Trial & Litigation

Facebook next to Twitter fined for storing data of Russian users abroad

A Moscow magistrate court on Friday ordered Facebook company to pay 3,000 rubles (about $50) for keeping data of Russian users abroad. In early April, the court fined Twitter for it.

17:29 12.04.2019

Russian lowcoster Pobeda ordered to resume weapon transportation

Moscow’s Sherbinsky District Court on Friday granted a lawsuit lodged by the Moscow transregional transport prosecutor's office and ordered Pobeda airline to resume weapon carriage.

16:39 12.04.2019

Probe into ex-Moscow Region Finance Minister charged with stealing $220 mln completed

Investigation into ex-Finance Minister of the Moscow Region Alexey Kuznetsov charged with embezzling over 14 billion rubles (about $220 million at the current exchange rate) has been completed.

15:27 12.04.2019

Convict in notorious Tatarstan police torture case seeks parole

Ex-police officer Ramil Akhmetzyanov convicted of torturing a detainee to death at a Dalny police station in Tatarstan in 2012 has filed a petition for parole.

14:29 12.04.2019

Repeated examination may be conducted in Serebrennikov embezzlement case

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court will deal with a matter of commissioning a repeated comprehensive expert examination as part of the embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov on April 15.

13:49 12.04.2019

Seven defendants in Kemerovo mall fire case go on trial

A criminal case over the tragic fire in Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) mall in Russia’s city of Kemerovo that left 60 people dead has been forwarded to court for hearing.

12:41 12.04.2019

Otkritie Bank’s $600k claim against ex-top manager dismissed

The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Financial Corporation Otkritie demanding to collect 40 million rubles (over $600,000) from the bank’s former top manager Constantine Chigirev.

11:59 12.04.2019

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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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