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Deposit Insurance Agency seeks to declare United Industrial Corporation bankrupt

The Moscow Commercial Court has registered the Deposit Insurance Agency's bankruptcy petition for the United Industrial Corporation.

15:42 27.04.2012

Renowned watchmaker files appeal under lawsuit banning tissot.ru domain

Holmrook Limited submitted a cassation appeal under the Tissot Ag watch manufacturer's lawsuit against the ban on using "tissot" in the tissot.ru domain.

15:11 27.04.2012

Tax claims worth $98mln against IT company found illegal

The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed the tax authority's decision to obligate a top-10 Russian IT company to pay an additional $98.4 million to the budget.

14:51 27.04.2012

Russian Railways' insurance dispute with watchdog to be reviewed

The Supreme Commercial Court has accepted Russian Railways' application to review a lower-court judgment upholding the Federal Antimonopoly Service's resolution that it breached antitrust law while holding transport fleet insurance tenders.

14:24 27.04.2012

Continent airlines bankruptcy case to be handled on June 19

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed until June 19 the hearing of the Continent airlines bankruptcy case.

13:54 27.04.2012

Relatives of deceased YUKOS top manager seek to lift freeze on property

The Moscow Simonovsky Court has suspended by three weeks its hearing of a petition filed by relative of former YUKOS vice president Vasily Aleksanyan to lift the freeze on his property.

13:40 27.04.2012

Pussy Riot appeal to president against rights infringement

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, arrested for their "punk prayer" performed in Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, have sent a letter to President Dmitry Medevedev claiming breach of the Constitution in their case.

13:08 27.04.2012

Bank of Moscow files bankruptcy petition against Insurance Group

The Bank of Moscow filed on April 25 a bankruptcy petition against the Insurance Group company, a shareholder of the Capital Insurance Group.

12:43 27.04.2012

Police concludes investigation of state nuclear corporation's fraud case

The law enforcement agencies concluded investigation of the former management of RosRAO, a radioactive waste disposal company, who were charged with abuse of office.

12:21 27.04.2012

Ukrainian ex-defense minister contests sentence

Former Ukrainian acting Defense Minister Valery Ivashchenko and his two defense attorneys have challenged the five-year prison sentence passed by the Pechersky District Court in Kiev.

11:54 27.04.2012

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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