Russian Supreme Court upholds sentence of European junior wrestling champion’s killersThe Supreme Court of Russia has upheld severe prison sentence of three men convicted of killing Yury Vlasko, the two-time European junior freestyle wrestling champion.14:30 22.08.2019
Prison sentence of Crimean activist for online terrorism calls takes effectThe Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday upheld a 6-year prison sentence given to Crimean activist Yevgeny Karakashev for calls for terrorism on VKontakte social network.12:00 15.08.2019
Banks not be fined for denial to provide confidential data to FAS - Supreme CourtRussia’s legislation contains no provisions obliging banks to provide the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) with privileged banking information at the body’s substantiated requests; such refusals are not to be deemed administrative offences.14:24 29.07.2019
Ukrainian man's sentence for inciting Russian girl to terrorism upheld by Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday upheld a 6-year prison sentence of Ukraine’s national Pavel Gryb for inducing a Russian schoolgirl to commit a terrorist attack.17:19 23.07.2019
State Duma passes Supreme Court’s sponsored bill on mediation proceduresThe State Duma has adopted in the third and final reading a bill prepared by the Russian Supreme Court which is aimed at improvement of mediation procedures.15:02 17.07.2019
Prosecutors’ $50 mln claim against convicted ex-regional mayor to be heard in VladivostokThe Supreme Court of Russia on Monday dismissed a statement of venue lodged by the Prosecutor General’s Office in relation to its claim to recover over 3.2 billion rubles (about $50 million) from convicted ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev. The case will be heard in a court in Vladivostok.17:42 15.07.2019
Russian court overturns sentence quoting indictment word for wordPresidium of the Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan has overturned sentence against four men in a drug trafficking case as its text is congruent with the text of indictment.12:56 08.07.2019
Russian President changes procedure of instituting cases against judgesA bill changing the procedure of opening criminal cases against judges has become law. The relevant document signed by President Vladimir Putin has been published on the official website of legal information.16:24 03.07.2019
Deposit insurance agency loses bid to seize $108 mln assets from ex-bankersThe Supreme Court of Russia has upheld rulings of lower courts which had refused to seize assets worth 7.1 billion rubles ($108 million) from five ex-managers of Renaissance bank on the request of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA).17:23 28.06.2019
Russian MPs pass bill on procedure of instituting cases against judgesThe lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma, adopted a bill changing a procedure of opening criminal cases against judges in the third and final reading on Tuesday.16:10 25.06.2019
Courts not to apply foreign legal norms incompatible with RF legal order – Supreme CourtRussia’s courts are not to apply foreign legal standards when hearing cases complicated by foreign elements where consequences of the use thereof are incompatible with the principles of the legal order of the Russian Federation, a draft resolution of the RF Supreme Court reads on Tuesday.12:44 25.06.2019
Russian Supreme Court backs ban on cages in courtroomsThe Supreme Court of Russia supports an initiative to abolish restrictions in the form of placing suspects and defendants in cages in courtrooms, the court’s Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev told journalists on Tuesday.15:46 18.06.2019
Conference of SCO Supreme Court chairmen opens in SochiThe Fourteenth Conference of Supreme Courts’ chairmen of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) member states began its work Tuesday in Russia’s Sochi.11:45 18.06.2019
Russian Supreme Court calls for reasonable use of penalty reductionThe Supreme Court of Russia has called to reasonably apply cuts in penalties because their reduction can increase the economic attractiveness for offenders.17:40 05.06.2019
Russian detention center’s contractor appeals ruling in dispute with penitentiary serviceThe General Construction Corporation, a principal construction contractor of the detention center, known as Kresty-2, has filed an application with the Russian Supreme Court seeking reconsideration of a ruling in its dispute with the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Directorate for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region.14:03 05.06.2019
Russian Supreme Court refuses to invalidate foreign travel ban for police officersThe Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday refused to rule a feature of the Interior Ministry’s order banning police officers from free leaving abroad invalid.12:54 04.06.2019
Supreme Court upholds 15-year sentence of Moscow railway terror attack plottersThe Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday upheld sentence of two Tajik citizens, who had received 15 years in high security prison each for plotting a terrorist attack on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) railway.13:32 07.05.2019
Russian Supreme Court upholds long prison terms given to two terrorist recruitersThe Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the sentence of two men Akramzhon Abdullayev and Nematzhon Isroilov, who had received 15 and 13 years behind bars respectively for recruiting new members to Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organization banned in Russia.15:44 16.04.2019
Russian Supreme Court rejects ex-MP’s suit contesting law on insulting authorityThe Supreme Court of Russia has rejected a lawsuit filed by the former State Duma MP Dmitry Gudkov demanding to disable the law on blocking of websites containing defamatory information insulting Russia's society, state symbols and state bodies.15:57 01.04.2019
Former Russian MP challenges law protecting authority from online insults in courtEx-lawmaker of the State Duma Dmitry Gudkov has asked the Supreme Court of Russia to disable the law on blocking of websites containing defamatory information insulting Russia's society, state symbols and state bodies.15:15 29.03.2019