US Talk Fusion files defamation suit against Russian popular social networkUS Talk Fusion has filed a defamation suit for 9 million rubles ($290,980) in damages against the Russian VKontakte company which owns the country's most popular social network of the same name and also against self-employed businessman Igor Vulfovich in connection with their negative posts on network's website.14:50 25.03.2013
Russia seeks to join probe of Syria chemical attack reportsRussia wants its own experts to join the team that will investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons during fighting between rebels and government forces in Syria, Russia’s senior diplomat said on Monday.14:23 25.03.2013
Businesswoman who defrauded Turkmenistan for $20 mln to stay under arrestThe Moscow City Court has upheld the decision to extend the detention of Aisoltan Niyazova, a suspect in a $20 million embezzlement case in Turkmenistan, until April 11.14:02 25.03.2013
Russian accused of involvement in terrorism on social network files suitElina Karpova, a resident of Russian city Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea, has filed a 90,000 ruble ($2,910) defamation suit with Kalinigrad's Moskovsky District Court against her acquaintances who posted her photographs on the VKontakte social network with comments which accused her of involvement in terrorism.13:52 25.03.2013
Watchdog to dispute verdict in Gazprom suit over grid shares on Apr.3On April 3, the Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will resume the hearing of the appeal filed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) against the reversal of its decision to decline Gazprombank's request to take over 50.9% of MOESK shares.13:35 25.03.2013
Ex-banker withdraws testimony in multibillion property theft in MoscowInvestigators intend to terminate the pretrial agreement made with a witness in the case of the attempted theft of 120 properties in Moscow who has withdrawn his testimony.11:41 25.03.2013
Lotkova case reveals weakness in Russian self-defense lawA 2012 Moscow Metro station brawl culminating in the firing by a young university student of a traumatic pistol became a high-profile sensation earlier this week when a Moscow court ruled that the 20-year-old shooter would be sentenced to three years in a penal colony for her crime.09:02 23.03.2013
Russian Supreme Commercial Court promotes case lawTatyana Andreyeva, Deputy Chair of the Russian Supreme Commercial Court, spoke favorably of the introduction of precedential case law during a St. Petersburg International Legal Forum conference in Rome.18:34 22.03.2013
Egyptian sentenced to 1.5 years for Russian WWII memorial desecrationA court in the southern Russian city of Volgograd sentenced Egyptian citizen Mohammed Montafer to 1.5 years in a penal colony Friday for desecrating a memorial for those who perished during World War II.17:56 22.03.2013
Russian court will consider ordering US to return 2-year-old orphanA Russian court will consider annulling the adoption of Kirill Kuzmin, brother of the recently deceased Russian orphan Maxim Kuzmin, on March 25.17:27 22.03.2013
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022