Arbitration judge considering Tapie-Lagarde dispute arrestedOne of three arbitration judges who presided over a dispute resulting in a large payout to a French tycoon during International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde’s stint as the country’s finance minister was detained Monday by officials investigating the payout.19:38 28.05.2013
Furniture factory loses defamation claim over comments on websiteThe Krasnoyarsk Regional Commercial Court has rejected the Group 396 furniture factory's lawsuit for 300,000 rubles in compensation from the commentjob.ru websites owner.17:50 28.05.2013
Twelve Moscow 2012 Riots case suspects to stand trial on June 6The Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow has scheduled the hearing on last year's Bolotnaya Square riots for June 6. The court will hear a case against 12 activists involved in the riots.17:15 28.05.2013
Ukrainian opposition planned to accuse President of MP's murder - reportThere was an attempt to launch a smear campaign by Ukrainian opposition against President Viktor Yanukovych over the murder of businessman and MP Evhen Shcherban in 1996, Ukraine's First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin said.16:56 28.05.2013
Pussy Riot's Alyokhina continues hunger strikePussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, who is serving a two-year prison sentence, is continuing her hunger strike to protest the Berezniki City Court’s refusal to allow her to attend her parole appeals hearing.16:32 28.05.2013
Business ombudsman backs IKEA in tax disputeBusiness ombudsman Boris Titov has sent a motion to Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov to support household goods retailer IKEA in a 500 million ruble ($16 million) tax dispute.15:13 28.05.2013
State Duma drafts law to prevent domestic violenceState Duma lawmakers are drafting a law to prevent domestic violence. Nearly 40% of women in Russia have suffered from verbal abuse and 20% from domestic violence, but only 12% have complained to the police, doctors or lawyers. The Statistics Service provided the data at a forum on Tuesday on the reproductive health of Russians.14:49 28.05.2013
Drugs production has grown tenfold since ISAF was deployed to AfghanistanDrugs manufacturing volumes have grown more than tenfold in Afghanistan since the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was established there, Russia's NATO envoy Alexander Grushko said on Tuesday.14:08 28.05.2013
Official detained in Olympic construction bribery probeDmitry Lazarev, 40, the head of the Sochi Physical Fitness and Sports Department, was caught accepting a 1.1 million ruble ($35,145) bribe from the husband of a local businesswoman detained on suspicion of Olympic construction machinations.13:46 28.05.2013
Government commission backs harsher punishments for extremismA government commission has approved a Justice Ministry sponsored bill increasing punishment for extremist activity and religious organizations, reads a statement on the Governments website.12:11 28.05.2013
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