News

Prosecutor seeks 7 years in prison for FSB officers in bribery case

A prosecutor has asked the Moscow District Military Court to sentence former and acting officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) charged with taking a 5-million-ruble bribe (about $85,000) from Turkish firm Esta Construction to 7 years in prison.

17:27 28.11.2017

ECHR awards €10,000 to Bolotnaya case defendant

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday held that the rights of Nikolay Kavkazsky, a defendant in the Bolotnaya Square riot case, had been violated in part during his detention, and awarded €10,000 in compensation to the applicant.

15:45 28.11.2017

Russia asks Interpol to trace producer linked to theater director embezzlement case

Russian prosecutors have forwarded a request to Interpol seeking to place producer Yekaterina Voronova, charged in the embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, on its wanted list.

12:51 28.11.2017

WADA informant Rodchenkov suspected of tampering Russian athletes’ doping tests

Ex-Director of the WADA-accredited Moscow Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov is suspected of falsification of Russian athletes’ doping test results via remote access to a database.

11:29 28.11.2017

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Top news

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