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Court to hear renowned whistleblower's lawsuit against Rosneft on January 13

A commercial court adjourned until January 11 the hearing into the lawsuit by Rosneft's minority shareholder Alexei Navalny to provide him the minutes of the 2009 board meeting of Rosneft, a state-owned oil giant.

17:30 29.12.2011

Ukrainian Justice minister cannot say when Tymoshenko to be moved to prison

Minister of Justice of Ukraine Alexander Lavrinovich said it is hard to say now when former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will be moved to prison from the pre-trial detention center.

16:38 29.12.2011

Lawsuit against HPP on holding environmental assessment suspended

A court on Thursday upheld an application by the prosecutor to call an independent expert on hydro-technical facilities, and suspended the hearing into the lawsuit by the prosecutor's office against Boguchanskaya Hydro Power Plant.

15:48 29.12.2011

Court orders transfer of major shipyard's shares to Central Bank

A court has upheld the Central Bank's lawsuit to levy execution on the shares in a major shipyard pledged as a security for Mezhprombank's loans.

15:00 29.12.2011

Patent watchdog to end protection of Olympic brand registered for Spanish firm

The board of the Chamber for Patent Disputes upheld the application by the International Olympic Committee to prematurely end the legal protection of the "Olympic" trademark registered in favor of a Spanish firm.

14:00 29.12.2011

Troika Dialog's appeal in $4.8 mln dispute with pension fund to be heard on Feb.2

A court will hear on February 2 an appeal filed by Troika Dialog, one of Russia's top investment companies, against a courts decision to recover from it $4.8 million in favor of a non-governmental pension fund.

13:20 29.12.2011

Court to try captain for illegal crab catch worth $8.35 million

The case of the Novikovo trawler's captain, accused of illegally selling blue crabs in the Sea of Okhotsk and inflicting an over $8.35 million damage to the state, was submitted to court with an approved indictment.

12:48 29.12.2011

Supreme Commercial Court refuses to review Moscow hotel sale dispute

The Supreme Commercial Court dismissed a petition filed by the state property management agency (Rosimushchestvo) to reconsider the dismissal of its lawsuit against the sale of historical Hotel Sovietsky in Moscow.

12:26 29.12.2011

Appeal in $317.41 mln lawsuit against Gazprom to be heard on February 2

A commercial court will hear on February 2 a cassation appeal filed by Rosgazifikatsiya against the dismissal of the $317.41 million lawsuit against Gazprom and its registrar SR-DRAGA.

11:48 29.12.2011

Appeal in Swiss watchmaker's trademark infringement suit postponed

An appellate court has postponed until January 23 its hearing of an appeal against court judgment over a lawsuit by Swiss watchmaker Rado Uhren AG to prohibit Holmrook Limited from using its trademarks in the domain names.

11:18 29.12.2011

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Russia boosts sanctions against high profile citizens of Canada

Russian authorities have banned 43 more high-ranking Canadian citizens from entering the country.

16:51 27.06.2022

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