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Bill on suspension of National Guard service for officers elected MPs reaches State Duma

Russia’s State Duma is to discuss amendments envisaging that an officer of the Russian National Guard is to discontinue his or her respective service after being elected a deputy of the lower or upper house of the parliament for the term in this capacity.

17:09 19.05.2020

Russian engineer faces trial on poisoning allegations

The Rostov Region prosecutor’s office has approved indictment against a constructor engineer of the Taganrog airline manufacturer named after Berieyv, who had allegedly poisoned his collegues by thallium.

16:25 19.05.2020

Ex-Moscow Region tax official gets 4-year suspended term for fraud

A former chief of division of work with taxpayers of the Federal Tax Service’s Istra Inspection in the Moscow Regiona Olga Mikheyeva has received a 4-year suspended sentence for fraud.

15:59 19.05.2020

Russia’s Ombudsman to apply to U.S. authorities for protection of Russian national rights

Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova is ready to turn to the U.S. government and international organizations seeking to ensure that the rights of Russian citizen Oleg Nikitin are to be respected.

14:28 19.05.2020

Regional court to hear appeal against detention of businessman in 1994 murder case

The Krasnoyarsk Regional Court will consider an appeal against detention of businessman Anatoly Bykov, who stands charged with organizing double homicide in 1994, on May 22.

12:02 19.05.2020

Foreign insurers again challenge 2012 Superjet crash case ruling in Russian Supreme Court

Several foreign insurers have again filed an appeal with the Russian Supreme Court seeking to reconsider a ruling ordering them to pay over $16 million to Kapital Strakhovaniye insurance company in connection with the Superjet 100 aicraft crash in Indonesia in May 2012.

11:47 19.05.2020

Seizure of assets of former Tatfondbank managers worth $1.4 billion upheld

The Eleventh Commercial Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal filed by ex-member of board of chairmen of Tatfondbank Guzel Fattakhova against seizure of assets worth 96.7 billion rubles (about $1.4 billion) belonging to persons formely controlled the bank.

10:51 19.05.2020

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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