More cassation appeals granted in 2020 than year before – Chair of Russian Supreme CourtCassation courts of general jurisdiction examined over 255,000 appeals across all categories of cases in 2020, Chairman of Russia’s Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev stated on Tuesday.15:47 29.12.2020
Ex-head of troubled Russian refinery denied vacation of bankruptcy rulingThe Supreme Court of Russia has refused to overturn a ruling declaring board chairman of New Stream oil and gas company and former co-owner of troubled Antipinsky refinery Dmitry Mazurov charged with 4 billion-ruble embezzlement (about $55 million at the current exchange rate) insolvent.12:16 28.12.2020
Navalny’s foundation turns to Supreme Court over $1.4 mln ruling in food supply disputeA foundation established by Alexey Navalny, the blogger himself and his associate Lyubov Sobol have challenged in the Supreme Court an 88 million-ruble ($1.4 million) against them in a dispute with a school catering company.12:58 17.12.2020
Chair of Russian Supreme Court awarded Distinguished Service OrderPresident Vladimir Putin has awarded the Distinguished Service Order to Chairman of Russia’s Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev.10:58 14.12.2020
Russian courts granted 88% of pension rights defense claims in 2020 - officialRussian courts granted 88% of claims for protection of pension rights in the last 11 months of 2020, Chairman of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev announced Tuesday.13:17 08.12.2020
Supreme Court upholds non-recognition of CAS decision to recover €350,000 from FC DynamoRussia’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling to refuse recognition and enforcement of a decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which had earlier said that €350,000 were to be recovered from FC Dynamo Moscow in favor of English Lucid Sports Group Ltd in relation to the preparation of transfer of Ghanaian footballer Abdul Aziz Tetteh.14:14 04.12.2020
Commonwealth of Independent States to institute Council of Supreme Courts ChairsA new body, the Council of Supreme (Higher) Courts Chairs is to be instituted in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).17:41 25.11.2020
Appeal of TOAZ beneficiary to Prosecutor General as admittance of exhaustion of argumentsSergey 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
Foreign investors won 88% of cases in Russian courts in 2020 – Supreme Court’s ChairThe number of cases won by foreign investors in Russian courts reached 88% in nine months of 2020, according to the Supreme Court’s Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev.15:15 13.11.2020
Russian courts grant 98% of employees’ claims in labour payment disputesRussia’s courts granted 98% of employees’ claims in disputes over labour payments, Chair of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev said during a Chinese Forum on International Cooperation on Friday.14:43 13.11.2020
U.S. investor Calvey, others involved in $40 mln embezzlement case freed from house arrestThe Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday changed a restrictive measure of Baring Vostok investment company's founder Michael Calvey and other defendants in a 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement case from house arrest to restraining order.18:09 12.11.2020
Russia's Cabinet backs Supreme Court initiative on perpetual tenure for justices of peaceA Governmental Commission has backed a bill developed by Russia’s Supreme Court, which envisages that the terms in office of justices of the peace should be indefinite; currently, a package of these amendments is being readied for the second reading in the State Duma.11:59 05.11.2020
Number of detainees and inmates cut in half in 20 years – Chair of Russian Supreme CourtThe number of people held in Russia’s penitentiary facilities has reduced more than twofold in the past 20 years, according to Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Lebedev.13:09 30.10.2020
Russian Supreme Court upholds bankruptcy of ex-head of PromsvyazbankThe Supreme Court of Russia has dismissed an appeal of ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananyev against a ruling declaring him insolvent.10:58 29.10.2020
Conference of SCO Supreme Court Chairmen to be held in MoscowThe Fifteenth Conference of Supreme Courts’ Chairmen of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) member states will be held in Moscow through videolink on October 30.15:58 28.10.2020
Russian Supreme Court upholds acquittal of ex- confectionary owner in murder caseThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on Tuesday upheld acquittal of ex-owner of Moscow’s confectionary Menshevik Ilya Averyanov of murder.14:53 20.10.2020
Russian Justice Ministry proposes signing of Convention on Recognition of Foreign JudgmentsRussia’s Justice Ministry has asked the Government to pass a recommendation to sign the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters.11:44 20.10.2020
Russian Supreme Court to submit new criminal misdemeanor bill to lower house of parliamentThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation plans to bring a new bill on criminal misdemeanor before the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.12:11 09.10.2020
Supreme Court upholds revocation of authority of ex-deputy head of Moscow Commercial CourtThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by ex-Deputy Chairperson of the Moscow Commercial Court Olga Aleksandrova against termination of her powers.16:00 01.10.2020
Supreme Court’s Presidium upholds of life sentence of ex-senator IzmestyevThe Presidium of Russia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to overturn life sentence of ex-senator for Russia’s Bashkortostan Igor Izmestyev for organizing terror attacks and murders basing on a ruling of the European Court of Human Righs (ECHR).15:15 30.09.2020