Russia’s Interior Ministry moves to arrest Polonsky in absentiaRussia’s Ministry of the Interior filed an application seeking to arrest businessman Sergei Polonsky, who is wanted on fraud charges.16:57 02.08.2013
Anti-piracy law implementation to cost Russia up to $3 million a yearImplementation of the recently enacted anti-piracy law by federal communications agency Roskomnadzor will cost Russia up to 97 million rubles (app. $3 million) annually.16:12 02.08.2013
Former US Marine gets 24 years for plot to kill federal judgeFormer US Marine Dejvid Mirkovic was sentenced to 24 years in prison Thursday after having pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill a US federal judge who had previously presided over the conviction of Mirkovic’s co-conspirator in a separate fraud case.15:11 02.08.2013
Suspect in 2012 Moscow Riot case released from detentionThe Moscow City Court ruled Friday to release Nikolai Kavkazsky, who has been charged with participation in mass protests in central Moscow in May 2012, and placed him under house arrest.14:39 02.08.2013
Fugitive tycoon Polonsky complains his employees face threatsBusinessman Sergei Polonsky, wanted in Russia on fraud charges, has filed a claim with the Investigative Committee saying employees of his company have been receiving threats.13:38 02.08.2013
Number of gambling-related criminal cases doubled in RussiaThe number of criminal cases connected with organizing and participating in gambling activities of any sort in Russia has doubled from the year-earlier period, Moscow Prosecutor Sergei Kudeneyev said on Friday.13:04 02.08.2013
Claim for annulment of Kuzmin adoption to be considered on October 4A Russian court will consider on October 4 a lawsuit filed by the Social Protection Administration of the Pskov region against the American parents of the deceased Maxim Kuzmin and his brother Kirill.11:42 02.08.2013
Amnesty International warns France that Ablyazov may be tortured if extraditedAmnesty International urged French authorities Thursday to refrain from extraditing fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov to any country that may send him to Kazakhstan, warning that he may be subject to torture and unfair trial there.10:54 02.08.2013
Prosecutors probe Russian state official over foreign villaProsecutors in central Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region launched a probe in regard to a regional deputy governor on allegations that the state official owns an undeclared property abroad.10:17 02.08.2013
Ruling to invalidate former YUKOS subsidiary's loan contracts not to be reconsideredThe Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation has upheld a previous court ruling quashing four Yukos Capital S.a.r.l. agreements on providing Yuganskneftegaz $340 million in loans.18:03 01.08.2013
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