Trial & Litigation

Owner of Russian major industrial construction company put in detention in fraud case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday detained the founder of Rosengineering industrial construction company Dmitry Novikov as part of a large-scale fraud case.

15:08 07.10.2021

Kaspersky Lab challenges recovery of $575,000 tax arrears

Kaspersky Lab has filed a cassation appeal against a commercial court’s ruling ordering the company to pay corporate income tax in the amount of 41.6 million rubles (about $575,000 at the current exchange rate).

11:59 07.10.2021

Detention of CEO of hypersonic research institute in treason case extended until winter

Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court has extended detention of CEO and Chief Structural Engineer of the Scientific Research Institute of Hypersonic Alexander Kuranov, who stands charged with treason, until December 11.

10:49 07.10.2021

Moscow court upholds $83,000 fines imposed on Facebook

Moscow’s Tagansky District Court on Wednesday upheld administrative fines worth 6 million rubles ($83,000) imposed on Facebook social network.

18:03 06.10.2021

Investigators seek to detain partner of investigated Sberbank vice-president

Investigators on Wednesday lodged a motion seeking to place Artur Stetsenko, the common-law husband of vice-president of Russia's Sberbank Marina Rakova investigated as part of a case over large-scale embezzlement, in detention.

17:26 06.10.2021

The Insider editor-in-chief ordered to pay over $2K to Dutch journalist for libel

Moscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Wednesday ordered the editor-in-chief of The Insider (recognized in Russia as a media performing functions of a foreign agent) Roman Dobrokhotov to pay Dutch journalist Max van der Werff 156,000 rubles (over $2,000) upon the latter’s defamation lawsuit.

14:33 06.10.2021

Prosecutor seeks to restrict Doctors Alliance head’s freedom for 20 months

A prosecutor on Wednesday demanded to put Anastasia Vasilyeva, the leader of medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance, an organization recognized by the Russian Justice Ministry as a foreign agent), under restraint to 20 months in a case over breaching sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally.

13:40 06.10.2021

Appeal against ex-Inter RAO board member’s for espionage pending in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Russia will consider a cassation appeal filed by ex-board member of Inter RAO energy holding Karina Tsurkan against her long prison sentence for espionage on October 14.

12:14 06.10.2021

Wanted vice-president of Russia's Sberbank arrested on embezzlement charges

Vice-president of Russia's Sberbank Marina Rakova, who had earlier absconded the investigative authorities, was arrested as part of a case over large-scale embezzlement.

11:52 06.10.2021

Moscow court to proceed with Communist Party’s lawsuits against e-voting results

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court has set October 7 as a date for the talk on 15 lawsuits filed by the Russian Communist Party and candidates for State Duma lawmakers objecting the results of electronic voting.

10:41 06.10.2021

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Top news

Crimean Supreme Court recognizes WWII civilian massacres as genocide

The Supreme Court of Crimea has recognized the massacres of civilians committed by the Nazis on the peninsula during the Great Patriotic War as genocide.

11:24 07.07.2022

Three Russian police generals detained in abuse of authority case

Three Russian police generals, including an assistant to the Interior Minister, have been detained until September 5 on abuse of authority charges related to misappropriating a fund based in Saint Petersburg.

10:34 07.07.2022

Russian restaurateur Beloivan declared bankrupt

The Moscow Commercial Court has declared the owner of Tavern Taras Bulba restaurant chain Yury Beloivan bankrupt upon a petition filed by a Moscow inspection of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS).

13:21 06.07.2022