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Russian Supreme Court upholds recovery of $85 mln from Transaero in favor of Aeroflot

The Supreme Court of Russia has refused to reconsider the lower courts’ rulings ordering Transaero to pay 5.3 billion rubles ($85 million) to another Russian airline Aeroflot.

18:42 26.10.2016

Top Russian polling NGO fined over failure to comply with foreign agent law

The Moscow Tverskoy District Court had fined the Levada Center NGO 300,000 rubles (about $5,000) over its failure to comply with the “foreign agent” law.

17:43 26.10.2016

Rusal demands compensations from Ukraine in international arbitration

Subsidiaries of Russian aluminum giant Rusal filed a claim with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, demanding Ukraine to compensate the company for the investments into the Zaporozhsky Aluminium Plant.

15:56 26.10.2016

Appeal against LinkedIn blocking in Russia set for November 10

The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal against blocking of business and employment-oriented social networking service LinkedIn on November 10.

13:54 26.10.2016

Sentence upheld for engineer involved in Vostochny Cosmodrome embezzlement

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the sentence given to Sergei Ostrovsky, ex-Chief Engineer of State Design Institute for Special Construction, for embezzling over 14.5 million rubles ($233,700) allocated for the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East.

11:34 26.10.2016

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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