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Central Bank's dispute over shipyard's pledged shares to be heard on Dec.29

The commercial court has declared a recess until December 29 in hearing the Central Bank's lawsuit to levy execution on the Baltiysky Zavod shares pledged as security for the loans to Mezhprombank.

10:38 23.12.2011

NLMK's appeal in $18.5 mln suit against businessmen postponed

A federal commercial court has postponed until February 6 its hearing of an appeal against the adverse judgment in the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works' (NLMK) $18.5 million lawsuit against two former top managers of Maxi-Group - Nikolai Maximov and Alexander Loginovskikh.

10:19 23.12.2011

Court acquits Jehovah's Witnesses leader charged with extremism

The Altai Republic Supreme Court revoked on Thursday the sentence of the head of a local branch of Jehovah's Witnesses who was earlier convicted of religious extremism, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday. The court has also ordered to terminate the case.

17:38 22.12.2011

Court upholds refusal to award charitable fund $62,9k from publishers

The Moscow City Court has upheld on Thursday a district court’s decision not to recover $62,900 from the Kommersant publishing house for a charitable fund and one of its managers Vladimir Kiselev, the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) reports from the courtroom.

17:29 22.12.2011

Far Eastern financial company’s bankruptcy case postponed until Feb.16

A commercial court postponed on Thursday the hearing of DVTG-Finance's bankruptcy case until February 16, the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) reports from the courtroom.

17:04 22.12.2011

Khodorkovsky plans to write governance work in prison

Former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who is serving a 13-year prison sentence in a Karelian jail for oil theft and money laundering, plans to write a work on governance, the Khodorkovsky Press Center reported on its website on Thursday.

16:54 22.12.2011

State-run agricultural bank wins $59.8 mln from investors

The Moscow Commercial Court has satisfied three Rosselkhozbank lawsuits against a major Moscow market and an alcohol distributor for a total of $59.8 million.

16:42 22.12.2011

Court terminates bankruptcy case of Moskovia Airlines

A court has terminated the bankruptcy proceedings against Moskovia Airlines, the court told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI /rapsinews.com).

16:26 22.12.2011

Tymoshenko, defense to be absent during hearings

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s defense will not attend any further hearings in her appeal against her sentence in the “gas case,” her attorney Serhiy Vlasenko said.

16:09 22.12.2011

Former airport CEO sentenced to five years for fraud

The court has sentenced former Chkalovsky Airport General Director Anton Kulikov for stealing money from the Estonian Tallship limited partnership , the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Thursday.

14:43 22.12.2011

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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