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Navalny ordered to pay $7,000 to businessman Prigozhin in defamation dispute

Moscow’s Lyublinsky District Court ordered Alexey Navalny to pay businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin 500,000 rubles (about $7,000), therefore granting the entrepreneur’s defamation claim filed against the blogger.

16:20 05.03.2021

Government brings bill on unified list of socially oriented NGOs before State Duma

The Government has submitted a bill consolidating existing registers of socially oriented NGOs and NGOs of the same kind mostly affected by the coronavirus pandemic to Russia’s lower house of parliament.

15:12 05.03.2021

Russian President welcomes bill on use of geolocation data in search for missing persons

President Vladimir Putin has backed an initiative permitting the use of geolocation data in order to facilitate search for missing persons.

14:53 05.03.2021

Jail sentence of regional official convicted of abuse of office upheld

The First Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Friday dismissed an appeal against a 2.5-year sentence passed on Andrey Kulikov, ex-head of Engels, the municipal district in Russia’s Saratov Region, for abuse of office.

13:16 05.03.2021

Moscow court upholds 15-day detention of journalist calling to take part in illegal rallies

The Moscow City Court on Friday upheld the 15-day detention of journalist and municipal lawmaker Ilya Azar 150,000 rubles ($2,000) for calls to participate in unauthorized rallies.

12:18 05.03.2021

St. Petersburg court seizes property of Transaero ex-CEO Burdin worth $3.3 billion

The Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has satisfied a move of the bankruptcy receiver of Transaero air carrier seeking to seize funds and other property of the former general director of the company Alexander Burdin in the amount of 245 billion rubles ($3.3 billion).

10:37 05.03.2021

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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