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Moscow court does not have request for imprisonment of Navalny

Moscow's Simonovsky District Court has not received an official request from Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service seeking to change suspended sentence for Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny to imprisonment.

19:27 11.07.2017

Russian Interior Ministry’s ex-officer gets 3 years in prison for abuse of power

The Moscow City Court has given a 3-year prison sentence to Gennady Sobolev, ex-officer of the Interior Ministry's Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department, for abuse of authority.

18:05 11.07.2017

Russian court bans websites selling Red Book animals

A court in the city of Tyumen has banned 19 Internet pages selling rare species of animals listed in the Red Book.

17:22 11.07.2017

Siemens files lawsuits in Russia over alleged supply of its turbines to Crimea

Prominent German conglomerate Siemens has filed lawsuits in Moscow against Russian Technopromexport, a subsidiary of state corporation Rostec.

16:25 11.07.2017

National Guard proposes weapon possession ban for citizens convicted of grave crimes

Russian National Guard has proposed to deny the right to own weapons for people previously convicted of grave or especially grave crimes or those responsible for crimes committed in state of intoxication.

13:56 11.07.2017

Defendant in $51 mln cash withdrawal case gets 2.5 years in prison

The Shcherbinsky District Court in Moscow has sentenced Artur Kovalenko, a defendant in the case over illegal cashing in of 3.1 billion rubles ($51 million), to 2.5 years in prison.

11:58 11.07.2017

Russian court to commence hearings in bribery case against FSB ex-officers on July 17

The Moscow District Military Court will hold preliminary hearings in criminal case against former and acting officers of Federal Security Service (FSB), charged with taking a 5-million-ruble bribe (about $88,100), on July 17.

10:55 11.07.2017

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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