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Pussy Riot’s Alyokhina to stay in penal colony despite plea to care for young child

A court in Berezniki in the Urals has rejected imprisoned Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina's request to defer her punishment, RIA Novosti reports on Wednesday.

18:37 16.01.2013

Moscow shopping center bomber's case to be reconsidered

The Supreme Court's Judicial Panel for Criminal Affairs has submitted for review the case against a student who was earlier sentenced to six years in prison for organizing a blast on Manezh Square in Moscow in 2007.

17:08 16.01.2013

Lithuania asks Sweden to investigate teddy bear case

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office decided to ask the Swedish authorities to continue the criminal investigation into the Swedish plane that illegally crossed the border and dropped teddy bears over Belarus.

16:30 16.01.2013

Money laundering claim against Khodorkovsky overstated

The Khamovniki District Court overstated in its ruling the money laundering claim against former YUKOS CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev, the Moscow City Court's presidium has ruled on Wednesday.

15:33 16.01.2013

Nike recovers domain in trademark dispute

The Moscow Commercial Court has ruled on January 15 to transfer the nike.ru domain name from businessman Stanislav Drugalyov to Nike's Russian office.

14:55 16.01.2013

MTS Uzbekistan subsidiary files for bankruptcy

Uzdunrobita, a subsidiary of Russias mobile operator MTS in Uzbekistan, has filed for bankruptcy with a commercial court in Tashkent, citing inability to pay its financial liabilities.

14:06 16.01.2013

Russian antimonopoly agency's complaint against air transport agency rejected

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has dismissed the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) complaint disputing the nullification of its ruling that the Federal Air Transport Agency hindered competition in the international flight market by prohibiting the airline Transaero from flying to Italy.

13:05 16.01.2013

Defense Ministry official arrested in embezzlement probe

The Khamovnichesky District Court in Moscow has confirmed that Nikolai Ryabykh, a high-ranking Defense Ministry official, has been arrested for his involvement in the recently infamous Oboronservice defense holding case.

11:55 16.01.2013

Russian man loses pseudo Google domain name

The US National Arbitration Forum (NAF) has ruled that the google-play-market.com domain shall be transferred from Russian national Gennady Bystrykh to Google.

11:38 16.01.2013

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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