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Mobile app developer seeks ban on Instagram in Russia

Taximeta company, a mobile application developer, has filed a lawsuit with a Moscow court seeking to oblige Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor to ban Instagram as a service damaging the users’ mental health.

15:18 19.05.2017

St. Petersburg court extends detention of Russian priest charged with pedophilia

The St. Petersburg City Court has extended detention of Russian priest Gleb Grozovsky, who stands charged with sexual abuse of children, until June 14.

13:38 19.05.2017

RusHydro ex-head, chief accountant to stay under house arrest till June 22

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has extended the house arrest of Yevgeny Dod, ex-head of hydroelectric power giant RusHydro, and Dmitry Finkel, the company’s ex-chief accountant, in a 73-million-ruble ($1.2 million) embezzlement case.

11:59 19.05.2017

Russian Supreme Court upholds ruling in dispute between Russian man and U.S. firm

The Supreme Court of Russia has dismissed an appeal filed by Russian entrepreneur Alexey Zaytsev seeking to reverse court rulings prohibiting him from using domain name saucony.ru and ordering him to pay 300,000 rubles ($4,700) compensation to Saucony Inc.

10:45 19.05.2017

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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