FC Liverpool may sue Luis Suarez for breach of contract - reportThe management of FC Liverpool may sue its Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini in violation of his contract with the UK club, the Daily Mirror writes.17:02 25.06.2014
Spanish king’s sister charged with money laundering - reportJudge Jose Castro has charged Infanta Cristina, sister of Spain’s newly enthroned King Felipe VI, with crimes against the state treasury and money laundering, El Mundo reports Wednesday.15:33 25.06.2014
Moscow court mitigates sentence for Africans convicted of $26.5 mln fraudThe Moscow City Court mitigated the sentence to three Africans convicted of embezzling a minimum of 900 million rubles ($26.5 million) from foreign commercial enterprises under the guise of famous Russian companies, according to the court’s press office.14:22 25.06.2014
Russia’s upper house cancels resolution to use armed forces in UkraineThe Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, canceled the resolution to use the armed forces in Ukraine. Last Friday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered a unilateral ceasefire between independence supporters and the government forces conducting a special military operation in the country’s east until June 27.13:45 25.06.2014
Russia to ease operation terms for Visa and MasterCardRussia’s Ministry of Finance has published a draft resolution to ease the terms of operation for Visa and MasterCard before they are assigned the status of nationally significant card payment systems.13:04 25.06.2014
Alleged Russian organized crime boss arrested in ThailandAlexander Matusov, aka Basmach, the alleged leader of the Shchyolkovo organized crime gang, has been arrested in Thailand at the request of Interpol’s National Central Bureau for Russia, the CIB deputy commander, Police General Wut Liptapanlop, said at a news conference in Bangkok.12:30 25.06.2014
Ex-head of Proton Bank to be released on EUR 500,000 bail - reportThe former main shareholder of Proton Bank, Lavrentis Lavrentiadis, who was arrested in December 2012 over an alleged embezzlement at the bank, will be released on EUR 500,000 bail, the Athens News Agency reported.11:59 25.06.2014
Prime Minister Medvedev orders prompt changes to 'deoffshorization' billPrime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has given instructions to improve a bill on the country’s deoffshorization and wants to see a report on the improvements before June 30, according to a statement on the government website.11:17 25.06.2014
Battle against music piracy could be postponed for 18 months in RussiaA law that would allow the courts to close websites that post pirated content even if they regularly delete it, which the State Duma can adopt by July 13, will not include music piracy, Vedomosti newspaper wrote on Wednesday.10:35 25.06.2014
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