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

Over 400,000 materials with prohibited content removed since January by Russian regulator

In the period from January through September this year, more than 427,000 materials with prohibited content were blocked on the Internet.

16:51 19.10.2021

Police report decrease in street crime rate in Russia

The total number of crimes committed in public areas downed by 5.4% in Russia as of the first nine months of 2021.

16:05 19.10.2021

Prosecutors insist on detention of higher institution rector involved in embezzlement case

The Moscow Prosecutor’s Office filed an appeal seeking to overturn a court ruling dismissing a detention plea and ordering the rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev to be put under house arrest in a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case.

13:01 19.10.2021

Russian court bans Men’s State organization

The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court has granted a prosecutors’ claim to prohibit the activities of Men’s State non-governmental organization throughout Russia.

10:28 19.10.2021

Preferential calculation of pretrial detention terms applies only to detained persons

The preferential rules for counting the time spent in a pretrial detention centers do not apply to those sentenced to imprisonment in general regime colonies or colony-settlements, if they are transferred to pretrial detention centers in connection with some other criminal case and are not taken into custody.

17:41 18.10.2021

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