Cypriot Baymore Investments ordered to pay Trust Bank $ 161 million
The Moscow Commercial Court on Friday ordered Cyprus-based Baymore Investments Limited to pay Trust Bank over 3.4 billion of rubles ($54 million) and $58.6 million.
View ArticleRefusal to open case on alleged torture of Nemtsov murder suspect upheld
Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has upheld the investigators’ refusal to open a criminal case over alleged use of tortures against Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, who stands charged with involvement in the...
View ArticleInvestigation into Navalny supporter charged with fraud extended
Investigation into a fraud case against Konstantin Yankauskas, a Moscow municipal legislator, has been extended for six months.
View ArticleAlfa Bank lines up against indebted Transaero airline
Alfa Bank, one of Russia's largest private banks, has filed a bankruptcy petition against Transaero airline, following a number of other creditors.
View ArticleEx-head of Russia’s Komi Republic to remain in detention
The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the detention of Vyacheslav Gaizer, former head of Russia’s Komi Republic who stands charged with fraud and organized crime related violations.
View ArticleSecret witness questioned in Savchenko’s trial
The Donetsk Court of the Rostov Region on Wednesday started questioning of a secret witness in the case of Ukrainian military ex-pilot Nadezhda Savchenko charged with involvement in the killing Russian...
View ArticleMetro Cash & Carry fined for selling cheese without relevant documents
The Moscow District Commercial Court has fined Metro Cash & Carry Russia 300,000 rubles ($4,800) for selling 113 kg of lactose-free cheese produced in the EU countries without official registration.
View ArticleForeign insurers appeal recovery of $16 mln for Superjet crash in Indonesia
Twenty foreign insurance companies have filed a cassation appeal against a court order to pay about $16 million over the Superjet 100 aicraft crash in Indonesia in May 2012 to Russia's Kapital...
View ArticleRussian Constitutional Court rejects concept of “special rights” for sexual...
The Constitutional Court of Russia found it impossible to follow an example of the Strasbourg Court regarding the “special rights” of sexual minorities.
View ArticleBillionaire Fetisov restricted from leaving Russia - report
Gleb Fetisov, former member of the upper house of parliament and former owner of My Bank, is restricted from leaving Russia.
View ArticleMoscow 2012 riots activist Lutskevich released from prison
Denis Lutskevich, who was convicted for participation in the riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, has served his 3.5-year term and was released from the prison in the Tula Region.
View ArticleU.S. court upholds 180-month sentence for Belarusian arms smuggler
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld the 180-month prison sentence for Belarusian national Sergey Boltutskiy convicted of illegal trafficking of high-tech military...
View ArticleTwo suspects in planning terror attack in Moscow to stay in jail until March
The Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow has extended until March 12 the detention of Mokhmad Mezhidov and Elman Ashayev, who stand charged with planning a terror attack in Moscow.
View ArticleRussian upper house approves bill on execution of international courts’...
The Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, on Wednesday approved a bill that extends the authority of the Constitutional Court and gives it the right to find it impossible to implement...
View ArticleKhodorkovsky rejects accusations of involvement in Nefteyugansk mayor murder
Former Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky rejected accusations of being involved in conspiracy behind murder of Nefteyugansk mayor Vladimir Petukhov in 1998.
View ArticleKhodorkovsky charged with organization of Nefteyugansk mayor murder
Former Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been charged in absentia with organizing the murder of Nefteyugansk mayor Vladimir Petukhov in 1998.
View ArticleTrust bank’s $10 mln lawsuit against restaurant owner set for December 22
The Moscow Commercial Court will consider a lawsuit filed by Trust Bank to recover 710.3 million rubles ($10 mln) in debt from NRT Holdings Limited, the founder of Yaposha City operator of Yaposha...
View ArticleUkraine appeals ruling in dispute with Russian Defense Ministry
The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has filed a cassation appeal against Moscow court’s decision in Ukraine’s 3,24 billion hryvnas ($136 million) dispute with Russia.
View ArticleMechel, its subsidiaries ordered to pay $348,500 to Sberbank
The Moscow Commercial Court has ordered the mining and metals company Mechel and three of its subsidiaries to pay Sberbank over 24.1 million rubles (about $348,500).
View ArticleAppeal against refusal to question Chechen leader in Nemtsov murder case set...
The Moscow City Court on December 21 will consider an appeal against investigators’ refusal to interrogate Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, in the murder case of Russian opposition politician...
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