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Prosecutor General forwards case against Rusnano ex-top managers to court

Prosecutor General Yury Chaika has forwarded a case against top managers of the Russian nanotechnology corporation Rusnano, charged with embezzlement of 220 million rubles ($2.9 million), to court.

18:07 11.05.2017

Investigation into Moscow Citibank hostage taking completed

Investigators have completed the work on a criminal case against businessman Aram Petrosyan charged with taking hostages in a branch of Citibank in Moscow.

17:34 11.05.2017

Google pays out $7.7 million fine - Russian antimonopoly watchdog

Google Inc. had paid a 438-million-ruble (about $7.7 million) administrative fine for violation of antitrust legislation, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said in a statement on Thursday.

16:31 11.05.2017

Social network group admin pleads guilty to pushing teens to suicide

Philipp Budeykin, aka Philipp Fox, an administrator of a closed group on social network Vkontakte, has pleaded guilty to inciting teenagers to commit suicide.

15:55 11.05.2017

Moscow court rules refusal to pardon Russian vodka tycoon Shefler illegal

A court in Moscow had ruled that refusal to grant amnesty to Swiss-based Russian businessman Yuri Shefler, who owns rights to several famous vodka brands, on the part of the investigator in the case was illegal.

14:03 11.05.2017

Russian Major General gets 7 years for misappropriation of Defense Ministry’s property

The Krasnoselsky District Court in St. Petersburg has sentenced retired Major General Vladimir Poleshchuk to 7 years in prison for misappropriation of housing property belonging to Russia’s Defense Ministry.

13:42 11.05.2017

Pokemon Go player receives suspended sentence for inciting enmity

A court in Yekaterinburg on Thursday gave videoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who had been playing Pokemon Go in a church, a 3.5-year suspended sentence for inciting enmity and hatred.

11:28 11.05.2017

Ex-Rusnano chief Melamed released from house arrest

Leonid Melamed, former chief of the Russian nanotechnology corporation Rusnano who stands charged with embezzlement, has been released from house arrest.

10:35 11.05.2017

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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