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Moscow court registers first suit against parliamentary election results

A Moscow court has registered the first lawsuit to cancel the State Duma election results.

18:01 12.12.2011

U.S. court holds for renowned publisher in trademark infringement suit

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has held for Entrepreneur Media Inc. (EMI) in its lawsuit against Russian citizen Oleg Nevzorov, who registered domain names that are confusingly similar to its trademarks.

17:16 12.12.2011

Tax service wins $475k lawsuit against Russian real estate magnate

A Moscow district court has held in favor of the tax service's lawsuit against businessman Shalva Chigirinsky to collect $475,000 in tax arrears.

16:58 12.12.2011

Bulgarian court hears experts over suspension of LUKOIL refinery's operation

The Sofia Administrative Court continued on Monday to consider a lawsuit concerning the suspension of a Russian oil giant's refinery operations in Bulgaria.

16:40 12.12.2011

Trade Ministry wins competition law dispute against antimonopoly watchdog

A court has held for the Industry and Trade Ministry's (Minpromtorg) lawsuit to cancel the antimonopoly service's resolution holding the ministry liable for violating the competition law.

16:10 12.12.2011

Central Bank's application for industrial bank's bankruptcy to be heard in January

A commercial court will hear on January 1 the Central Bank's application for the Moscow-based National Industrial Bank's (Natsprombank) bankruptcy.

15:39 12.12.2011

Appeal in charity fund's defamation suit against Kommersant newspaper postponed

The Moscow City Court postponed on Monday until December 22 its hearing of an appeal against a district court's decision not to recover $63,400 from the Kommersant publishing house for a charitable fund.

15:36 12.12.2011

Power industry partnership wins $3.3 mln suit against UES power producer

A court has held for a $3.3 million lawsuit filed against the Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES) to recover membership fees and interest.

15:10 12.12.2011

Jewelry trading chain owners seek to close smuggling case

The suspects in a gold smuggling case filed against a jewelry chain's managers seek to close the case as their actions are no longer seen as a criminal offense, Tatyana Nozhkina, a counsel for the chain's top manager Antonina Babosyuk.

14:39 12.12.2011

Patent authority wins dispute over trademark registration

A commercial court of appeals has upheld a lower court's decision denying trademark registration to a popular online publication.

13:34 12.12.2011

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Russia boosts sanctions against high profile citizens of Canada

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Russian President signs decree on external debt payment

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing a new temporary procedure of payment of the country’s foreign debt. The document was published on the official website of legal information.

17:20 22.06.2022

Environmental violations up in Russia by almost 3 times — Supreme Court head

The number of cases related to violations of the environmental legislation has increased in Russia by almost 3 times over the past 10 years, the Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said during the presidium meeting on Friday.

15:36 24.06.2022