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Russian BKF bank CEO asks court to put end to massive slanderous campaign in Telegram

CEO of BKF bank, Olga Mirimskaya, has filed a complaint with a Moscow district court challenging inaction of Russia’s Investigative Committee as concerns the authority’s refusal to investigate an alleged fact of a massive slander campaign on a Telegram channel.

11:16 01.08.2022

DPR court to proceed with case of Ukrainian neo-Nazi group in August

A court in the Donetsk People’s Republic will start hearing the case of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi group SS Bears on August 1 in, the Donetsk News Agency reports Thursday.

17:05 28.07.2022

Massacres in Russia’s Bryansk region during WWII recognized as genocide by court

The Bryansk regional court has recognized as genocide the mass murders of civilians and prisoners of war committed in the region by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War.

14:21 28.07.2022

Russian court fines WhatsApp $300k for repeated data storage breach

A magistrate judge in Moscow on Thursday fined WhatsApp LLC 18 million rubles (about $300,000) for repeated refusal to localize Russian users’ personal data in the Russian Federation.

12:39 28.07.2022

DPR сourts heard over 54,000 cases in 6 months of 2022

For the period from January to the end of June 2022, ourts of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) conducted proceedings on 54,135 cases and materials, according to a statistical report presented on the official website of the DPR Supreme Court.

14:11 27.07.2022

Russian antimonopoly watchdog fines Google $34 mln for breaching competition rules

Russia's competition watchdog fined Youtube’s owner Google 2 billion roubles (about $34 million) on Tuesday for the lack of transparency, predictability and objectivity in the video sharing platform’s user and content moderation policies.

17:40 26.07.2022

Student charged in Perm university shooting case faces trial

Prosecutors have approved indictment against Timur Bekmansurov, who stands charged with shooting in the Perm State University that led to the death of 6 people last autumn, and sent the case to court for hearing.

16:18 26.07.2022

DPR Supreme Court to hear case against commander of Ukrainian neo-Nazi group

Alexander Kravtsov, the commander of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi group SS Bears will stand trial in the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

13:32 26.07.2022

Massacres in Russia’s Krasnodar region during WWII qualified as genocide by court

The Krasnodar Krai Court has held that the crimes committed by the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War on the territory of the region are to be recognized as genocide.

12:48 26.07.2022

Communion wine and prosphora allowed to be brought into pre-trial detention centers in Russia

The Russian Justice Ministry has allowed clergy to bring Eucharistic bread and wine to detention centers for communion.

17:51 25.07.2022

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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