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Bankruptcy proceedings of technological giant's subsidiary to be completed in July

The Moscow Commercial Court set July 4 to hear the report by Russpetsstal's bankruptcy receiver on the finalizing of the bankruptcy procedure.

13:51 10.05.2012

Police bring charges against suspects in Siberian river contamination case

Irkutsk police have charged three residents of the town of Usolye-Sibirskoye of oil theft. This crime resulted in the 300 tonne oil spill in the Angara-river in Siberia.

13:14 10.05.2012

Navalny to be questioned in Moscow riots case

On Thursday, renowned blogger, lawyer and oppositionist Alexei Navalny will testify in the case on the May 6 riots which took place during the March of Millions in Moscow.

12:51 10.05.2012

Court orders naval academy drop out to pay $5,000

On Thursday, the Trans-Baikal Territorial Court reversed the trial court's ruling and ordered a former naval academy cadet to pay $5,000.

12:26 10.05.2012

Case opened over mercury pollution

Altai Republic's law enforcement authorities have opened a criminal case over environmental pollution caused by mercury waste left out in the open after the closure of a plant.

10:22 10.05.2012

Proceedings in BP's $317k lawsuit against minority shareholder terminated

The Tyumen Regional Commercial Court terminated proceedings in BP Exploration Operating Company's $317,600 lawsuit against TNK-BP minority shareholder Andrei Prokhorov to compensate losses resulted from interim measures.

15:41 05.05.2012

NLMK disputes antimonopoly watchdog decision on inflated prices

Novolipetsk Steel and VIZ-Stal submitted an application to the Moscow Commercial Court that disputes a ruling by the antimonopoly service on inflating prices for electrical transformer steel for Russian transformer manufactures.

14:59 05.05.2012

JFC creditors' $270 mln claims to be considered on June 29

The St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Commercial Court will hear claims filed by the Joint Fruit Company's creditors on June 29. The creditors want the court to include over $270 million in claims in the JFC schedule of debts.

14:29 05.05.2012

Lawsuit to recover 8mln from Renault subsidiary to be heard on May 24

The Samara Region Commercial Court put off until May 24 the hearing of Renault Samara's lawsuit to invalidate the decision on recovering from it $8.03 million in taxes.

13:33 05.05.2012

Court fines 26 proponents and opponents of Pussy Riot punk-gang

The Magistrate's court fined 26 proponents and opponents of the Pussy Riot punk-gang from $17 to $23 for holding a rally at the Moscow Tagansky district court.

12:47 05.05.2012

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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