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Murder of journalist Politkovskaya could be ordered from UK – official

Russian investigators have reason to believe that an order for killing journalist Anna Politkovskaya was made from London.

16:48 01.09.2016

Hearings in Trust Bank’s dispute with offshore company to resume on October 25

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed hearings in the Trust bank’s 4.3 billion rubles ($66.1 mln) lawsuit against Cypriot company Oldehove Holdings Limited.

14:49 01.09.2016

Investigation into Russian border agency’s ex-head completed

Investigation into Dmitry Bezdelov, former head of the Federal Border Development Agency charged with embezzling over 1.17 billion rubles (about $18 million), has been completed.

13:35 01.09.2016

Russian nationalist Potkin’s sentence for organizing extremist movement appealed

Defense filed an appeal against a 7.5–year sentence handed down to Russian nationalist Alexander Potkin for organizing an extremist movement and embezzling funds from the Kazakh BTA Bank.

11:47 01.09.2016

Moscow City Court refuses to change Navalny’s suspended term to imprisonment

The Moscow City Court has upheld the ruling of a lower court, which refused to change a suspended sentence for opposition politician Alexei Navalny in the Yves Rocher embezzlement case to imprisonment.

10:32 01.09.2016

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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