Former US Marine gets 24 years for plot to kill federal judgeFormer US Marine Dejvid Mirkovic was sentenced to 24 years in prison Thursday after having pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill a US federal judge who had previously presided over the conviction of Mirkovic’s co-conspirator in a separate fraud case.15:11 02.08.2013
Suspect in 2012 Moscow Riot case released from detentionThe Moscow City Court ruled Friday to release Nikolai Kavkazsky, who has been charged with participation in mass protests in central Moscow in May 2012, and placed him under house arrest.14:39 02.08.2013
Fugitive tycoon Polonsky complains his employees face threatsBusinessman Sergei Polonsky, wanted in Russia on fraud charges, has filed a claim with the Investigative Committee saying employees of his company have been receiving threats.13:38 02.08.2013
Claim for annulment of Kuzmin adoption to be considered on October 4A Russian court will consider on October 4 a lawsuit filed by the Social Protection Administration of the Pskov region against the American parents of the deceased Maxim Kuzmin and his brother Kirill.11:42 02.08.2013
Ruling to invalidate former YUKOS subsidiary's loan contracts not to be reconsideredThe Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation has upheld a previous court ruling quashing four Yukos Capital S.a.r.l. agreements on providing Yuganskneftegaz $340 million in loans.18:03 01.08.2013
McDonald's fined $3,000 for breaking sanitation standards in St. PetersburgA court in St. Petersburg has granted the claim filed by Russia’s sanitation and consumers rights watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, and fined McDonald's 100, 000 rubles (app. $3,000) for breaking sanitary standards.17:41 01.08.2013
US publisher alleges Boston bombing docket unconstitutionally incompleteUS media giant GateHouse Media, Inc. submitted a letter Wednesday to the federal court in Boston complaining that the public docket maintained in the criminal case against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzkhokhar Tsarnaev is incomplete, in violation of the First Amendment to the US Constitution.16:14 01.08.2013
Snowden granted temporary asylum in RussiaEdward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, valid for one year, and has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, Wikileaks tweeted Thursday afternoon.16:14 01.08.2013
Opposition leader Udaltsov to remain under house arrestThe Basmanny District Court has extended Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov's time under house arrest until October 6, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Thursday.13:53 01.08.2013
Lebedev wins $10 million case in aircraft dispute with GE subsidiariesA company within NRC group controlled by Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev won a $10 million victory against General Electric (GE) subsidiaries in London’s High Court Wednesday over a deal involving seven Airbus A320 planes. The presiding judge concluded that GE subsidiaries conspired to cause loss by unlawful means to Lebedev’s companies, the judgment obtained by RAPSI reads.11:49 01.08.2013
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