was non-criminal

The Basmanny District Court in Moscow said it had not found evidence of incitement to suicide in the death of the former deputy head of the Interior Ministry’s Main Anti-Corruption Directorate, Boris Kolesnikov, court press secretary Anna Fadeyeva told RIA Novosti on Friday.

14:51 01.08.2014

Riga Court upholds former Moscow mayor’s ban from Latvia

The Riga District Court closed a civil suit in which Yury Luzhkov required Latvian officials to cancel his ban from the country, RIA Novosti reports citing major Latvian media.

14:03 01.08.2014

Avakov assassination suspect is police officer – Ukrainian Security Service

Ukraine’s security service, SBU, says the man who has been arrested on suspicion of planning to assassinate Interior Minister Arsen Avakov served in a special Kiev police unit, RIA Novosti has announced.

12:47 01.08.2014

Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in eastern Uzbekistan

The Namangan police in eastern Uzbekistan have arrested members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religion for trying to convert local Muslims and for holding secret prayer meetings, a local police officer told RIA Novosti on Friday.

11:56 01.08.2014

Law on bloggers becomes effective in Russia

The amendments to the law On Information, Information Technology and Information Protection plus other related laws, informally referred to as the law on bloggers, have become effective on August 1, RIA Novosti writes.

11:22 01.08.2014

Prosecutors terminate deal with former Rosbank manager

The Moscow Prosecutor’s Office has terminated a deal with former Rosbank Senior Vice President Tamara Polyanitsyna, who is being investigated for corrupt business practices, Izvestia newspaper writes on Friday, citing a law enforcement source.

10:29 01.08.2014

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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