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Moscow municipal lawmaker Galyamina gets 2-year suspended term for rally rules breaches

Moscow’s municipal lawmaker Yulia Galyamina on Wednesday received a 2-year suspended sentence for repeated violations of rally holding regulations.

17:50 23.12.2020

Leader of new socialism movement to stay under house arrest until spring 2021

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Wednesday extended house arrest of the leader of the movement For New Socialism Nikolay Platoshkin charged with aiding and abetting mass riots and distribution of misleading information until spring.

17:02 23.12.2020

Lawyer’s appeal against refusal to review $4.5 mln recovery ruling to be heard in January

The Tenth Commercial Court of Appeals will hear an appeal against refusal to reconsider recovery of 308.5 million rubles ($4 million) from him attorney Igor Tretyakov on January 20, 2021.

13:47 23.12.2020

Bankruptcy procedure against man behind Crimean blockade extended

The Moscow Commercial Court has extended an asset sale procedure against Lenur Islyamov, one of the initiators of food blockade of the peninsula and ex-board chair of Just Bank LLC, for six months.

12:33 23.12.2020

Russian businessman Prigozhin files one more defamation claim against Navalny

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin has filed a 10 million-ruble defamation claim (over $130,000) against figures in opposition Alexey Navalny and Vladimir Milov.

11:13 23.12.2020

Former Russian Minister for Open Government ordered to stay detained until late March

The Moscow City Court has extended detention of ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov charged with embezzlement until March 25.

10:59 23.12.2020

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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