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Ruling on Shell injunction against Greenpeace protests expected October 5

Shell Royal Dutch PLC expects a ruling on its claim for an injunction against Greenpeace — whose polar-bear costume clad activists shut down a number of Shell gas stations throughout the Netherlands earlier this month — to be handed down next Friday October 5.

14:09 24.09.2012

Samara Region sues oligarch Berezovsky in London for $31.7 mln

The Samara Region government has filed a claim with the High Court of Justice in London to recover $31.7 million from Boris Berezovsky, the amount awarded to the region by an earlier Moscow court decision.

13:49 24.09.2012

Official sentenced to 5 years for Borodino Museum land fraud

The Mozhaisk City Court in Moscow Region has sentenced Maya Sklyuyeva, Borodinskoye Settlement Deputy Head, to five years in prison for fraudulent transactions in connection with museum land.

12:59 24.09.2012

Oligarch Deripaska's defamation claim to be heard September 28

On Monday the Moscow Commercial Court postponed until September 28 its preliminary hearing of Russian oligarch and owner of business group Basic Element (BasEl) Oleg Deripaska's defamation lawsuit against Agentstvo Politicheskikh Novostey news agency.

12:45 24.09.2012

Patent authority loses Skyy Vodka trademark dispute

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has invalidated the patent authority's decision on the early termination of Skyy trademark protection in Russia.

12:03 24.09.2012

Medvedev approves witness relocation program

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved a set of regulations on the relocation of victims, witnesses and other individuals involved in criminal proceedings so as to safeguard their security.

11:32 24.09.2012

Mobile courtrooms to be introduced in Russia

Mobile courtrooms will be introduced in Russia as part of the government-endorsed federal program named The Development of Russia's Judicial System from 2013 to 2020.

10:56 24.09.2012

US Senate calls for sanctions against officials involved in Tymoshenko's conviction

The U.S. Senate approved a resolution co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. James Inhofe (Republicans) and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (Democrats) calling for the unconditional release of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and has urged the State Department to adopt sanctions against Ukrainian officials who were involved in her conviction.

10:32 24.09.2012

Ukrainian deputy prosecutor willing to defend Tymoshenko murder claims in UK

Ukraine's First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin is ready to defend in a London court the voracity of his statements that former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was involved in the murder of parliamentarian Yevgeny Scherban in 1996.

18:25 21.09.2012

Ukraine Justice Ministry appeals $390 mln debt verdict

The Ukrainian Justice Ministry is drafting an appeal against the Kiev Economic Court's ruling pursuant to which $390 million owed by United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) to the Russian Defense Ministry must be paid from the Ukrainian budget.

18:03 21.09.2012

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