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Bankruptcy commissioner of Tomet LLC sums up results of first meeting of creditors

The first meeting of creditors of Tomet LLC, which is a joint defendant in a criminal case over large-scale fraud and damages caused to PJSC Togliattiazot and JSC Uralchem, took place. Anatoly Selishchev, who was elected as the bankruptcy commissioner at the meeting, and is currently acting as the temporary manager of the company, told RAPSI about the most important results of this event, as well as about its future prospects.

12:37 26.02.2021

Case over TOAZ assets fraud in the Makhlais interests forwarded to prosecutors

The Main Directorate on Major Crimes Investigation of Russia’s Investigative Committee has completed a probe into a criminal case against Xenia Balashova, the CEO of “Kontaz LLC”. Balashova stands charged with evasion of the profit tax for year 2008 (p.p. a, b of Article 199.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Earlier, Balashova pleaded guilty to the crimes charged declaring she acted under direct instructions of Vladimir Makhlai.

11:41 17.02.2021

Appeal of TOAZ beneficiary to Prosecutor General as admittance of exhaustion of arguments

Sergey Makhlai, a beneficiary of PJSC Togliattiazot (TOAZ), has published an open letter addressed to Russia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, in which he expressed his discontent as to the quality of prosecutorial supervision and work of law enforcement agencies. RAPSI has analyzed the legal aspects of this address and asked experts to comment those.

10:04 16.11.2020

Legal analysis of interview of TOAZ beneficiary Sergey Makhlai

In the end of August, the former chairman of the board of directors of PJSC Togliattiazot Sergey Makhlai gave an extended commentary to the media regarding the details of the proceedings, in which he is a participant. In his statements, he accused Uralchem JSC of a number of offenses, and tried to present himself as a victim of a hostile takeover. RAPSI has studied the legal basis for the statements made by the convicted in absentia owner of TOAZ.

10:25 10.09.2020

Russia’s Investigative Committee reports half-year results

Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, shared information on the results of his department this year. He spoke about the most high-profile and significant investigations of recent times, about urgent problems and their solution by the investigating authorities.

10:27 03.08.2020

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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