Trial & Litigation

Ex-Defense Ministry’s auditor charged with bribery to stay detained for two more months

Moscow’s Savelovsky District Court on Friday extended detention of ex-Director of the Russian Defense Ministry’s state contract audit department Maxim Kuksin, who stands charged with taking bribes.

17:39 08.02.2019

Ex-regional penitentiary official put under house arrest on allegations of bribery, fraud

A former chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Lipetsk Directorate has been placed under house arrest on allegations of bribery and insurance fraud.

16:59 08.02.2019

Russian businessman charged with $9 mln land plot fraud extradited from Italy

Russian businessman Ilya Sherman charged with land plot fraud estimated at about 570 million rubles (about $9 million) was extradited from Italy on Wednesday.

15:04 08.02.2019

Ex-Russian Railways chief settles defamation dispute with Novaya Gazeta

Ex-chief of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin has come to an amicable agreement with Russia’s Novaya Gazeta in a defamation dispute.

13:01 08.02.2019

Commercial court refuses to seize $200 mln assets belonging to M Bank ex-managers

The Moscow District Commercial Court has upheld a lower court’s refusal to seize assets of ex-board chair of Mosstroyeconombank (M Bank) Victoria Fialko worth 12.7 billion rubles ($192.5 million) and $6 million, and other nine ex-managers of the financial organization.

12:41 08.02.2019

Summa subsidiary’s $260 mln claim against Magomedov brothers set for March 25

The Moscow Commercial Court has set March 25 as a date for hearing a claim filed by a temporary manager of Summa Group’s subsidiary GlobalElectroService seeking to recover 17.1 billion rubles (about $260 million) from the Group owner Ziyavudin Magomedov, his brother Magomed and 14 other defendants.

10:35 08.02.2019

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

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Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

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