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Ex- security director of State Russian Museum gets suspended sentence for embezzlement

Ex- security director of the State Russian Museum Irina Kuznetsova has received a 4-year suspended sentence for embezzlement of 4.7 million rubles (about $70,000) from the Culture Ministry’s subsidy allocated for purchase of security equipment.

17:25 31.08.2018

Appeals against detention of New Greatness activists set for September 4

The Moscow City Court’s Presidium will consider cassation appeals against an order to detain the New Greatness (“Novoe Velichie”) movement’s activists Anna Pavlikova and Maria Dubovik, who stand charged with creating an extremist organization and currently are under house arrest.

16:19 31.08.2018

Russian media watchdog blocks 506 websites for distributing personal data

Russian media oversight agency Roskomnadzor blocked 506 websites so far this year, after those, pursuant to court orders, were added to a registry of violators of the data subjects’ rights.

14:59 31.08.2018

Ex-Culture Ministry official Apfelbaum to remain under house arrest until October 19

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Friday extended house arrest for ex-official of Russia’s Culture Ministry and current director of the Russian Academic Youth Theater Sophia Apfelbaum charged with embezzlement until October 19.

12:56 31.08.2018

Sberbank seeks to recover $53 million from FIFA World Cup’s IT contractor

Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has filed a motion with the Moscow Commercial Court, seeking to include a 3.6-billion-ruble ($53 million) debt of Asteros company, an IT contractor for the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia, into the creditors’ demands list.

11:28 31.08.2018

Appeal against arrest of alleged St. Petersburg terror attack organizer reaches court

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has registered an appeal against arrest in absentia for an alleged organizer of the notorious St. Petersburg subway terror attack Sirozhiddin Mukhtarov.

10:59 31.08.2018

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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