Federal Bailiff Service

Russian bailiffs may be allowed to carry and use weapons

12:23 25/12/2012 MP Alexander Ageyev is drafting a bill allowing bailiffs in Russia to carry guns. “There were 244 potentially life threatening attacks committed against bailiffs in the first ten months of 2012,” Ageyev said, justifying why bailiffs should be entitled to carry weapons.

Navalny's appeal under lawsuit against bailiffs dismissed

17:48 20/12/2012 The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has dismissed opposition leader Alexei Navalny's appeal against the Moscow Commercial Court's dismissal of his lawsuit against the Zamoskvoretsky District Bailiffs Department in which he disputes the inaction of the court bailiffs.

Opposition leader Navalny disputes dismissal of lawsuit against bailiffs

14:40 12/11/2012 Opposition leader Alexei Navalny has filed an appeal against the Moscow Commercial Court's dismissal of his lawsuit against the Zamoskvoretsky District Bailiffs Department in which he disputes the inaction of the court bailiffs.

30 percent increase reported in detection of contraband in Russian courts

14:24 18/10/2012 Bailiffs have found over 17,000 firearms on individuals entering courtrooms in the first nine months of this year, which is one-third more than during the same period last year.

$30 mln art collection at stake in divorce of former Russian senator

17:30 11/10/2012 A district court suspended a ruling that would have stripped Olga Slutsker, ex-wife of former Russian senator Vladimir Slutsker, of her ex-husband's $30 million art collection, thus leaving the collection in her hands, the Federal Bailiff Service announced Thursday.

Baturin's debts may be repaid using proceeds from Napoleon collection sale

16:48 09/10/2012 The Federal Bailiffs Service is determined to find and seize businessman Viktor Baturins assets abroad to pay his $180 million debt to his banks and partners.

Navalny's lawsuit against bailiffs dismissed

16:39 04/10/2012 The Moscow Commercial Court has held against opposition leader Alexei Navalny's lawsuit against the Zamoskvoretsky District Bailiffs Department, the court told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) on Thursday.

Navalny complains of bailiffs' conduct in commercial court

10:29 26/09/2012 Opposition activist Alexei Navalny has filed a complaint with the Moscow Commercial Court about the conduct of the Zamoskvoretsky District Bailiffs Department.

Bailiffs continue to search for Berezovsky's property

15:20 08/08/2012 The enforcement proceedings against fallen oligarch Boris Berezovsky have brought little results as of yet, as the bailiffs have been unable to sell his property to pay off his debt.

Almost 30,000 weapons seized from court visitors

18:02 18/07/2012 Since early 2012, court bailiffs have seized nearly 30,000 weapons from court visitors.

Chief bailiff proposes warnings instead of fines

15:50 28/06/2012 Chief Bailiff Artur Parfenchikov proposed replacing small fines with warnings at a roundtable in the State Duma on Thursday.

Bailiffs prevent thousands of attempts to bring arms to courts

16:23 26/04/2012 Bailiffs have confiscated nearly 60,000 nuisance items such as arms and explosives from court attendants in the first three months of 2012.

Mobile operator's fine for refusal to provide data to bailiffs legal

14:44 29/02/2012 The Supreme Commercial Court has validated the bailiffs' ruling to fine Volgograd-GSM $1,720 for not providing information on debtors' phone numbers.

Bailiffs opened more criminal cases in 2011

14:24 16/02/2012 Bailiffs initiated more criminal cases in 2011 than in 2010, the Federal Bailiff Service told journalists on Thursday.

Bailiffs recovered over $12bln from debtors in 2011

13:23 16/02/2012 Court bailiffs recovered more than $12.42 billion from debtors in 2011.

Alimony cases number decreases for first time over recent years, bailiffs say

13:08 16/02/2012 The number of cases on alimony collection decreased in 2011 for the first time over the recent years.

Bailiffs Service opens exit restrictions hotline

14:05 27/12/2011 Moscow residents who have accumulated debt arrears can find out about any restrictions imposed on their exit from the country via a telephone hotline opened by the Bailiffs Service Moscow branch on New Year's Eve.

Bailiffs who barred journalists from opposition leader's case acted lawfully

16:01 26/12/2011 Court bailiffs, who did not allow journalists to attend the sentencing hearing in the case of opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov in a Moscow court, acted within the law.

Medvedev entitles bailiffs to detain debtors

12:32 07/12/2011 President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law extending the bailiffs' rights in searching for debtors. The law allows bailiffs to detain debtors escaping justice or investigation, to surrender them to the police, or to employ private detectives to search for debtors.

State Duma entitles bailiffs to detain debtors

14:26 23/11/2011 The State Duma has adopted on Wednesday in the second and final readings a law extending bailiffs' rights. The law allows bailiffs to detain debtors escaping justice or investigation, to surrender them to the police, or to employ private detectives to search for debtors.

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