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Gazprom seeks to abolish Transgas RWE ruling

Gazprom Export has filed an appeal with the International Arbitration Center of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber to abolish the recent ruling in its dispute with RWE Transgas, the Czech subsidiary of the German RWE.

17:58 18.01.2013

Weblink appeals ban on use of Google-esque domain names

Weblink has appealed a recent judgment banning the company from using domain names googl.ru and gugl.ru.

16:36 18.01.2013

Arrest of former official in defense holding fraud extended

The Khamovnichesky District Court in Moscow on Friday extended the house arrest of former Defense Ministry Property Department head Yevgenia Vasilyeva.

15:54 18.01.2013

Nissan challenges Russian company's rights to Infinity trademark

Nissan has asked the Moscow Commercial Court to preliminarily enjoin a Russian computer company's from using the CLR INFINITY trademark.

15:25 18.01.2013

Navalny faces 10 years behind bars on embezzlement charges

Opposition blogger Alexei Navalny has been officially charged under the Kirovles case and faces 10 years behind bars.

14:55 18.01.2013

Mel Gibson's ex-wife sues her own lawyers over raw divorce deal

Oksana Grigorieva plans to sue the lawyers that represented her interests in negotiating her divorce from actor Mel Gibson, alleging that the attorneys gave her an irredeemably raw deal.

14:25 18.01.2013

Opposition activist implicated in coup faces new charges

Opposition figure Leonid Razvozzhayev is facing charges of making a knowingly false denunciation, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin has told RIA Novosti, referring to Razvozzhayev's claims that he was tortured by an investigator.

13:57 18.01.2013

Man who filmed torture in a Georgian prison arrested

Vladimir Bedukadze, a former warden who filmed incidents of torture in the Gldani Prison in Georgia, was arrested in Tbilisi International Airport.

13:44 18.01.2013

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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