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$15.7 mln supplementary tax assessment upheld against IKEA

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld the Moscow Commercial Court's decision to charge IKEA Mos $15.7 million in supplementary taxes.

14:08 28.08.2012

Registration of Cristal brand in Russia revoked

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has confirmed the ruling of the first instance which validated the decision of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks on the annulment of the Cristal trademark's legal protection in Russia.

13:38 28.08.2012

Airport bombing case postponed for two weeks

The Moscow Regional Court did not hear the Domodedovo terrorist attack case on the merits yesterday,postponing the hearing at the request of one of the defendants.

13:02 28.08.2012

Putin assassination attempt suspect claims to be witness, not culprit

Ilya Pyanzin, suspected of having been involved in preparing an assassination attempt against Vladimir Putin, says he was only a witness to the assassination plot, and that the late Ruslan Madayev was behind it.

12:14 28.08.2012

Automated public opinion manipulation not feasible via social media

Effective fully-automated systems which publish information in the blogosphere so as to shape public opinion are not feasible, says expert Denis Terekhov, a managing partner of Russia's leading social media and marketing company Social Networks.

11:54 28.08.2012

Pussy Riot appeals sentence

Members of the punk rock group Pussy Riot have appealed the Moscow Khamovnichesky District Court's decision sentencing the women to two years in prison for their protest at the Christ the Savior Cathedral.

11:01 28.08.2012

Legality of raid on opposition leader Navalny's home upheld

On Monday, the Moscow City Court upheld the validity of a police raid on opposition leader and renowned anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny's home and office.

10:27 28.08.2012

Lawsuit against IP agency over media monitoring system to be heard Sep.5

The Moscow Commercial Court has granted time for an expert appraisal, thus postponing its hearing of the DataCenter's complaint against the Federal Service for the Supervision of Communications, IT and Mass Media until September 5. The company seeks to recover $115,000 from the agency for an online publications monitoring system.

17:37 27.08.2012

Appeal of YUKOS suspect's property seizure case to be heard in September

The Moscow City Court has rescheduled for September 1 its hearing of an appeal of the decision to lift the seizure of late YUKOS embezzlement case suspect Vasily Aleksanyan's property.

17:23 27.08.2012

CEO refutes claim of developing social media software for Russian intelligence

The company Iteranet is not developing a system to monitor social media sites, or any other mechanisms to promote information in the blogosphere, says CEO Igor Matskevich.

17:04 27.08.2012

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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