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Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin wins defamation suit against Vedomosti

Moscow’s Ostankinsky District Court has granted on Tuesday a defamation lawsuit filed by Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin against Russia's leading business newspaper Vedomosti.

18:44 26.08.2014

Tatneft awarded $112 mln over Ukrtatnafta

Russian oil company Tatneft said Tuesday that it had been awarded $112 million in compensation over the Ukraine's Kremenchug oil refinery (Ukrtatnafta).

17:41 26.08.2014

Belgorod man gets two years in prison for armed bank rampage

A court in the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod has sentenced Alexander Vdovin, a 46-year-old local resident, who took hostages at a city’s bank, to two years in a prison settlement.

16:51 26.08.2014

Russia refuses to extradite fugitive banker to Lithuania

Russia has granted asylum to Vladimir Romanov, the main shareholder in Lithuanian Ukio Bankas, who is suspected of large-scale embezzlement, and will not extradite him, Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday.

15:24 26.08.2014

Court upholds the order to release paralyzed Muscovite Topekhin

The Kostroma Regional Court has upheld the lower court's decision to release from prison Vladimir Topekhin, a paralyzed Muscovite who was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 4 years, defense attorney Svetlana Sidorkina told RAPSI on Tuesday.

14:55 26.08.2014

Russian Railways appeals dismissal of copyright infringement suit against Apple

Russian Railways is seeking to revive a copyright infringement suit against Apple, RAPSI learnt in the Moscow Commercial Court on Tuesday.

13:51 26.08.2014

Russian court to decide on Jack Daniel’s fate

A Russian court will decide on the fate of Jack Daniel’s whiskeys after is was revealed that they did not meet the required standards, Anna Popova, Head of Russia’s food safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, told journalists Tuesday.

12:38 26.08.2014

Seized assets of Russia’s anti-corruption official, his deputy estimated at $8 million

The seized property owned by Denis Sugrobov, who headed the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department at the Interior Ministry, and his deputy Boris Kolesnikov, has been estimated at over 300 million rubles ($8.3 million).

11:46 26.08.2014

Fugitives wanted by Russia often seek asylum abroad - official

A growing number of fugitives wanted by Russia flee abroad where they apply for asylum, Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Zvyagintsev said on Tuesday.

10:50 26.08.2014

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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