Trial & Litigation

Investigators move to dismiss extension of house arrest in case against RANEPA rector

The Moscow Tverskoy District Court will not consider a motion of investigators to extend the house arrest of the Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) Vladimir Mau, since the preventive measure has been earlier changed to a written undertaking not to leave.

15:37 03.08.2022

Russian Supreme Court to set venue in ex-Culture official case over Hermitage embezzlement

Russia’s Supreme Court is to rule on the proper venue in the case of fraudulent embezzlement of more than 900 million rubles (about $14.8 million) allocated for the reconstruction of the Hermitage Museum against ex-official of the Culture Ministry Boris Mazo.

12:25 03.08.2022

Russian member of far-right Ukrainian battalion gets 9 years in absentia

The Moscow Basmanny District Court on Tuesday sentenced Russian citizen Anton Korolev in absentia to 9 years in jail for taking part in the armed conflict in Ukraine as a member of the ultra-nationalist Ukrainian battalion Azov.

17:14 02.08.2022

Russian court designates ultra-nationalist Ukrainian battalion as terrorist organisation

Russia's Supreme Court has granted a move of the Prosecutor General's Office to designate ultra-nationalist Ukrainian Azov battalion, whose symbol resembles a black swastika on a yellow background, as a terrorist organisation.

13:47 02.08.2022

Moscow court upholds jail term for opposition activist Sobol

The Moscow City Court upheld the change of the sentence for opposition figure Lyubov Sobol from community service to imprisonment.

11:06 02.08.2022

Ex-Transaero owners’ move to lift seizure of property worth $4 billion dismissed

Russia's Supreme Court has dismissed the complaints of former owners and top managers of Transaero air carrier challenging the seizure of their property worth 245 billion rubles (about $4 billion at the current exchange rate), according to the court ruling.

16:51 01.08.2022

Russian BKF bank CEO asks court to put end to massive slanderous campaign in Telegram

CEO of BKF bank, Olga Mirimskaya, has filed a complaint with a Moscow district court challenging inaction of Russia’s Investigative Committee as concerns the authority’s refusal to investigate an alleged fact of a massive slander campaign on a Telegram channel.

11:16 01.08.2022

Massacres in Russia’s Bryansk region during WWII recognized as genocide by court

The Bryansk regional court has recognized as genocide the mass murders of civilians and prisoners of war committed in the region by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War.

14:21 28.07.2022

Russian court fines WhatsApp $300k for repeated data storage breach

A magistrate judge in Moscow on Thursday fined WhatsApp LLC 18 million rubles (about $300,000) for repeated refusal to localize Russian users’ personal data in the Russian Federation.

12:39 28.07.2022

Russian antimonopoly watchdog fines Google $34 mln for breaching competition rules

Russia's competition watchdog fined Youtube’s owner Google 2 billion roubles (about $34 million) on Tuesday for the lack of transparency, predictability and objectivity in the video sharing platform’s user and content moderation policies.

17:40 26.07.2022

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Moscow court keeps ex-deputy of minister for emergencies in detention

The Moscow City Court upheld the detention of Andrey Gurovich, former deputy of minister for emergencies, who stands charged with abuse of power.

16:45 09.08.2022

Ex-Russian TV journalist fined for discrediting Russian army

Former Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova was fined 40,000 rubles (about $650 at the current exchange rate) after being found guilty of discrediting the country's armed forces in social media post.

16:15 08.08.2022

Vneshprombank ex-managers appeal against court decision over their liability

Former top managers of Vneshprombank have appealed against a court decision bringing them to subsidiary liability for the obligations of the bank.

12:32 09.08.2022