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The High Court of England and Wales on Monday dismissed a libel suit against a British financier who has criticized corruption in Russia. Russian police officer Pavel Karpov sued William Browder, the CEO of Hermitage Capital Fund ...

A Moscow court on Thursday convicted deceased lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and former client, William Browder, of tax evasion. Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009 under suspicious circumstances, was a lawyer for the Hermitage Capital Fund...

Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma , on Friday unanimously approved a ban on the adoption of orphans by foreign same-sex couples and single foreign nationals who reside in countries where same-sex marriage is legal....

Shubin Nikita, Russian State University for the Humanities, Law Faculty

A Moscow court on Monday began preliminary hearings in the posthumous trial against Russian whistle-blowing lawyer Sergei Magnitsky . This case marks the first time that Russia will carry out a legal proceeding against a...

A Moscow court on Monday ordered a trial to begin next month against deceased whistle-blowing lawyer Sergei Magnitsky . Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009, was a lawyer for the Hermitage Capital Fund and...

David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law

A Moscow court on Monday postponed the preliminary hearing for the posthumous trial of Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky. Magnitsky's defense lawyer was appointed by the court after his family and lawyers refused to attend the trial, claiming the charges...

The Russian State Duma on Monday rejected a petition challenging a recently passed bill that would prohibit US citizens from adopting Russian children. The petition asked the government to lift the controversial...

A spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that Russia will delay the enforcement of the ban of the adoption of Russian children by US citizens until...