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Ex-senator Pugachev challenges recovery of $1.3 bln because of new evidence

Former beneficiary of International Industrial Bank (Mezhprombank) Sergey Pugachev has filed an application with the Moscow Commercial Court seeking to overturn a ruling requiring him and other bank’s top managers to pay 75.6 billion rubles (about $1.3 billion at the current exchange rate) because of new evidence.

18:06 18.07.2017

Russia ordered to pay Netherlands € 5.4 mln in Arctic Sunrise case

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that Russia must pay the Netherlands about € 5.4 million in compensation in the Arctic Sunrise ship confiscation case.

18:00 18.07.2017

ECHR communicates two protest-related cases to Russian government

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has communicated two cases being joinders of complaints submitted by Russian nationals, who at various times and in various locations of the Russian Federation took part in protest actions.

16:09 18.07.2017

Navalny, his accomplices ordered to pay $35,500 to Kirovles

Moscow’s Nikulinsky District Court on Tuesday ordered opposition politician Alexey Navalny and two other defendants in the embezzlement case to pay 2.1 million rubles (about $35,500) to the Kirovles timber company.

13:56 18.07.2017

Former Altai vice-governor, his wife sentenced for corruption

A court in the Altai Territory has passed a sentence upon former regional vice-governor Yury Denisov and his wife for taking 2.5 million rubles ($42,300) in bribes.

12:57 18.07.2017

Chelyabinsk ex-governor appeals to Supreme Court over his arrest in absentia

Mikhail Yurevich, former governor of the Chelyabinsk Region, who stands charged with taking 26 million rubles (about $440,000 at the current exchange rate) in bribes, filed an appeal against his arrest in absentia with Russia’s Supreme Court.

11:58 18.07.2017

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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