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Human rights group Memorial's appeal against $5,000 fine set for March 10

The Moscow City Court will consider on March 10 an appeal against a 300,000-ruble fine (nearly $5,000) imposed on human rights organization Memorial, which was earlier declared “foreign agent”.

17:52 23.01.2017

WADA informant Rodchenkov’s property seized again

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has again ordered the seizure of a double-stored house owned by Moscow's anti-doping laboratory’s ex-head Gregory Rodchenkov, who is involved in a criminal case over abuse of office.

16:10 23.01.2017

Dispute between boxing stars Wilder and Povetkin set for February 6

Hearings in a court battle between professional boxing stars Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin will begin on February 6 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

15:32 23.01.2017

Foreign insurer appeals against ruling on Superjet crash in Indonesia

QBE Corporate has filed an appeal against court’s refusal to collect over $4 million from Kapital Strakhovaniye Company in favor of six foreign insurers in connection with the 2012 Sukhoi Superjet-100 crash in Indonesia that left 45 dead.

13:41 23.01.2017

Judicial inquiry into embezzlement case against Aeroflot’s manager to be resumed

The Savelovsky District Court has ruled to resume judicial inquiry into embezzlement case at Aeroflot against former first deputy director of Aeroflot, Nikolay Glushkov.

12:50 23.01.2017

Russian judge suspected of taking $168,000 in bribes

Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has launched a criminal case against Judge of the Leninsky District Court in the city of Stavropol Inna Popova on suspicion of taking a 10 million-ruble bribe (about $168,000).

11:45 23.01.2017

Probe opened into Russian nationals allegedly associated with Ukrainian nationalists

The Russian Investigative Committee has opened criminal cases against five Russian nationals on suspicion of their association with Right Sector, a far-right Ukrainian nationalist group banned in Russia.

10:48 23.01.2017

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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