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Icelandic MP vows to assist NSA leak source in seeking asylum

Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jónsdóttir has come out in support of self-proclaimed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, vowing in a statement issued on behalf of the International Modern Media Institute (IMMI) to offer assistance and advice in his reported efforts to seek asylum in the Nordic country.

19:28 10.06.2013

Mubarak retrial postponed until July 6

The retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak, the main suspect in the death of protesters in Cairo in January 2011, has been postponed until July 6.

16:09 10.06.2013

France Telecom-Orange CEO detained in Lagarde case

Orange CEO Stephane Richard was held for questioning on Monday as part of the investigation into the case of former IMF chief Christine Lagarde.

14:50 10.06.2013

Bank of Russia appeals ruling to collect $37 million for AMT Bank

The Bank of Russia has appealed the Moscow Commercial Court's decision to collect 1.178 billion rubles ($37 million) from the Bank of Russia in favor of AMT Bank.

14:14 10.06.2013

Appeal of student's three year sentence in metro shooting set for June 20

The Moscow City Court will hear on June 20 a complaint filed by a student who was sentenced to three years in prison for shooting a non-lethal weapon in the metro.

13:53 10.06.2013

Uzbek national extradited from Thailand convicted of human trafficking

Khursand Akhadova, a citizen of Uzbekistan, has been extradited from Thailand and sentenced to 14.6 years in prison for human trafficking.

13:10 10.06.2013

Detained Makhachkala mayor files motion for house arrest - report

Mayor of Makhachkala, Dagestan Said Amirov, who is accused of having ordered the killing of a police investigator in 2011, has asked the court to release him from custody and place him under house arrest at a Moscow apartment.

11:14 10.06.2013

Navalny files motion to dismiss judge in Kirovles embezzlement case

The lawyers of Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov, who have been charged with embezzling from the Kirovles timber company, have filed a motion to dismiss Leninsky Court Judge Sergei Blinov.

10:51 10.06.2013

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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