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Russian oligarch accused of forcing sailors overboard to be interrogated alone

A Cambodian court will summon Russian citizens Konstantin Baglay and Alexander Karachinsky for interrogation on January 29 separately from oligarch Sergei Polonsky, Sergei Vladi, his former partner in foreign projects, told RIA Novosti.

17:53 23.01.2013

Moscow court orders reconsideration of Udaltsov appeal

Moscow City Court has ordered a lower court to reconsider an appeal filed by prominent opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov, who contests the validity of claims pending against him for allegedly having organized mass riots.

17:32 23.01.2013

Supreme Court upholds sentence of attempted Red Square bomber

The Supreme Court's Judicial Panel for Criminal Affairs has upheld the prison sentence of Ilyas Saidov on Wednesday, who was convicted of planning an explosion on Moscow's Red Square.

16:33 23.01.2013

Russia may sue US Chassids for failure to return religious texts

Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, proposed initiating proceedings against select members of America's Chassidic Jewish community who allegedly failed to return some books that were borrowed from the Yitzchok Schneerson collection.

15:15 23.01.2013

Moscow rioter loses appeal of 4.5 year sentence

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld 4.5 year prison sentence handed down to Maxim Luzyanin for taking part in the May 6 riots on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square.

14:57 23.01.2013

Proceedings to mitigate Platon Lebedev's sentence ceased

The Velsk District Court of the Arkhangelsk Region on Wednesday dismissed former Menatep head and partner of Mikahil Khodorkovsky Platon Lebedev's appeal of his sentence during its third review.

13:06 23.01.2013

Bailiffs to send Russians millions of text message reminders about debts

Court bailiffs plan to send over 8 million text messages to remind Russians of their debts in 2013, head of the Federal Bailiff Service Artur Parfyonchikov said on Wednesday.

12:43 23.01.2013

ECHR orders Russia to pay 18,500 to family of kidnapped Chechen

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia must pay 18,500 to the family of Tamerlan Suleimanov, who was kidnapped in Chechnya in 2011, reads the court statement on its website.

12:17 23.01.2013

Lithuania upholds conviction of Socialist for denying Soviet aggression

The Lithuanian Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's conviction of Lituanian Socialist People's Front party leader Algirdas Paleckis for having denied the fact of "Soviet aggression against Lithuania and its people." Paleckis was the first person in Lithuanian history to be charged with denying Soviet aggression, a crime stipulated in the Criminal Code.

11:03 23.01.2013

Russian children adopted by Americans before January 1 will go to the US

Russian children whose adoptions were approved by the courts before January 1, 2013, must go to their adoptive parents in the United States, as ruled by the Russian Supreme Court.

10:09 23.01.2013

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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