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Lawyer sues former Ukrainian president over gas contracts with Russia

Lawyer Stanislav Batryn has filed a lawsuit against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, demanding that the High Administrative Court of Ukraine recognize the former president's actions during the gas conflict with Russia in late 2008 and early 2009 as unlawful, Ukrainskaya Pravda reports on Tuesday.

18:19 25.06.2013

Husband and wife charged with espionage do not deny links with Russian intelligence

The lawyers of Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag, a German couple standing trial as Russian spies, have not denied that their clients were linked with the Russian intelligence services in their final speeches during the trial in the Stuttgart State Court.

18:07 25.06.2013

Criminals smuggling drugs from Bolivia to Russia sentenced up to 17 years

The Moscow City Court has sentenced a group of criminals who smuggled drugs from Bolivia to Russia to long prison sentences ranging from 11.5 to 17 years, the court's press service told RAPSI.

17:30 25.06.2013

Gazprombank appeals power grid acquisition refusal

Gazprombank has filed a cassation appeal against an appellate ruling upholding the Federal Antimonopoly Service's (FAS) refusal to approve its planned acquisition of 50.9 percent of the Moscow United Electric Grid Company (MOESK).

15:56 25.06.2013

Father sentenced to 16 years for drowning daughter to escape child support

A court in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area has sentenced a father to 16 years in prison for drowning his four-year-old daughter to free himself from having to pay child support.

14:28 25.06.2013

Bank of Scotland official suspected of another fraud

The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that they suspect Vsevolod Glukhovtsev, a vice president and head of security at the Royal Bank of Scotland's Russian subsidiary, of involvement in another fraud.

14:02 25.06.2013

Receivership at AMT Bank extended for six months

Moscow Commercial Court has extended the receivership at AMT Bank for another six months, thus supporting the receiver's request RAPSI reported from the courtroom.

11:49 25.06.2013

Russian fishing organization's sustainability certificate request returned

An independent international arbitrator has returned an application filed a major Russian fishing organization in an effort to obtain a sustainability certificate, Kommersant reported Tuesday.

11:17 25.06.2013

Former Constitutional Court judge to be questioned in YUKOS case

Tamara Morshchakova, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights and former Constitutional Court judge, told RAPSI that she has been summoned to the Investigative Committee in the YUKOS case.

10:22 25.06.2013

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