Russia’s Supreme Court dismisses appeal over Bashneft stock forfeitureRussia’s Supreme Court has turned down the appeal against the ruling ordering AFK Sistema to forfeit oil producer Bashneft’s stock, according to the statement posted on the court’s website on Thursday.16:28 20.11.2014
Magnitsky relatives appeal against his posthumous prosecution in Supreme CourtThe mother of Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a detention facility, appealed to the Russian Supreme Court to block the posthumous prosecution of her son, Hermitage Capital informed RAPSI on Thursday.12:07 20.11.2014
Major Ukrainian far-right groups banned as extremist in RussiaRussia's Supreme Court has ruled on Monday to blacklist Right Sector, Ukrainian People's Self-Defense, known also as UNA-UNSO, as extremist organisations and ban them from operating on the territory of the country.14:17 17.11.2014
State court rep proposes security agency to protect judgesGovernment envoy to the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court, Mikhail Barshchevsky, proposed establishing a security agency to provide protection and promote the impartiality of judges, RIA Novosti reports.16:52 12.11.2014
Russian Prosecutor General’s Office to put ISIL on terrorism listRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has filed a motion to recognize the Islamic State (aka ISIS) and the al-Nusra Front as terrorist organizations, according to the Supreme Court’s statement released on Wednesday.12:42 12.11.2014
Russian Supreme Court refuses to overturn fish import ban amid sanctionsRussian Supreme Court dismissed a claim filed by OJSC Murmansk Fish Factory seeking to overturn fish import ban which had been imposed by Russian authorities in retaliation for western sanctions, reads the statement of the court released on Tuesday.15:01 11.11.2014
Russian Supreme Court refuses to vindicate Hans PiekenbrockRussia’s Supreme Court has dismissed an application seeking vindication for Hans Piekenbrock, deputy head of Nazi Germany’s military intelligence, who was sentenced in 1952 to 25 years in prison, the court told RAPSI.11:21 11.11.2014
Supreme Court of Spain puts a lid on Catalonia referendumThe Supreme Court of Spain has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Catalonian authorities against Spain, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.17:36 06.11.2014
Vindication case of Hans Piekenbrock reaches Russia's Supreme CourtRussia’s Supreme Court will consider an application seeking vindication for Hans Piekenbrock, deputy head of Nazi Germany’s military intelligence, who was sentenced in 1952 to 25 years in prison.16:32 06.11.2014
Russian government, top courts speak against 'Rotenberg bill' - reportThe so-called 'Rotenberg bill' which introduces compensations to Russian nationals and companies whose assets are forfeited abroad has been criticized by the government, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Commercial Court.11:23 06.11.2014
Son of ousted Kyrgyz president given life sentence for embezzling $63 millionThe son of the former president of Kyrgyzstan, Maxim Bakiyev, has been given a life sentence in absentia for embezzling $63 million from the shareholders of AsiaUniversalBank (AUB), the Supreme Court’s press service announced on Thursday.18:02 23.10.2014
Moscow Helsinki Group warns against Memorial organisation shutdownLudmila Alexeeva, a founding member of the Moscow Helsinki Group and well-known human rights activist, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday that closing the human rights organization Memorial at the request of the Justice Ministry would jolt the world.12:06 22.10.2014
Russia considers introducing mediation procedure for commercial disputesRussia’s Supreme Court has proposed amendments to the Commercial Procedure Code and Tax Code introducing mediation.12:11 21.10.2014
Supreme Court declines to review Moscow riots activist’s sentenceRussia’s Supreme Court has refused to review the sentence of opposition activist Stepan Zimin who got 42 months in prison for participation in Moscow's 2012 Bolotnaya riots, his attorney Sergei Panchenko told RAPSI.14:40 03.10.2014
Communist lawmaker loses immunity over embezzlement chargesThe Supreme Court on Thursday ruled to strip a lawmaker from the Communist Party of Russian Federation, Nikolay Parshin of his parliamentary immunity, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.17:26 02.10.2014
Indian court revokes coal licenses issued since 1993India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday revoked 214 of the 218 coal licenses issued to various private companies since 1993, India Today writes.10:08 25.09.2014
Russia’s Supreme Court upholds adoption ban for people with HIVRussia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit which had been filed by a Muscovite seeking to lift a ban on the adoption of Russian children by people with HIV.12:58 23.09.2014
Russian Customs service to reimburse $86 million to RosneftThe Supreme Court has dismissed the Federal Customs Service’s appeal against the lower courts’ ruling obliging the service to reimburse 3.2 billion rubles ($86.1 million) in excessive customs duties paid by Rosneft’s RN Holding, RIA Novosti learned in court on Thursday.14:47 11.09.2014
Murmansk Fish Factory sues Russian authorities over fish imports banOJSC Murmansk Fish Factory has filed a claim with Russia’s Supreme Court over a ban on food imports from the EU, US and a number of other Western countries.17:38 08.09.2014
Russia’s Supreme Court upholds sentence in Gutenberg Bible theft caseMilitary panel of Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld on Thursday the sentence against three former officers of Federal Security Service (FSB) over the theft of a rare 15th-century Bible from the Moscow State University.17:34 04.09.2014