Survey: Moscow judges once dreamt of being cosmonauts and animal doctorsOnly five percent of Moscow judges dreamt of a being a judge when they were children; a poll conducted by RAPSI showed that Moscow judges wanted to be singers, veterinarians, stewardesses.13:42 03.12.2012
Adidas to take on Russian supermarket over trademark dispute Dec. 19On December 19, the Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will hear the appeal against the ruling to prohibit Perekryostok Trade House from using Adidas AG's trademarked "three stripes".13:19 03.12.2012
Restrictions over foreign goods in state orders may be set in lawThe State Duma and the Civic Chamber are planning consolidate the priority of Russian goods over imported goods in legislation when making purchases for state agencies.12:44 03.12.2012
Three new suspects arrested as part of multi-million budget embezzlementThe Moscow Tverskoy District Court has ordered the arrest of three more individuals suspected of embezzling three billion rubles from the St. Petersburg budget.12:04 03.12.2012
Russian ex-officials found guilty of abuse of power causing $81mln lossesThe jurors found Tatyana Naydenova, the former head of the Ministry of State Property's department, and her assistant Vladimir Polyutov guilty of abuse of power, leading to lossess of more than 2.5 billion rubles ($81 million).11:09 03.12.2012
Mexico court fines Yahoo $2.7 billionA Mexico City court has fined Yahoo $2.7 billion over the non-execution of contracts, Yahoo's report reads.10:15 03.12.2012
Dispute over Norilsk ownership said to head into London arbitrationRussian billionaire Vladimir Potanin and aluminum giant Rusal will settle their disputes over ownership rights in the world’s largest nickel producer, GMK Norilsk Nickel in a London arbitration proceeding December 3.23:58 30.11.2012
Freed Pussy Riot member Samutsevich appeals extremism rulingFreed Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich appealed the verdict declaring a video montage of Pussy Riot’s punk rock prayer extremist, and thus imposing a Russia-wide ban on the footage.18:31 30.11.2012
Migration services closed entry to around 100,000 foreigners in two yearsThe Federal Migration Service has prohibited around 100,000 foreigners from entering Russia in two years for different violations, Federal Migration Service head Konstantin Romodanovsky said at the joint meeting of the board of the Federal Migration Service and the Interior Ministry.18:22 30.11.2012
Strauss-Kahn and hotel maid to settle: AP reportFormer head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid whose accusations of sexual assault wounded his reputation and derailed his career, are close to settling their civil suit and countersuit.17:58 30.11.2012
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