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Coal producers contest $17mln fines for price collusion

Commercial court registered the applications lodged by Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) and Russian Coal challenging the fines of $15 million and $2 million respectively imposed by the antimonopoly watchdog.

10:49 03.10.2011

Brother of Russia's richest woman disputes major developer's sale

Businessman Viktor Baturin filed a lawsuit with a commercial court to invalidate a transaction to sell the Inteko development company owned by his sister Yelena Baturina, who is also Russia's richest woman and the wife of former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov.

17:53 30.09.2011

Court dismisses Chanel's claim over legal protection of Egoiste trademark

The court dismissed Chanel's claim to cancel the intellectual property service's (Rospatent) decision to cease protecting the Egoiste trademark.

17:24 30.09.2011

Court to hear banker's defamation suit against publisher

The court will hear on November 17 a defamation lawsuit filed by billionaire Alexander Lebedev and his National Reserve Bank (NRB) against the Kommersant publisher.

17:12 30.09.2011

Sixty seven bankruptcy lawsuits against former top-30 bank satisfied

International Industrial Bank's (Mezhprombank) bankruptcy manager submitted 140 lawsuits worth $3 billion to the courts, thus satisfying 67 lawsuits worth $2.82 billion.

17:06 30.09.2011

Russian pilot appeals 20-year sentence in United States

Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was sentenced in the United States to 20 years in prison on charges of attempted narcotics smuggling, has appealed his sentence.

16:56 30.09.2011

Siberian hydropower plant's insurers dispute compensation

Commercial court of appeals will hear on November 1 an appeal against a judgment awarding the ROSNO insurance company 802.5 million rubles ($25 million) in connection with an accident at a Siberian hydropower plant.

16:10 30.09.2011

Major insurer appeals decision in BNP Paribas and Russian Machines case

Ingosstrakh Investments filed an appeal against BNP Paribas and Russian Machines to invalidate a guarantee agreement for a $1.2 billion loan.

15:26 30.09.2011

State investment bank files $131.7 mln lawsuit against compressor plant

The court registered six lawsuits worth $131.7 million filed by the state VEB investment bank against a compressor manufacturer.

15:15 30.09.2011

Court shelves energy grid's appeal against $25 mln award for Rusal

The court has decided not to proceed until October 20 with a energy grid's appeal against a court order to pay $25 million to Rusal.

15:02 30.09.2011

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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