Captain and engineer acquitted in Nerpa submarine accident retrialThe Russian Pacific Fleet’s Military Court has acquitted Captain Dmitry Lavrentyev and Engineer Dmitry Grobov on trial for causing death of 20 by negligence on the Nerpa nuclear submarine in 2008. The ruling is based on the jury’s not guilty verdict that was passed last Friday.11:05 29.04.2013
Fire at psychiatric clinic in upstate Moscow kills 38At least 38 people died early on Friday in a fire at a psychiatric hospital in a small town north of Moscow.17:04 26.04.2013
Jury acquits officers in Nerpa submarine fatal accident trialThe jury has handed down a unanimous not guilty verdict on Captain Dmitry Lavrentyev and engineer Dmitry Grobov, who were accused of causing the Nerpa nuclear submarine accident.11:08 26.04.2013
Russian general sentenced, fined $150k for fighter jet crashRussian Army General Kanamat Botashev was found guilty to causing the crash of a Su-27 fighter jet last year in Karelia region. The Petrozavodsk Military Court handed down a four-year suspended sentence to the general and fined him $158,030.14:38 24.04.2013
Russian social network founder questioned over road accidentInvestigators in St. Petersburg have summoned VKontakte CEO Pavel Durov for questioning in connection with a road accident in the city center.13:33 18.04.2013
Costa Concordia hearings start in ItalyThe first preliminary hearing in the deadly Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster case has opened in Grosseto, Italy. Captain Francesco Schettino, who has been accused of negligence leading to the accident, is attending the trial.16:10 15.04.2013
Defense witnesses give testimony in Nerpa submarine accident retrialThe court called an adjournment in the retrial of the Nerpa nuclear submarine accident case until Thursday after the defense' attorneys finished questioning their witnesses.13:40 02.04.2013
Poland resumes investigation of President Kaczynski's plane crashA Polish court has quashed the decision taken last year by the prosecutors office to close the case of alleged violations of flight rules during the preparation of President Lech Kaczynskis visit to Smolensk on April 10, 2010.10:06 21.03.2013
Trash metal mayoral candidate slapped with DUIA court in Moscow suburbs town of Mytishchi has upheld the decision to strip the sole remaining member of a legendary Russian thrash metal band of his license for 21 months for drunk driving.15:48 19.03.2013
Lawyer requests polygraph test for LUKOIL VP involved in deadly car crashThe defense attorney of the family of the two doctors who died in a car crash in Moscow's Leninsky Prospekt in 2010 has asked the court to have LUKOIL Vice President Anatoly Barkov undergo a lie detector test.12:22 11.03.2013
Retrial of fatal Nerpa submarine accident to resume on March 18The Vladivostok court, which is holding a retrial process of the 2008 deadly accident on the nuclear submarine Nerpa, has announced a recession until March 18 after hearing the prosecution's arguments.10:25 11.03.2013
No traces of explosives found in Polish president's plane wreckageA new expert review hasn't revealed traces of explosives in the wreckage of the airplane that crashed while carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski in 2010.15:22 07.03.2013
Officials to be questioned over fatal Tu-204 crashTransport Ministry personnel will be questioned in connection with the crash landing of the Tu-204 plane at Vnukovo airport in late 2012.11:49 31.01.2013
Carnival, et al. move to dismiss US Costa Concordia suitCarnival Corporation and co-defendants on Monday filed to dismiss for forum non conveniens a civil case arising from 2012’s deadly Costa Concordia cruise ship crash off the coast of Italy, which was launched in a federal district court in Illinois.17:16 15.01.2013
Attorney requests to strip judge's status in Lukoil VP car crash caseAttorney Igor Trunov, representing the interests of the family of Olga Alexandrina who died in a car accident involving a Lukoil vice president, has filed a request to strip Olga Zeldina of her status as a judge, the Trunov, Aivar and Partners law firm website reads.14:20 14.01.2013
$588k recovery for Iraq plane crash from Russian insurer disputedThe Supreme Commercial Court has registered an application by GUTA-Insurance on the supervisory review of the court ruling which awarded British Gulf International Co. LTD (United Arab Emirates) $588,000 in insurance indemnity for the plane crash in Iraq in 2008.13:55 13.12.2012
Next hearing in Nerpa submarine accident case set for Dec. 20The first jury trial hearing into the Nerpa submarine accident case, held as part of the case's reconsideration in Vladivostok, dealt with a number of procedural issues; it was decided to hold the subsequent hearing on December 20, a representative of the defendants told RIA Novosti.12:04 11.12.2012
Nerpa submarine accident case to be reconsidered Dec. 11The Pacific Fleet Military Court has formed the jury and has set December 11 for the first hearing to reconsider the Nerpa submarine accident behind closed doors.11:04 06.12.2012
Russia to transfer presidential plane crash wreckage to Polish labPolish experts will deliver fragments of the Tu-154 presidential plane from Russia to a Polish laboratory, Zbigniew Rzepa, the press secretary of Poland's Main Military Prosecutor's Office, reported on Tuesday.16:07 04.12.2012
Officials charged over fatal floodFour people were charged over fatal floods in southern Russia that killed at least 171 in July, investigators said on Tuesday.11:27 27.11.2012