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Skolkovo Foundation and opposition lawmaker fail to reach amicable agreement

The Skolkovo Foundation, Russia's high-tech development center, and State Duma lawmaker Ilya Ponomaryov have failed to reach an amicable agreement in Moscow's Gagarinsky District Court, which on Friday began considering the foundation's lawsuit on collecting 9 million rubles ($275,195) from the deputy.

17:53 21.06.2013

Russian Railways $215 million suit against Finance Ministry satisfied

The Moscow Commercial Curt on Friday granted the lawsuit filed by Russian Railways for collecting 7.03 billion rubles ($215 million) from the Finance Ministry for the transportation of benefit recipients in 2009.

15:30 21.06.2013

Magnitsky/Browder hearing postponed until defense attorney shows up

The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has postponed the hearing into the Magnitsky-Browder case until June 26 due to the absence of Browder's attorney, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Friday.

14:53 21.06.2013

Former Pussy Riot lawyers will not attend defamation hearing against Kommersant

The former defense team for Pussy Riot will not be able to attend Friday's hearing of a defamation claim they filed against lawyer Irina Khrunova and the Kommersant news agency.

14:27 21.06.2013

Polonsky stumbled on a chair during moguls' scuffle - witness

Banker Alexander Lebedev did not punch businessman Sergei Polonsky during the filming of a show on the NTV channel. Polonsky stumbled on a chair, witness Sergei Lisovsky said in the Ostankinsky District Court in Moscow on Friday.

12:58 21.06.2013

Case of $30 million MICEX fraud sent to court

A man who earned 1 billion rubles ($30.6 million) in fraudulent stock exchange operations will be tried in Moscow, the Interior Ministry's Moscow department said on its website.

12:22 21.06.2013

Justice Ministry orders election watchdog GOLOS to register as foreign agent

The Justice Ministry insists that the GOLOS Association register as foreign agent despite the organization's assurances that it has not received foreign funding since November, the ministry press office told RIA Novosti.

11:24 21.06.2013

Kazakh military tribunal upholds life sentence for border guard

The Military Tribunal of Kazakhstan on Friday upheld the sentence handed down to border guard Vladislav Chelakh, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in December 2012 for killing 14 border guards and one gamekeeper.

11:02 21.06.2013

Suspect arrested for alleged involvement in Oboronservice embezzlement case

The Khamovnichesky District Court in Moscow on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Dinara Bilyalova on suspicion of involvement in the embezzlement scandal at the Defense Ministry.

10:32 21.06.2013

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