State Duma adopts bill on fines for hiding dual citizenshipRussia’s State Duma adopted a bill in the third and final reading on penalties for concealing dual citizenship.18:12 23.05.2014
London court to examine mogul Polonsky’s lawsuit against renown lawyerThe London-based High Court of Justice of England and Wales has accepted a lawsuit from Russian business person Sergei Polonsky, now staying in Cambodia, against his former lawyer, Alexander Dobrovinsky, Polonsky’s defense attorney Alexander Karabanov told RAPSI on Friday. The lawsuit concerns the sale of the Potok company, formerly known as Mirax group.16:47 23.05.2014
Russian IP court to consider Land Rover brand protection lawsuit on June 16The Russian Intellectual Property Court will consider a lawsuit filed by the British motor company Land Rover contesting the Russian patent regulator’s decision to grant legal protection to the Road Rover brand on June 16, the court told RAPSI on Friday.16:02 23.05.2014
Visa, MasterCard to remain in RussiaVisa and MasterCard have reached preliminary agreement on the terms of operating in Russia with the authorities, according to the companies' statements made on Friday.14:42 23.05.2014
“People’s Mayor” of Slavyansk suggests exchanging LifeNews journalistsThe “People’s Mayor” of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, has suggested exchanging LifeNews journalists, held captive by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, for prisoners seized by the Donetsk volunteers.12:55 23.05.2014
Navalny’s supporters suspected of embezzling mayoral election fundsSearches are underway in the residences of lawmaker Konstantin Yankauskas and businessmen Nikolai Lyaskin and Vladimir Ashurkov, who financed Alexei Navalny’s campaign during last year’s Moscow mayoral election, the Investigative Committee spokesman said.12:22 23.05.2014
Russia sends copies of recordings from president’s plane crash to PolandPoland’s Main Military Prosecutor’s Office has received new copies of recordings from the pilots’ cabin of the presidential plane that crashed outside Smolensk, Russia on April 10, 2010, the spokesman of the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office, Captain Marcin Maksjan, said on Thursday.11:53 23.05.2014
Ukrainian prosecutors suspect former defense ministry leaders of negligenceUkraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office believes that former defense ministers and chiefs of staff dramatically reduced the country’s defense capability, the office said, citing a high-ranking employee.11:10 23.05.2014
Germany wants Zuckerberg to testify in NSA case - reportMembers of the German parliamentary commission, which is investigating the US National Security Agency’s (NSA) questionable activity, want the heads of US high-tech companies, including Apple, Facebook, Twitter and Google, to testify to the Bundestag, writes Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.10:33 23.05.2014
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