Chechen president's lawsuit against human rights activists set for May 29On May 29, the Moscow Tverskoy District Court will resume hearing the lawsuit of lawyer Andrei Krasnenkov, representing the interests of Chechnya's President Ramzan Kadyrov, against human rights organization, Memorial.14:08 22.05.2012
Court drops shipyard's defamation lawsuithe Moscow Commercial Court has dropped proceedings in a defamation lawsuit lodged by Severnaya Verf shipyard against Grigory Menshikh, head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation's Strategic Development Department.12:20 15.05.2012
Sharia law supporter seeks $0.034 from TV channelDagir Khasavov, a lawyer whose televised statements on the need to legalize Sharia law in Russia have evoked a wide response, is presently abroad and preparing to file a defamation lawsuit against the REN TV channel18:00 02.05.2012
Major shipyard sues Kommersant newspaper for false informationThe Moscow Commercial Court will hear on June 15 the St. Petersburg-based Severnaya Verf shipyard's defamation lawsuit against the Kommersant publishing house.17:07 25.04.2012
Aeroflot defamation lawsuit to be heard on June 13The Moscow Commercial Court will hear on June 13 the Aeroflot airline's defamation lawsuit against the Izvestia newspaper.15:27 23.04.2012
Shipyard's defamation lawsuit dismissedThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals upheld a decision to dismiss the lawsuit by Severnaya Verf Shipbuilding Plant against Gazeta.ru on the protection of its business reputation.13:28 10.04.2012
Defamation lawsuit against nationalist ex-presidential candidate dismissedA court in the Urals has dismissed the local resident's defamation lawsuit against lower house deputy and former presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky.10:06 05.04.2012
El Mundo ordered to refute allegations against Russian businessmenThe Moscow City Court has ordered the Spanish El Mundo newspaper to refute its allegations that a Russian businessmen laundered money for Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.14:30 04.04.2012
Former St. Petersburg police head reacts to corruption allegationsFormer St. Petersburg police head Mikhail Sukhodolsky intends to sue former Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov seeking to refute the statement about his "alleged inclination for corruption."10:33 02.04.2012
Bank sues popular news portal for defamatory articleThe Moscow Commercial Court will hear on May 24 the International Fund Bank's defamation lawsuit against the lifenews.ru portal.15:18 30.03.2012
Auchan defamation lawsuit to be considered on May 16The Moscow Commercial Court has set for May 16 the primary hearings of the Auchan retail group's defamation lawsuit against News Media. The lawsuit centers on an article about the tragedy in a Moscow family.Two young girls reportedly died when the whole family suffered from food poisoning after eating food they had bought at an Auchan store.13:54 28.03.2012
Presidential Administrative Directorate wins defamation lawsuitThe Moscow City Court has declared lawful the $3,400 award from Novaya Gazeta newspaper in the presidential Administrative Directorate's defamation lawsuit.10:33 27.03.2012
Rumors on bribes from influential Russians reach UK Supreme CourtThe UK Supreme Court has satisfied the appeal by the Times newspaper, which was earlier found responsible in a libel action brought against it by a Metropolitan Police officer.10:57 22.03.2012
MP to pay $1k for insulting media tycoonThe Moscow's Savelovsky District Court held for the defamation lawsuit filed by News Media owner Aram Gabrelyanov against MP Oleg Mikheyev. The court awarded the plaintiff $1,200 in moral damages.10:34 21.03.2012
Aeroflot's defamation lawsuit against newspaper to be heard on April 23The Moscow Commercial Court set April 23 to hold the preliminary hearings into the lawsuit of Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline, against the Izvestia newspaper.12:56 19.03.2012
Opposition files defamation suit against television channelNTV channel faces a defamation lawsuit over its coverage of protest actions against the authorities.10:18 19.03.2012
U.S. foster mother sues Russian newspaper instead of commissionerU.S. citizen Torry Ann Hansen, the foster mother of Artyom Savelyev, has filed a lawsuit against Rossiyskaya Gazeta - not Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights as reported earlier.18:02 15.03.2012
Court refuses to reconsider Baturina's defamation lawsuitThe Supreme Commercial Court has rejected another request filed by Elena Baturina to review her defamation lawsuit against the NTV channel. Baturina is the wife of former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and a co-founder of the Inteco development company.16:42 15.03.2012
Bank's dispute with the Federal Security Service to reviewed on April 5The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court will hear on April 5 the National Reserve Bank's (NRB) appeal against the dismissal of its lawsuit to recover $11.8 million in reputation damages from the Federal Security Service (FSB).11:50 14.03.2012
Fugitive Bank of Moscow ex-president sues major newspaper for defamationFour lawsuits filed by former Bank of Moscow president Andrei Borodin now read the Kommersant newspaper as the defendant.12:10 13.03.2012