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Ural attorney charged with $4,000 fraud faces trial

A court in Yekaterinburg, a city in Russia’s Ural, will hear a case against a local attorney, who stands accused of a 300,000-ruble fraud ($4,000).

17:53 12.10.2020

FC Spartak fined $4,000 for sanitary rule breaking at match with Zenit

Moscow’s Tushinsky District Court of Moscow on Monday fined FC Spartak 300,000 rubles (about $4,000) for violating sanitary and epidemiological measures during a football game with St. Petersburg’s Zenit.

16:45 12.10.2020

St. Petersburg resident allegedly behind oncology drug thefts from city clinics detained

St. Petersburg resident Sergey Voitovich suspected of being the mastermind of thefts of oncology drugs from specialized city clinics has been detainedю

15:30 12.10.2020

Governmental commission backs bill on Russia’s regional ombudsmen

Members of the governmental lawmaking commission on Monday anonymously supported a bill on regional ombudsmen.

13:19 12.10.2020

Guardianship authorities seek annulment of surrogate babies’ birth certificates

A court in the Moscow Region is to hear a claim of a child protection service against a district Moscow Civil Registry Office seeking the annulment of the birth certificates issued to surrogate children as concerns registration of Filipino nationals as their genetic parents.

12:54 12.10.2020

Rapper involved in central Moscow car crash ordered to stay detained until November 21

The Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed an appeal against detention of rapper Elmin Guliyev accused of hitting pedestrians by car in central Moscow.The defendant is to remain detained until November 21, the court held.

11:17 12.10.2020

Moscow District Commercial Court seizes $62 mln assets from Eurocommerce Bank ex-managers

The Moscow District Commercial Court has decided to attach assets worth 4.8 billion rubles ($62 million) belonging to four former top managers of Eurocommerce Bank upon a claim of the Russian state corporation Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA).

10:48 12.10.2020

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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