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Street fighting suspect's arrest extended

The Moscow's Presnensky District Court has extended until November 5 the arrest of Dikham Rizvanov, who has been accused of taking part in a fighting in the central Moscow near the Evropeisky Shopping Mall.

17:58 03.08.2012

Witness refuses to testify in Pussy Riot trial due to alleged threats

Motilda Ivashchenko refused to testify as a witness in the Pussy Riot female punk band case in Moscow's Khamovnichesky District Court due to threats from the defendants' supporters and the LGBT movement, she said, adding that she will be killed if she testifies.

17:34 03.08.2012

Ex-presidential candidate loses lawsuit to reverse election results

A court in Moscow Region has rejected former presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov's lawsuit to reverse the election results due to alleged local election commission violations.

17:22 03.08.2012

Palace construction lawsuit against Moscow authorities adjourned

17:02 03.08.2012

Alleged hacking of lawyers' Internet accounts to be probed

The Lipetsk Regional Investigative Department will look into the alleged hacking of the e-mail, Skype and Facebook accounts of three defense attorneys, the Agora human rights association told the Russian Legal Information Agency on Friday.

16:04 03.08.2012

Navalny plans to prove Kirovles case is a set up

Famed activist and whistleblower Alexei Navalny is determined to request financial records from the investigators, which he says will prove that he has been set up in the Kirovles case.

15:47 03.08.2012

National Reserve Bank challenges Central Bank audit process

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed until September 18 its hearing of the National Reserve Banks (NRB) complaint challenging the Central Banks audit report on the NRB.

15:20 03.08.2012

Former YUKOS shareholder's case to be heard in absentia on August 10

Еhe Simonovsky District Court in Moscow will hear on August 10 the case against former YUKOS shareholder Leonid Nevzlin.

14:58 03.08.2012

Journalist deprived of Olympic accreditation to return to London

Journalist Andrey Mitkov may return to London on August 6 after his accreditation was revoked by the International Olympic Committee. Mitkov was arrested by the police after an alleged conflict with a pregnant female volunteer.

14:26 03.08.2012

$155 mln debt claim against PiN Telecom to be heard in September

In September, the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Commercial Court will hear creditors' requests to enter claims totaling over 5 billion rubles ($155 million) into the PiN Telecom schedule of creditors.

13:42 03.08.2012

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025