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Pochta Rossii fined for violating mail delivery terms

The Moscow Commercial Court has granted an application filed by the Russian telecommunications authority Roskomnadzor to fine Russia's postal service Pochta Rossii 30,000 rubles for violating mail delivery terms.

17:55 03.06.2013

Defense microchip producer managers' detention extended

Moscow's Tverskoy District Court extended until August 2 the arrest of Alexeid Tabolkin, Deputy General Director of Russian integrated circuit manufacturer Angstrem, as well as its former Chief Financial Officer Nikolai Pereverzev on suspicion of the embezzlement of 75.5 million rubles ($2.4 million).

17:20 03.06.2013

Anna Politkovskaya murder suspects seek jury trial

The five men suspected of killing journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya have asked the Moscow City Court for their case to be considered by a jury, attorney for the victims Anna Stavitskaya told RAPSI Monday.

16:21 03.06.2013

Detention extended for Russian peddler of executive positions

The Tverskoy District Court has extended until August 3 the detention of Alexander Rumyantsev, who is suspected of "selling" executive and law enforcement positions.

15:53 03.06.2013

Azerbaijan court gives prison sentences to members of pro-hijab demonstration

A Baku district court on Monday finished hearing the case of an unauthorized demonstration held near the Education Ministry in October 2012 to demand that girls be allowed to wear hijabs to school.

15:18 03.06.2013

Russian court upholds Egyptian's sentence for defiling WWII memorial

The Volgograd Regional Court has upheld the lower court sentence handed down to an Egyptian national who defiled the Eternal Flame war memorial in the southern Russian city of Volgograd.

14:54 03.06.2013

Libya to appeal ICC admissibility ruling on son of Gaddafi

Libya plans to appeal a decision rendered Friday by a pre-trial chamber for the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejecting its challenge to the admissibility of the ICC's case against Saif Al Islam Gaddafi, son of slain former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

14:06 03.06.2013

Kidnappers of Kaspersky's son found guilty

The Khoroshevsky District Court in Moscow convicted four men of kidnapping the son of businessman Yevgeny Kaspersky on Monday, RAPSI reports from the courtroom where the verdict was announced.

13:13 03.06.2013

British air force pays out GBP 2,200 over parrot's death - report

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) paid out GBP 2,200 to a pet owner after the noise from a low-flying Royal Air Force (RAF) plane scared his parrot to death.

11:45 03.06.2013

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