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Prosecutor seeks 8 years in prison for ex-deputy Mayor of Vologda in embezzlement case

A prosecutor on Friday demanded an 8-year prison term for ex-Mayor of Russia’s Vologda Alexey Osokin charged with his alleged accomplices with embezzling 70 million rubles (about $1 million) from the construction of a traffic interchange.

17:34 12.03.2021

Former co-owner of Spar retailer put under house arrest in embezzlement case

A former co-owner of a company heading retailers Spar, Semya (Family) and Idea Allakhverdi Abdullayev, charged with being accessory to embezzlement of 8.65 billion rubles ($117.5 million) from Sberbank, was put under house arrest until May 9.

16:17 12.03.2021

Man accused of attack against policeman at illegal Moscow rally goes on trial

The Tverskoy District Court will begin hearing a police officer assault case against a participant of the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on January 23 Alexey Milyayev on March 15.

15:42 12.03.2021

Facebook deletes drug couriers vacancies ads at request of Russian media watchdog

Facebook has notified Roskomnadzor that the social network complied with the body’s request to remove pages and accounts that advertised vacancies of drug mules.

14:36 12.03.2021

Lawyer’s bid to review recovery of $4 million to be reviewed by first instance

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has ordered a first instance to reconsider an application filed by lawyer Igor Tretyakov seeking to review recovery of 308.5 million rubles ($4 million) from him.

13:01 12.03.2021

Convicted ex-head of Russia’s Udmurtia seeks for relief from punishment

The former head of Russia’s Udmurt Republic Alexander Solovyov, who had been sentenced to 10 years in high-security penal colony for bribery, petitioned a court asking to release him from punishment due to his illness.

11:25 12.03.2021

Case over murder of notorious crime lord forwarded to court

Prosecutors have sent a case over the murder of crime lord Vyacheslav “Yaponchik” Ivankov in July 2009 to court.

10:59 12.03.2021

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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).

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