Ex-policeman in Politkovskaya murder case to be tried on Dec. 12On December 12, the Moscow City Court will initiate a special procedure trial against Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, accused of murdering journalist Anna Politkovskaya.14:45 03.12.2012
TNK-BP minority shareholder drops $8.8 bln lawsuitTNK-BP minority shareholder Andrei Prokhorov has filed an application with the Eighth Commercial Court of Appeals withdrawing his claims to recover 288 billion rubles ($8.8 billion) from BP Russian Investment Limited (BPRI) and BP p.l.c.14:13 03.12.2012
Adidas to take on Russian supermarket over trademark dispute Dec. 19On December 19, the Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will hear the appeal against the ruling to prohibit Perekryostok Trade House from using Adidas AG's trademarked "three stripes".13:19 03.12.2012
Three new suspects arrested as part of multi-million budget embezzlementThe Moscow Tverskoy District Court has ordered the arrest of three more individuals suspected of embezzling three billion rubles from the St. Petersburg budget.12:04 03.12.2012
Russian ex-officials found guilty of abuse of power causing $81mln lossesThe jurors found Tatyana Naydenova, the former head of the Ministry of State Property's department, and her assistant Vladimir Polyutov guilty of abuse of power, leading to lossess of more than 2.5 billion rubles ($81 million).11:09 03.12.2012
Mexico court fines Yahoo $2.7 billionA Mexico City court has fined Yahoo $2.7 billion over the non-execution of contracts, Yahoo's report reads.10:15 03.12.2012
Dispute over Norilsk ownership said to head into London arbitrationRussian billionaire Vladimir Potanin and aluminum giant Rusal will settle their disputes over ownership rights in the world’s largest nickel producer, GMK Norilsk Nickel in a London arbitration proceeding December 3.23:58 30.11.2012
Freed Pussy Riot member Samutsevich appeals extremism rulingFreed Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich appealed the verdict declaring a video montage of Pussy Riot’s punk rock prayer extremist, and thus imposing a Russia-wide ban on the footage.18:31 30.11.2012
Strauss-Kahn and hotel maid to settle: AP reportFormer head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid whose accusations of sexual assault wounded his reputation and derailed his career, are close to settling their civil suit and countersuit.17:58 30.11.2012
Federal agency drops claim against TelenorThe Moscow Commercial Court has ended the proceedings in the Federal Antimonopoly Service's lawsuit disputing Telenor's purchase of 234 million privileged shares in VimpelCom Ltd. from Weather Investments II S.a.r.l.17:46 30.11.2012
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022