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Former judge gets 7 years in jail for graft in Samara Region

Ex-judge of the Volzhsky District Court of the Samara Region Mikhail Burtsev has been sentenced to 7 years in high-security penal colony for taking a bribe.

17:39 25.06.2021

Number of online drug crimes up by 2.5 times – Russia’s Interior Ministry

Over the past three years, the number of registered drug crimes committed with the use of modern technologies has increased by 2.5 times, Russia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has said addressing a meeting of the State Anti-Drug Committee.

15:40 25.06.2021

Rospatent cancels registration of Ferre mark in name of Russian at request of Ferrari

The Chamber for Patent Disputes has found invalid the protection of the Ferre trademark registered in the name of a Russian individual entrepreneur at a request by Ferrari.

13:11 25.06.2021

Driver beaten by Russian football players wins $3,000 compensation for moral harm

Moscow’s Savelovsky District Court has collected 200,000 rubles (about $3,000) jointly from football players Pavel Mamayev and Alexander Kokorin and two other participants of the scuffle with a journalist’s driver in 2019.

10:55 25.06.2021

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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).

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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.

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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.

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