Deal to sell Defense Ministry's land plot on Big Neva shore invalidatedThe Presidium of the Supreme Commercial Court has invalidated the contract under which the Defense Ministry sold 11,000 square meters of shore land to TransStroy.12:42 15.03.2013
Utility management company head faces $8 mln bankruptcy fraud chargesThe head of a utility management company in Arkhangelsk in northern Russia has been charged with 250 million ruble ($8.1 million) bankruptcy fraud, the Interior Ministry announced on Friday.12:01 15.03.2013
Russian spy Litvinienko's death inquiry posponed in LondonThe inquest into the death of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 will be held on October 2, 2013, the coroner Sir Robert Owen said at the Royal Courts of Justice pre-inquest hearing on Thursday.11:46 15.03.2013
Italy's Bulgari accused of tax evasion worth 3 blnItalian luxury product company Bulgari has been accused of massive tax evasion. Investigators say that starting in 2006 the company's top officials have concealed some 3 bln in revenue from Italian tax authorities.10:50 15.03.2013
Police warns against attempts to influence the Bolshoi acid attack investigationThe Moscow police have called on the parties involved in the case of the attack against Bolshoi Theater Artistic Director Sergei Filin not to make conjectures because they could influence the course of investigation.10:22 15.03.2013
Prison refuses to support Pussy Riot Tolokonnikova's parole bidA commission that assesses prison inmate behavior has decided against supporting Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's bid for parole, chairman of Mordovia's public monitoring committee Gennady Morozov told RIA Novosti.20:12 14.03.2013
ECHR holds France wrongly punished Sarkozy-satirizing socialistThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that France violated Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights – which protects the Freedom of Expression – by convicting a man who had held up a satirical placard during a visit by then-president Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008.18:40 14.03.2013
Moscow Commercial Court bans gray market imports of Guinness to RussiaThe Moscow Commercial Court has banned Aqualife, a gray market importer of Guinness, from importing and distributing the beer in Russia.18:29 14.03.2013
Russian tycoon still detained in Cambodia, his friends released on bailRussian nationals detained in Cambodia last December along with Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky, were temporarily released on bail by the court of Sihanoukville, a Cambodian resort town.18:07 14.03.2013
ECHR clears Russia of most violations alleged by terrorism convictsThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Russia did not violate the rights of members of an extremist Muslim organization to freedom or religion, expression, or peaceful assembly by convicting them of membership in a terrorist organization.17:29 14.03.2013
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