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Russian national sentenced to 3 years in prison for attempt to join ISIS

A military court in Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city in the Northern Caucasus, had convicted Feitulakh Nametulayev for an attempt to join Islamic State, a terrorist organization banned in Russia, and sentenced him to three years in jail.

16:22 02.12.2016

Russian businessman appeals withdrawal of his claim against Lithuania

Russian businessman and former co-owner of the Lithuanian nationalized bank Snoras, Vladimir Antonov, has filed an appeal with the Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals against a lower court’s ruling to drop his claim for collection of over 40 billion rubles ($630 million) from Lithuania.

15:34 02.12.2016

Yandex still seeks to be third party in Google’s dispute with antimonopoly agency

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has set the date it will consider a Yandex motion seeking to overturn a decision refusing it to intervene in the lawsuit filed by Google against Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) over a 438 million rubles ($6.7 million) fine on December 22.

14:35 02.12.2016

Detention of Federal Guard Service General in bribery case upheld

The Third District Military Court of Moscow has upheld detention of the head of the Federal Guard Service (FSO) in Caucasus region, General Gennady Lopyrev who stands charged with taking bribes.

13:21 02.12.2016

Russian court freezes about $145 mln of IKEA funds

A court in Russia’s Smolensk region granted a motion filed by businessman Konstantin Ponomarev and froze 9.3 billion rubles (about $145 million) of funds for IKEA Mos, IKEA's Russian division.

11:40 02.12.2016

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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