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State Duma approves blacklist of officials fired for corruption

The State Duma adopted in the second reading on Wednesday a bill on creating a nationwide list of officials, who had been dismissed because of loss of trust over corruption allegations.

18:02 24.05.2017

Russian court sentences participant of unauthorized rally to 1.5 years in penal colony

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has sentenced a participant of an unauthorized March 26 rally in Moscow, Alexander Shpakov, to 1.5 years in a penal colony for violence against representative of authority.

17:05 24.05.2017

Ex-regional governor arrested in absentia on corruption charges

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court issued an arrest warrant for ex-governor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region Mikhail Yurevich, who stands charged with taking 26 million rubles ($460,300 at the current exchange rate) in bribes, in absentia.

16:37 24.05.2017

Lawyers do not rule out defamation lawsuit in relation to “Prevezon case”

Natalya Veselnitskaya, the managing partner of Camerton Consulting law firm, does not rule out possibility of filing a defamation lawsuit against Hermitage Capital Management CEO William Browder and a number of mass media outlets in relation to the so-called “Prevezon case”.

16:08 24.05.2017

Prosecutor asks court to sentence participant of rally to 2 years in penal colony

A prosecutor has asked the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow to sentence a participant of an unauthorized March 26 rally in Moscow, Alexander Shpakov, charged with violence against representative of authority, to two years in a penal colony.

14:00 24.05.2017

Russian businessman detained on charges of causing $16 mln damage to managing company

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court has ordered the detention of ex-owner of Russia’s fieldstone manufacturer Pavlovskgranit, Sergey Poymanov, who stands charged with abuse of office resulted in inflicting a 930 million ruble damage ($16.5 million) to a managing company.

13:22 24.05.2017

Russian business ombudsman proposes to expand powers of prosecutors and Supreme Court

The Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Boris Titov has proposed, among other measures, to expand powers of the Supreme Court and prosecutors in criminal cases.

12:58 24.05.2017

Rosneft raises damage claim against AFK Sistema to $3 billion

Russia’s oil giant Rosneft has increased its damage claim in a lawsuit against AFK Sistema holding company from 106.6 billion ($1.9 billion) to 170.6 billion rubles ($3 billion at the current exchange rate).

11:19 24.05.2017

Ex-head of stage company suspected of embezzling funds allocated for art

Russian investigators have arrested former head of the Seventh Studio stage company Yury Itin and ex-chief accountant Nina Maslyayeva on suspicion of embezzling about 200 million rubles (about $3.5 million) allocated for promotion of art.

10:50 24.05.2017

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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