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TNK-BP minority shareholders charged $92k in legal fees

A commercial court has partially satisfied BP's lawsuit to recover $92,000 in legal fees from TNK-BP minority shareholders who sued the company's BP-nominated board members.

15:38 26.04.2012

NLMK $183mln lawsuit against Maxi-Group founder to be heard on May 11

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed until May 11 the preliminary hearings in the Novolipetsk Steel lawsuit against Maxi-Group founder Nikolai Maximov to recover $183.9 million.

15:10 26.04.2012

Khodorkovsky may be pardoned only upon request - Medvedev

President Dmitry Medvedev has stated that he is not entitled to pardon any prisoner, including former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, if he does not plea for a pardon.

14:43 26.04.2012

Appeal against $290k award for sci-fi writer's copyright infringement delayed

The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has shelved for an unlimited period its hearing of the Astrel publishing house's appeal against the $290,000 award in favor of the Terra publishing house for illegally publishing the late sci-fi writer Alexander Belyayev's novels.

14:20 26.04.2012

Medvedev: Governors dismissed under suspicion of corruption

A number of governors have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption. Criminal cases have been opened against several of them, but the investigation has ceased in some cases due to a lack of evidence

13:57 26.04.2012

Interim measures imposed in VimpelCom's antimonopoly case

The Moscow Commercial Court has imposed interim measures on VimpelCom's shares on April 24 during proceedings in the antimonopoly watchdog's lawsuit against the shareholders of VimpelCom Ltd.'s parent company.

12:17 26.04.2012

Siberian grid's $160 mln lawsuit against region to be heard on May 29

The Krasnoyarsk Territorial Commercial Court has postponed until May 29 its hearing of the Siberian Interregional Distribution Network Company's lawsuit against the region's finance ministry to recover $160 million in damages from the regional budget.

11:58 26.04.2012

Pussy Riot rally not a crime, says investigation

The expert investigation does not consider the actions of the Pussy Riot band, who organized a "punk prayer service" at a Moscow church, to be a crime.

11:16 26.04.2012

Journalist's widow seeks murder charges against Ukrainian ex-president

The widow of murdered journalist Georgy Gongadze appealed the court ruling to drop charges from former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma of involvement in her husband's murder.

10:51 26.04.2012

Corruption in Russia triples in a year

The number of corruption crimes has tripled in 2011 against 2010, Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika states in his annual report.

10:23 26.04.2012

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