Trial & Litigation

Moscow court to hear appeal against house arrest of Shaninka rector in embezzlement case

The Moscow City Court will hear a prosecutor's appeal against house arrest of the rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev in a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case on October 27.

17:55 20.10.2021

Dismissal of Navalny’s defamation lawsuit against President’s spokesman becomes final

The Moscow City Court has upheld the dismissal of defamation claims lodged by Alexey Navalny against the Russian President’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov and ITAR-TASS.

15:40 20.10.2021

YouTube blogger Yury Dud fined $1,400 for drug propaganda

Moscow's Zyuzinsky District Court on Wednesday fined prominent Russian YouTube blogger Yury Dud 100,000 rubles ($1,400) in a drug propaganda case.

13:11 20.10.2021

Cassation instance upholds seizure of $4 billion assets of ex-Promsvyazbank owner

The Moscow District Commercial Court has dismissed a cassation appeal of the financial manager of assets belonging to the former owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananyev against the seizure of property worth 282.2 billion rubles ($4 billion).

12:08 20.10.2021

Case of Rusaviainvest sanctioned by US stuck in limbo in court

Lawyers are studying the situation with the Rusaviainvest case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which for more than a year has showed no sign of progress due to the problem of accessing classified information because of the pandemic.

10:36 20.10.2021

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Russian state depository challenges sanctions in European Court of Justice

Russia’s National Settlement Depository has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg to overturn European Union sanctions imposed on it, the NSD said on Friday.

14:57 12.08.2022

Three detained over Promsvyazbank embezzlement allegations

A Moscow court ordered media technology expert Olga Arkharova, PR specialist Inna Churilova and journalist Alexandra Bayazitova to be kept in custody until October 7 over alleged extortion from Promsvyazbank.

11:35 11.08.2022

Ex-St. Petersburg lawmaker sentenced to 9 years in prison on bribery charges

Roman Koval, a former lawmaker of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, was sentenced to 9 years in prison for large-scale corruption.

15:18 11.08.2022