Special Coverage

Leading law firms websites' quotation rating

This research was conducted by the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) /infosud.ru to gauge the reputability of leading law firms’ websites on the Russian market. Independent lawyers, legal market PR experts and arbitration journalists were polled to compile the ranking.

13:18 28.11.2011

UTICo $18.3 mln lawsuit against Tymoshenko filed in U.S. court

The U.S. Universal Trading & Investment Co. (UTICo), which has been seeking to collect over $18.3 million from United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), has filed a complaint against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

13:48 17.11.2011

Commercial court presidents and their household income rankings

The Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) has released its findings on the annual incomes of commercial court presidents and their family members. The present ratings are based on the aggregate incomes of the presidents, their wives and their under-age children.

12:32 17.11.2011

Constitutional Court “unpredictable,” experts say

For the more than 20 years of its operation, the Constitutional Court of Russia has shown itself to be an independent and impartial body, a quality that prominent legal experts polled by the RAPSI Agency described as “unpredictability.”

17:31 28.10.2011

Courts fail to comply with president’s amendments, lawyers say

The Russian legal system has demonstrated positive trends in the scope of use of pretrial detention for criminal suspects and the accused, but this is insufficient in terms of getting down to the bottom of deep-rooted problems.

09:59 20.10.2011

Russian lawyers doubt Strasbourg will award Yukos $98 billion in damages

The European Court of Human Rights will not award the now defunct Yukos oil company $98 billion in damages.

11:49 14.09.2011

Art of mediation on rise in Russia (Part II)

Center for Mediation and Law President Tsisana Shamlikashvili discusses the early successes of the law on mediation and the prospects for alternative dispute settlement in Russia with the Russian Legal Information Agency.

14:00 06.09.2011

Art of mediation on rise in Russia (Part I)

Center for Mediation and Law President Tsisana Shamlikashvili discusses the early successes of the law on mediation and the prospects for alternative dispute settlement in Russia with the Russian Legal Information Agency.

17:05 01.09.2011

Strauss-Kahn affair: 'Honey trap’ discredits feminism

The “honey trap” has ceased to be an instrument of intelligence-gathering in spy games. Over the past few years, it has become a legal means of political control.

09:26 25.05.2011

Medvedev on Khodorkovsky, Magnitsky and Strasbourg court

Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky will not pose a danger to the public if he is released from custody, President Dmitry Medvedev said at a news conference at the Skolkovo School of Management yesterday. He added that more details into Sergey Magnitsky’s death will soon be unveiled, and also assured the public that Russia will continue cooperating with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg despite the apparent bias of some court decisions.

18:50 20.05.2011

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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