Magazine ordered to compensate Moscow judges for $7k in defamation suitThe Moscow City Court has ordered The New Times magazine to pay 240,000 rubles ($6,729) in compensation to two Moscow judges for a publication about plagiarism, attorney Vadim Prokhorov told RAPSI on Tuesday.18:09 22.04.2014
Ukrainian court seizes Odessa oil refinery physical assetsThe property and land of the Odessa refinery will be seized by court decision, effective April 24, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s press service announced Tuesday.17:19 22.04.2014
Opposition activist Navalny loses libel case against municipal lawmakerAfter losing a libel case against Moscow municipal lawmaker Aleksei Lisovenko, opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny has been fined up to $8,000 by a Moscow magistrate court.15:59 22.04.2014
Former Russian Microsoft employee to be sentenced in US for data theft on June 10Alex Kibkalo, a former Microsoft employee from Russia, who was charged with theft of trade secrets, to be sentenced in the US on June 10.15:48 22.04.2014
Fugitive real estate mogul Polonsky to take lie detector testFugitive real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky, who currently resides in Cambodia, will give official testimony before lie detector in the cases involving the embezzlement of billions of rubles from the participants in two Russian residential construction projects.14:52 22.04.2014
Crimean Prosecutor’s Office sues to seize Privatbank propertyThe Crimean Prosecutor’s Office has filed a lawsuit to seize the physical assets of the Crimean branch of Privatbank, First Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Ministers Council Rustam Temirgaliyev announced at a government meeting Tuesday.14:23 22.04.2014
Penitentiary service probes Navalny’s house arrest complianceRussia’s Federal Penitentiary Service will probe the house arrest of anti-corruption blogger and opposition activist Alexei Navalny after a public post under his name appeared on the Internet, the service’s spokesman told RAPSI on Tuesday.13:53 22.04.2014
Crimea flights to be VAT-free from June 1President Vladimir Putin signed a directive Tuesday that would exempt roundtrip passenger flights to the Crimean Federal District from VAT (value-added tax) starting June 1, 2014, the Kremlin Press Service reports.13:32 22.04.2014
Russian lawmakers mull constant volume level for programs and commercialsThe Russian government has submitted a draft law to the State Duma that requires television commercials to have the same average sound level as the programs they accompany, the lower house said on its website Monday.11:01 22.04.2014
Maidan activist suspected of espionage detained in eastern UkraineIrma Krat, a journalist from Kiev who was earlier detained in the troubled Ukrainian region of Donetsk on suspicion of espionage, appeared at a media conference in Slavyansk on Monday. Commander of the self-defense forces in Slavyansk, said they suspect the woman, who was an active participant in the Maidan protests in Kiev, of spying for the ultranationalist Right Sector movement and of involvement in the torture of pro-Russian people during the Kiev riots.10:23 22.04.2014
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