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Bill envisaging guaranteed minimum subsistence level for debtors reaches State Duma

State Duma MPs from the United Russia party have submitted to it a bill obliging creditors to uphold a guaranteed minimum subsistence level as concerns their debtors.

18:31 14.05.2020

Criminal cases opened over rehabilitation of Nazism at Immortal Regiment event

Investigative authorities have opened criminal cases over rehabilitation of Nazism after finding out that photographs of Nazi criminals were published on websites of the Immortal Regiment movement.

16:14 14.05.2020

Moscow City Court overturns extension of detention of lawyer Khasavov

The Moscow City Court on Thursday overturned extension of detention of Dagir Khasavov charged with compulsion of evidence.

14:53 14.05.2020

Navalny’s foundation appeals ruling in $1.4 mln dispute with food supplier in cassation

A foundation established by Alexey Navalny has filed a cassation appeal against a ruling ordering the blogger and his associate Lyubov Sobol to pay 88 million rubles ($1.4 million) in favor a company supplying food to school.

11:30 14.05.2020

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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