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Protester fined $300 for violence against police officer at unauthorized rally

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court has fined 20,000 rubles ($300) Danila Beglets, charged with using violence against a police officer at an unauthorized rally held on July 27.

16:03 26.08.2019

Deprived of license insurer seeks to recover $9.3 mil from Russia’s Interior Ministry

Tsentralnoye Obshchestvo company, (Tsentralnoye Strakhovoye Obshchestovo prior to August 9), the license of which was withdrawn and which is in the process of bankruptcy, seeks to claim 611.9 million rubles ($9.3 million) from the Interior Ministry.

14:04 26.08.2019

Case of protester carrying knife at rally to be heard under special procedure – court

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court is to hear a criminal case of Ivan Podkopayev, who allegedly sprayed a chemical agent at the faces of police and Rosguard officers and carried a knife during an unauthorized rally on July 27, under a special procedure.

12:28 26.08.2019

IKEA seeks to overturn dismissal of its $1.2 mln claim to Grudinin’s firm in cassation

IKEA's Russian division IKEA Mos has submitted a cassation appeal against a court’s refusal to recover 79.5 million rubles ($1.2 million) from ex-presidential candidate Pavel Grudinin's TT Development company.

10:52 26.08.2019

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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