Col.Budanov's murder hearing adjourned due to absence of witnessesThe attorneys of Yusup Temerkhanov accused of murdering former Colonel Yuri Budanov could not provide complete evidence in the Moscow City Court after a witness failed to appear before the court.16:09 05.02.2013
Arrest of suspect in Politkovskaya murder case found lawfulThe Moscow City Court has upheld the arrest of a former police officer accused of killing human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya.15:00 04.02.2013
Complaint over inaction in the Dubrovka terror case investigation to be reviewedThe Moscow City Court has returned for review the lower court's ruling that the dismissal of the complaint over the negligence of the authorities during the Dubrovka Theater Center hostage crisis in 2002 was illegitimate.13:26 04.02.2013
Hearing to extend suspect's arrest in Politkovskaya murder postponedThe Moscow City Court will hear on February 5 the request to extend the arrest of a former police officer Sergei Khadzhikurbanov accused of murdering journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya.15:49 01.02.2013
Moscow Region resident sentenced for double homicide in USThe Moscow City Court has sentenced Yury Solovyov to 18 years in prison on Thursday after the jury found him guilty of brutally murdering his two business partners in the United States 10 years ago.16:52 31.01.2013
Pussy Riot member denied access to trial over group's videosThe Moscow City Court has rejected on Wednesday a Pussy Riot member's appeal against the verdict to deny her access to the group's videos extremist hearings.15:10 30.01.2013
Notorious gangster sentenced to 23 years for 11 counts of murderThe Moscow City Court sentenced Marat Polyansky, a member of two infamous crime rings, to 23 years in prison, after finding him guilty of 11 counts of murder.14:43 30.01.2013
Moscow courts will continue to stream high-profile trials onlineMoscow courts will continue to stream high-profile trials online, chair of the Moscow City Court Olga Yegorova said on Tuesday at a meeting on the judges' performance last year.10:23 30.01.2013
Investigative Committee' spokesman not to testify in Col. Budanov murderThe Moscow City Court refused to summon Vladimir Markin, official spokesperson for the Russian Investigative Committee, for questioning in relation to the murder of ex-colonel Yury Budanov.13:54 28.01.2013
Moscow court orders reconsideration of Udaltsov appealMoscow City Court has ordered a lower court to reconsider an appeal filed by prominent opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov, who contests the validity of claims pending against him for allegedly having organized mass riots.17:32 23.01.2013
Detention of opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev upheldThe Moscow City Court on Monday rejected the appeal filed by opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev's attorneys against the extension of his detention.14:19 21.01.2013
MMA champ's sentence recognized as legal, comes into forceThe Criminal Board of the Moscow City Court has rejected the appeal to revert the verdict of manslaughter handed down to mixed martial arts wrestler Rasul Mirzayev in the case of the death of Moscow student Ivan Agafonov, 19.13:43 21.01.2013
Claim to obligate government to draft bill on dead defendants dismissedThe Moscow City Court has refused to hear the appeal filed by lawyer Igor Trunov on behalf of his clients, the family of Olga Aleksandrina, who died in a car accident involving the vehicle of a LUKoil vice-president, the law firm Trunov, Aivar and Partners said on its website on Monday.13:22 21.01.2013
Moscow City Court refuses to declassify Budanov murder witnessThe Moscow City Court has refused to disclose the details of a secret witness in the case of former Colonel Yuri Budanov. The suspect's attorney believes that investigators classified a number of witnesses without any real grounds.13:47 10.01.2013
Magnitsky's mother appeals former detention center official's acquittalThe mother of the late Hermitage Capital fund auditor Sergei Magnitsky has disputed the acquittal of Dmitry Kratov, former deputy head of the Butyrka pretrial detention center, accused of negligence which resulted in the death of Magnitsky, her attorney Nikolay Gorokhov told the Russian Legal Information Agency.18:50 09.01.2013
Arrest of Berezovsky's ex-trustee found lawfulThe Moscow City Court has upheld the arrest of former Federal Security Service's (FSB) officer and Boris Berezovsky's trustee Andrey Ponkin, who has been detained on suspicion of major fraud.16:01 24.12.2012
Khodorkovsky, Lebedev sentences mitigated to 11 yearsThe Presidium of the Moscow City Court reduced the sentences of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev in a hearing for their appeal for supervisory review of the sentence both are currently serving out on oil theft and money laundering charges. They will be eligible for release in 2014.14:55 20.12.2012
Victim's family to appeal MMA Champ Mirzaev's sentence on Dec. 21The Moscow City Court will consider the appeal against mixed martial artist Rasul Mirzayev's two year restricted freedom sentence on December 21.13:54 20.12.2012
Major foreign organization ceases Russian operation under NGO billThe Moscow City Court has dismissed the appeal by the Russian Justice Initiative (RJI) against the Zamoskvoretsky District Court's ruling to exclude it from the register of foreign non-profit organizations.10:33 19.12.2012
Court refuses to use lie detector in Col. Budanov murder trialThe Moscow City Court has refused to allow Yusup Temerkhanov to undergo a lie detector test in the case of former Colonel Yury Budanov's murder.17:13 17.12.2012