Kazakh fertilizer tycoon’s ex seeks lawsuit dismissal based on fake illness - reportThe former wife of Kazakh fertilizer tycoon Bolat Nazarbayev filed courts with a New York City court seeking the dismissal of her ex’s lawsuit against her based on the claim that he has been faking illness in order to avoid depositions, The New York Post reported Monday.18:47 05.11.2013
Uralkali CEO charged with abuse of power in absentiaUralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner has been officially charged in absentia with abuse of power, Russia's Investigative Committee's press office told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.16:45 05.11.2013
Internet-freedom watchdog reports 83k ‘unlawful’ website blacklistingsIn the year since an Internet blacklist was activated by Russia’s communication watchdog Roskomnadzor, more than 83,000 websites have been blocked without appropriate legal justification, head of the ‘RosKomSvoboda” NGO Artyom Kozlyuk.16:15 05.11.2013
US labels “Merchant of Death” book hearsay in Bout's ex-partner's caseUS prosecutors filed a memo Monday opposing various motions submitted by Viktor Bout’s alleged co-conspirator Richard Ammar Chichakli, including one seeking to introduce a controversial book on Viktor Bout called Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible into evidence.15:48 05.11.2013
Ex-Sberbank employee wins sexual harassment suit against former employer - reportA former employee of OAO Sberbank in London who claimed that her colleagues had referred to her by such names as “Ms. Cokehead,” has won a sexual harassment lawsuit in a UK employment tribunal.15:05 05.11.2013
Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova to be transferred to Siberian colonyPussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will be transferred to a penal colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Eastern Siberia), Tolokonnikova's husband Pyotr Verzilov told RAPSI on Tuesday.14:50 05.11.2013
RAPSI broadcasts Filin’s acid attack testimony liveRAPSI is hosting a live text broadcast as Bolshoi Ballet Artistic Director Sergei Filin appears in a Moscow court to testify about the acid attack that nearly blinded him earlier this year.14:25 05.11.2013
Man detained in Moscow region for recruiting “shy girls” for extremist groupPolice have detained an alleged member of an extremist cell sought to recruit shy and introverted girls in the Moscow Region town of Balashikha.13:36 05.11.2013
Moscow restaurateur accused of dismembering wife to be tried without juryMoscow's Golovinsky District Court will consider without a jury the case of Alexei Kabanov, the founder of a popular chain of cafes in Moscow who killed and dismembered his journalist wife.12:19 05.11.2013
US seizes Ukraine former prime minister's $6m California mansionUS authorities have confiscated the $6.75 million California mansion of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko in connection with his money laundering conviction nearly a decade ago and have also sanctioned the seizure of a Pablo Picasso lithograph that he is believed to own.11:28 05.11.2013
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