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Rosneft and Bashneft file $2.2 billion lawsuit against AFK Sistema

Russian oil corporations Rosneft and Bashneft have filed a lawsuit with the Bashkortostan Republic’s Commercial Court seeking to recover 131.6 billion rubles (about $2.2 billion) of damages from AFK Sistema and Sistema-Invest.

17:05 07.12.2017

Russian Authors’ Society ex-head to be released on parole

The Ryazan Regional Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling to grant parole for Sergey Fedotov, former Director General of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO), who had been sentenced for 1.5 years in prison for large scale fraud.

16:31 07.12.2017

Participant of unauthorized March 26 rally sentenced to 1.5 years in prison

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Thursday sentenced a participant of the unauthorized March 26 rally in Moscow, Dmitry Krepkin, to 1.5 years in prison for assaulting a police officer.

13:40 07.12.2017

Moscow court to announce sentence for Ulyukayev on December 15

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow will announce sentence for Russia’s ex- economy minister Alexey Ulyukayev, charged with bribery, on December 15.

12:25 07.12.2017

U.S. court dismisses Deripaska’s appeal in libel lawsuit against Associated Press

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and the Associated Press news agency recalled their appeals in a libel lawsuit over an article about alleged interference of Russia in U.S. Presidential elections.

12:00 07.12.2017

Probe opened in Russia into Ukrainian Ex-Defense Minister

A criminal case has been launched against former Ukraine’s Defense Minister Anatoly Gritsenko, who allegedly pushed for car bomb attacks in Russia.

11:36 07.12.2017

Russian citizen gets 13 years in prison for shooting at police officers

The Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan has sentenced a 59-year old local resident to 13 years in prison for shooting at police officers.

10:59 07.12.2017

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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