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Opposition figure’s suit against election registration denial pending in Moscow court

The Moscow City Court will consider a lawsuit filed by opposition activist Ilya Yashin against denial of registration as a candidate for deputy of the Moscow City Duma. The hearing is set for August 16.

18:12 15.08.2019

Ex-managers of Russian bank to stand trial on $25.5 mln embezzlement charges

A 1.7-billion-ruble ($25.5 million) embezzlement case against managers of Sovetsky bank has reached the Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg for hearing.

17:00 15.08.2019

Detention of five more 27 July riots case defendants upheld

The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling to place five alleged participants of the riots, which occurred in Moscow on July 27, in detention.

16:17 15.08.2019

Demand to add $325 mln debt of ex-Tatfondbank to creditors list dismissed

The Commercial Court of the Volga District has upheld lower courts’ refusal to include a 21.5-billion-ruble (about $325 million) debt of ex-Tatfondbank chairman Robert Musin into the creditors list.

15:34 15.08.2019

Baring Vostok partner freed from detention, put under house arrest

The Moscow City Court on Thursday changed a restrictive measure for Baring Vostok Industry Partner for the financial industry sector Philippe Delpal from detention to house arrest in a 2.5-billion-ruble embezzlement case.

14:44 15.08.2019

Russian halfback’s lawsuit against police to be heard in September

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court will begin hearing a 45-million-ruble (nearly $700,000) lawsuit filed by ex-national football team player Yevgeny Aldonin against Russia’s Interior Ministry on September 9.

13:33 15.08.2019

Prison sentence of Crimean activist for online terrorism calls takes effect

The Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday upheld a 6-year prison sentence given to Crimean activist Yevgeny Karakashev for calls for terrorism on VKontakte social network.

12:00 15.08.2019

Russian human rights advocates check reports on torture of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has met in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area with the Jehovah's Witnesses adepts, who had earlier complained of tortures.

11:47 15.08.2019

Probe opened into airplane crash-landing in Moscow Region

A criminal case was opened on Thursday after a Ural Airlines plane crash-landed in a cornfield in the Moscow Region, the Russian Investigative Committee announced on its website.

10:55 15.08.2019

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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