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Russia’s opposition protests chronology

18:40 14/09/2012 As Moscow braces for Saturday’s March of Millions, the latest in a series of mass opposition protests that have taken Russia by storm over the past six months, RAPSI would like to take a look back at the roots and development of the opposition’s quest toward reforms.

Problems with trial by jury in Russia

12:51 11/09/2012 A bill which aims to reduce the power and scope of juries has failed to receive adequate government support, according to the official conclusions on the draft law published on the State Duma website. The argument draws attention to the fact that trial by jury is the most effective way of ensuring the adversarial principle is adhered to in our justice system.

Louboutin v. YSL: in the battle for the red-lacquered sole, everyone wins

10:25 08/09/2012 Louboutin’s telltale red lacquered soles are entitled to trademark protection, so long as that protection extends only to contrasting red soles, and not to monochromatic designs. In so deciding, a panel of US federal judges for the Manhattan-based Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part a lower court decision which had centered on the theory that within the fashion industry a single color can never serve as a trademark.

Drone strikes: the legal controversy

09:58 28/08/2012 In the aftermath of several drone strikes carried out earlier this month in Pakistan’s North Waziristan, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesperson reiterated Friday Pakistan’s view that such attacks lack legal legitimacy.

Mass killer Anders Breivik sentencing - live text coverage

11:30 24/08/2012 RAPSI hosted a live text coverage of the verdict handed down Friday against confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. The 33-year-old Norwegian has admitted to having killed 77 people by way of twin attacks carried out in Oslo and on nearby Utoya Island on July 22, 2011.

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