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Motion to stay claim to seize Moscow Region district ex-head’s $150 mln assets dismissed

The Krasnogorsk City Court in the Moscow Region on Thursday refused to put a stay on the proceedings on a prosecutor’s lawsuit seeking forfeiture of 10-billion-ruble ($150 million) assets owned by ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun.

17:43 21.03.2019

Defendants in high-profile theater embezzlement case repeatedly questioned by court

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Thursday repeatedly questioned defendants in a high-profile embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov.

16:36 21.03.2019

Senior Moscow Region official suspected of abuse of authority

A criminal case has been opened against the first deputy head of the Moscow Region’s Chekhov urban district Dmitry Frish suspected of abuse of office.

15:47 21.03.2019

Former Russian judge gets six years for promise to overturn guilty verdict

Judge emeritus of the Saratov Regional Court Vladimir Stasenkov has received six years in colony for a promise to reverse a judgment of conviction for 15 million rubles (over $235,000).

14:59 21.03.2019

Ex-student expelled from university for communication with journalists turns to ECHR

Ex-student of the Baltic Federal University in Russia’s Kaliningrad Oleg Alekseyev has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights over his expulsion for communication with journalists.

13:39 21.03.2019

Russia’s State Duma passes mortgage holidays bill in first reading

The lower house of Russian parliament passed a bill on mortgage holidays for Russian citizens found themselves in a tough life situation in the first reading on Thursday.

12:50 21.03.2019

Appeals court confirms Summa subsidiary’s $128 mln debt to VTB bank

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling granting a debt claim in excess of 8 billion rubles (over $128 million) lodged by VTB bank against Global Electro Service, a subsidiary of Summa Group.

11:28 21.03.2019

Ex-senior Kuzbass officials, investigators go on trial over Inskoy mine extortion

Former senior officials from the administration of the Kuzbass region, employees of Russia's Investigative Committee regional branch go on trial at the Central Kemerovo city court along with businessman Alexander Shchukin and his lawyer Gennady Vernigor. All of them face criminal charges of participating in an extortion of a controlling stake in Inskoy open-cut coal mine while there is also an episode linked to a bribe to the head of the Investigative Committee office in the Kemerovo region.

10:01 21.03.2019

Appeal against arrest of Vyshinsky is precedent – Russian human rights commissioner

There is a precedent in Ukraine when a court is considering an appeal not against detention but against arrest, Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova told journalists Thursday night commenting a criminal case against journalist Kirill Vyshinsky.

09:53 21.03.2019

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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