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Ban on Jehovah's Witnesses magazines validated

The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has upheld the ban on the Jehovah's Witnesses Awake! and Watchtower magazines.

17:31 29.05.2012

Mezhprombank seeks over $13.5 mln from former senator

The International Industrial Bank (Mezhprombank) has filed a $13.5 million claim against former Senator Sergei Pugachyov.

17:10 29.05.2012

U.S. court schedules Russian national's sentencing on fraud charges for June 29

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has scheduled for June 29 the sentencing of Russian national Vladimir Zdorovenin, who has been charged with defrauding U.S. citizens and banks.

16:07 29.05.2012

ECHR awards 300k euro to Chechen resident who lost family in bombings

The European Court of Human Rights recovered 300,000 euro for Chechen citizen Imar-Ali Damayev whose lost his wife and five children during a Russian military air raid in 2004.

15:46 29.05.2012

Action to terminate Irn-Bru trademark protection to be handled on June 5

The Moscow Commercial Court has declared a recess until June 5 in its hearing of the Businessinvestgroup Holding Company's lawsuit to prematurely terminate the legal protection of A.G. Barr p.l.c. trademarks.

15:07 29.05.2012

Prosecutors won't contest court refusal to declare 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' extremist

The Tomsk Region Prosecutor's Office will not appeal the court's decision to refuse to declare extremist "Bhagavad Gita As It Is," a translation and commentary of the original Bhagavad Gita Hindu scripture.

14:36 29.05.2012

Prosecutors contest unfreezing of deceased YUKOS vice-president's property

The prosecutor's office has challenged the decision to lift the freeze of property which belonged to deceased former YUKOS Vice-President Vasily Alexanyan.

14:11 29.05.2012

Public servant sentenced to 7 years in jail for taking bribe

The Moscow City Court has sentenced former Deputy Director of the State Bureau of Economic Analysis for Environmental Projects Leonid Mileshin to seven years in prison for accepting a $25,000 bribe when signing a public contract.

13:45 29.05.2012

Two new cases opened against Berezovsky for inciting riots

Russia's Investigative Committee has opened two criminal cases against businessman Boris Berezovsky in connection with public calls to mass riots.

13:19 29.05.2012

Snoras Bank's ex-major shareholder Antonov denies embezzlement charges

Snoras bank's former major shareholder Vladimir Antonov denies allegations regarding the theft of funds by the bank's ex-shareholders.

12:52 29.05.2012

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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