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Juries in Russian Commercial Courts: details of the initiative

16:54 11/06/2013 Anton Ivanov, Chairman of the Supreme Commercial Court, wants elements of a jury trial introduced into the commercial litigation process. The initiative was announced at an Expert Council meeting held by Boris Titov, the Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights. The response of the experts at the meeting led Ivanov to conclude that an appropriate law should be drafted. However, although the initiative’s strategic aim is to increase trust in the judiciary and in commercial courts by increasing the public’s role in rulings, experts voiced skepticism about the idea in a conversation with RAPSI.

As media reels from AP probe, Russian-US crime ring suspects urge hunt for leaks

13:09 28/05/2013 Attorneys for Illya and Vadim Trincher – two men accused by US authorities of having played leading roles in interconnected Russian-American organized criminal enterprises – claimed last week that some of the evidence that US investigators gathered against them by means of electronic surveillance was leaked to reporters for the New York Times, according to court documents obtained by RAPSI.

Boston tragedy: The curtains are lifted

12:02 25/04/2013 The law enforcement agencies, which played the lead role during the first part of the Boston tragedy, performed in the best traditions of action movies. They chased the suspects, seized their car and engaged in a shootout with the suspects, during which one of the suspected terrorists was killed. Prosecutors and defense attorneys are moving to the forefront during part two, which promises to be no less thrilling, albeit less dynamic.

Berezovsky's lawyer: Lawsuit against Abramovich was beyond a gamble

12:01 24/04/2013 Semyon Ariya, godfather of the Soviet and Russian legal profession, does not enjoy being in the spotlight. This could have something to do with the fact that he just turned 90 in December. But Mr. Ariya has made an exception to speak with RAPSI about perhaps his most famous client, Boris Berezovsky.

Court to consider Bolshoi acid attack suspects' release - live coverage

10:49 16/04/2013 RAPSI is live on the scene as Moscow's Tagansky District Court is expected to issue a decision today on the detention of Bolshoi Theater leading soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko and two suspected accomplices in connection with the brutal acid attack that left Bolshoi Artistic Director Sergei Filin with third degree burns to his face and eyes.

Tsiskaridze wages war on the Bolshoi - live

17:49 11/04/2013 Welcome to RAPSI's live text broadcast of principal dancer of the Bolshoi Nikolai Tsiskaridze's legal battle with the world’s most famous ballet theatre. Thanks for tuning into RAPSI and watching the drama unfold live!

The new frontier of Russian IP law

13:22 10/04/2013 Russia’s Intellectual Property Court, which was established by presidential order on December 8, 2011, will begin hearing cases this year. The court’s chair Lyudmila Novosyolova told RAPSI’s Sergei Feklyunin about the court’s judges and the current situation in the sphere of intellectual property disputes in Russia.

Lotkova case reveals weakness in Russian self-defense law

09:02 23/03/2013 A 2012 Moscow Metro station brawl culminating in the firing by a young university student of a traumatic pistol became a high-profile sensation earlier this week when a Moscow court ruled that the 20-year-old shooter would be sentenced to three years in a penal colony for her crime.

ECHR clears Russia of most violations alleged by terrorism convicts

17:29 14/03/2013 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Russia did not violate the rights of members of an extremist Muslim organization to freedom or religion, expression, or peaceful assembly by convicting them of membership in a terrorist organization.

Secrecy and transparency battle for supremacy in UK, US justice systems

16:39 15/02/2013 Russia’s recent efforts to promote judicial transparency seem to be a bit off trend. In fact, at the moment secret tribunals are all the rage. The UK and US are both presently grappling with efforts to expand secrecy within their respective judiciaries. Initiatives within both justice systems to slink toward secrecy have been met with ire by political leaders, advocacy groups, and concerned citizens alike.

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No referendum required to amend Russia’s Constitution – rights advocate

17:13 17/01/2020 The renewal of the Constitution proposed by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin requires neither a referendum, nor convening of the Constitutional Assembly, a member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Alexander Brod has stated.

Moscow court to hear case over $950 mln embezzlement in BTA Bank on January 31

15:31 17/01/2020 The Moscow Tagansky District Court is to hear a criminal case against ex-Chairman of the board of directors of Kazakh BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, charged with embezzlement of over 58 billion rubles (about $950 million) of the bank’s controlled structure.

Ex-top official of regional penal colony convicted of $300k embezzlement

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