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Detention of Defense Ministry’s auditor charged with bribery upheld

The Moscow City Court has upheld detention of Director of the Russian Defense Ministry’s state contract audit department Maxim Kuksin, who stands charged with taking bribes.

17:45 15.08.2018

Ex-Russian banker gets 9 years for $45 million embezzlement

Ex-director of the Novokuznetsk Municipal Bank (NMB) Alexander Pavlov has been sentenced to 9 year in prison for stealing 3 billion rubles (about $45 million).

16:44 15.08.2018

Russian Supreme Court rules to review appeal against controversial detention of activist

The Supreme Court of Russia has ordered the Moscow City Court’s Presidium to review an appeal against controversial detention of the New Greatness (“Novoe Velichie”) movement’s activist Anna Pavlikova charged with founding an extremist organization.

15:51 15.08.2018

Navalny fined for seventh time for failure to remove video about Usmanov

The Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow has upheld obligation of Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny to pay a 3,300-ruble fine (about $50) for failure to comply with a court ruling ordering to delete parts of video about businessman Alisher Usmanov.

13:48 15.08.2018

Scientific union head appeals new ruling on detention in embezzlement case

CEO of the S.A. Lavochkin Scientific Union Sergey Lemeshevsky charged with embezzling 330 million rubles ($5.2 million) from the state space corporation Roscosmos has appealed a new ruling on his detention.

11:59 15.08.2018

Sports.ru renounces lawsuit against Russian antimonopoly watchdog

Sports.ru company controlling a prominent Russian sports website of the same name has renounced a lawsuit against the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) seeking to invalidate the watchdog’s ruling over unlawful advertisement of gambling.

10:59 15.08.2018

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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