Trial & Litigation

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

Student charged in Perm university shooting case faces trial

Prosecutors have approved indictment against Timur Bekmansurov, who stands charged with shooting in the Perm State University that led to the death of 6 people last autumn, and sent the case to court for hearing.

16:18 26.07.2022

DPR Supreme Court to hear case against commander of Ukrainian neo-Nazi group

Alexander Kravtsov, the commander of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi group SS Bears will stand trial in the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

13:32 26.07.2022

Massacres in Russia’s Krasnodar region during WWII qualified as genocide by court

The Krasnodar Krai Court has held that the crimes committed by the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War on the territory of the region are to be recognized as genocide.

12:48 26.07.2022

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Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violations

A Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.

17:20 17.01.2023

Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

Russia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.

15:29 13.01.2023

Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022