European Commission launches Gazprom antitrust probeThe European Commission has opened an investigation against Gazprom on suspicion of breaching EU antitrust legislation, the commission reports.12:01 05.09.2012
No retrial for KaradzicAccused war criminal Radovan Karadzic’s request for a retrial was denied by a panel of judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Monday, according to a statement released by the tribunal.18:10 04.09.2012
Strasbourg shows interest in Tymoshenko-like casesThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has shown particular interest in trials similar in nature to that of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who applied to the Strasbourg court to quash her arrest and four-month plus custody in 2011.11:53 29.08.2012
Hague Tribunal seeks life sentence for former Serb generalInternational Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia prosecutors requested a sentence of life imprisonment Tuesday for Zdravko Tolimir, a former Bosnian Serb army commander who has been charged in connection with his leadership role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.17:58 22.08.2012
Mladic's cousin gets year behind bars for hiding generalThe Supreme Court for Military Crimes in Belgrade has sentenced former Serbian military leader Ratko Mladic's cousin to one year in prison, his sentence is suspended for three years.16:51 09.08.2012
France, Germany concerned over Pussy Riot trialThe French and the German authorities have officially expressed their concern over the Pussy Riot punk rock group's trial in the Khamovnichesky District Court.17:25 08.08.2012
Serbian nationalist leader appeals contempt of court sentenceLeader of the Serbian Radical Party Vojislav Seselj has disputed the sentence of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia's (ICTY), which sentenced him to two years in prison for contempt of court on June 28.12:20 03.08.2012
Russia orderd to compensate Yukos minority shareholders $2.7 millionThe Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce today ordered Russia to compensate a group of Spanish investors for losses they suffered when Yukos Oil was nationalized in 2007. Shortly after the decision was released, RAPSI spoke with Marney Cheek, the Covington & Burling LLP partner that represented the investors in the tribunal.19:15 26.07.2012
Dutch court confirms Russia's right to vodka brandsThe Hague Court of Appeals has dismissed the Dutch-based Spirits International's appeal against the decision vesting Russia the rights to the "Stolichnaya" and "Moskovskaya" vodka brands.17:30 26.07.2012
Austria extradites Russian national accused of $3.6 mln fraudAustria extradited to Russia a businessman charged with committing $3.6 million fraud on Thursday.16:42 26.07.2012
Cypriot court arrests Russian accused of cybercrimes in United StatesA Cypriot court has arrested Russian citizen Dmitry Zubakha, who has been accused in the United States of committing cybercrimes.15:17 20.07.2012
Nazi hunter determined to bring Lazslo to swift justiceActivists are not above exerting pressure on the Hungarian judicial system in ensuring that accused 97-year-old Nazi war criminal Lazslo Czatary is brought to swift justice.13:29 20.07.2012
Mladic trial witness: NATO wanted to bomb only SerbsDavid Harland, former political advisor to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995) stated on Monday at the trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Gen. Ratko Mladic that Serbian troops did not have the ghost of chance to avoid NATOs use of force.10:08 17.07.2012
EU commissioner concerned by new NGO's law and websites blacklistEuropean Commissioner for Home Affairs Anna Cecilia Malmstroem expressed her concern on Twitter on Friday over Russia's adoption of a law branding non-profit organizations "foreign agents" and a "website blacklist" containing information banned from distribution in the country.16:57 13.07.2012
Public advised to retain lawyers to file claims with ECHRThe Strasbourg court's decision to toughen the complaint procedure and should not be dramatized, human rights activists say and advise to retain lawyers while preparing complaints.15:52 14.06.2012
Strasbourg court rejects complaintsThe European Court of Human Rights has tightened up its rules over accepting complaints.10:13 14.06.2012
EU concerned over new Russian rally lawHigh Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton has expressed concern over the newly adopted Russian law toughening liability for the organizers of and participants in rallies and mass protest demonstrations.10:35 13.06.2012
Seselj will be sentenced before March 2013, ICTY chairman saysInternational Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chairman Theodor Meron expects the court to pass sentence on Vojislav Seselj, the founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party, charged with war crimes, before March 2013.10:43 08.06.2012
Magnitsky list officials may be banned from entering ItalyItalian MPs propose banning access to Italy for Russian officials allegedly linked to the Magnitsky case.17:27 30.05.2012
ECHR awards 300k euro to Chechen resident who lost family in bombingsThe European Court of Human Rights recovered 300,000 euro for Chechen citizen Imar-Ali Damayev whose lost his wife and five children during a Russian military air raid in 2004.15:46 29.05.2012