Special Coverage

Streaming court hearings over the Internet will help justice

Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin in his election platform proposed streaming court hearings over the Internet and publishing their transcripts. He also pointed out the need to develop a single and accessible precedent base of judicial decisions for the trial court system. Similar base is used by the commercial courts.

13:36 07.02.2012

Lawyers undecided on need for business commissioner

Russia will have a commissioner to protect the rights of all businessmen – not only foreign investors, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. However, despite its supposed aim is to protect private capital, the initiative could produce side effects.

18:06 03.02.2012

Supreme Commercial Court chairman: Time to change business model

The commercial court system will celebrate its 20th anniversary in late January. In the run-up to the event, Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov spoke with Sergei Feklyunin, the Russian Legal Information Agency, about the system's work in 2011.

11:13 27.01.2012

Medvedev moves to restore gubernatorial elections

President Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma a draft law restoring direct popular elections of regional governors to terms of up to five years and enabling political parties to nominate candidates for governorships.

14:10 23.01.2012

Russians stole $363 mln from government in 2011

Theft and robbery were the most common cases heard by Russian courts in 2011, whereas cases involving illegal enterprise were the least frequent, according to the Judicial Department’s report on Russian criminal court proceedings for the first six months of 2011. Russia lost $363 mln due to crime in the same period.

12:06 11.01.2012

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