UTICo loses US Credit Suisse appeal over alleged Ukrainian corruptionUniversal Trading & Investment Co. (UTICo) lost an appeal challenging the dismissal of its US complaint alleging that affiliates and employees of Credit Suisse had helped “a pair of rogue Ukrainian officials,” according to court documents obtained by RAPSI.15:34 31.03.2014
Khodorkovsky receives residence permit in SwitzerlandMikhail Khodorkovsky, former head of Russia’s largest oil producer Yukos, has been granted residency in Switzerland, the Swiss telegraphic agency (ATS) announced on Sunday, citing Martin Reichlin, a spokesman for the country’s federal migration office (FOM).10:11 31.03.2014
Ethiopian Airlines hijacker faces 20 years in prisonThe man whose attempted hijack of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that resulted in a forced grounding in Geneva on Monday faces up to 20 years in prison, a representative of Geneva prosecutor’s office told RIA Novosti.14:21 17.02.2014
Co-pilot of hijacked plane detained in Geneva - reportThe co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that was forced to ground in Geneva Monday morning has been detained by Swiss police, The Guardian reports.13:17 17.02.2014
Businessman Gaydamak released from jail on promise to pay debts - reportA Swiss court has released French-Israeli tycoon Arcadi Gaydamak from jail after he signed a financial agreement to pay his debts to a former French football player.11:46 05.12.2013
Russia opens case against attackers of Swiss football fansA criminal case has been opened following a fight in central Krasnodar, southern Russia, that involved fans of FC St. Gallen (Switzerland).10:35 05.12.2013
France yet to file an extradition request for businessman GaydamakFrench prosecutors will press for the extradition of Israeli businessman Arkady Gaydamak from Switzerland, but no such request was filed as of yet, his attorney Pierre-Daniel Eggly told Russia-24 news channel.15:57 27.11.2013
Russian-born Israeli businessman Gaydamak detained in Switzerland – reportRussian-born Israeli businessman Arkady Gaydamak has been detained in Switzerland. On October 27, 2009 a Parisian court sentenced Gaydamak and his French associate Pierre Falcone to six years in prison.10:35 26.11.2013
Rusal wins $275mln arbitration against Tajik factoryA three-member arbitral tribunal sitting in Switzerland ruled in favour of Hamer Investing, Ltd., a subsidiary of United Company Rusal Plc, against Tajik Aluminium Plant, also referred to as TadAZ and/or TalCo.11:20 16.10.2013
Russian billionaire sued by former wife over $20 million Hawaii propertyElena Rybolovleva has sued her estranged husband, Russian billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev, in Hawaii over allegations that he had used a “sham” company to purchase a $20 million Kauai property in contravention of a freeze order issued by the Supreme Court of Switzerland.18:44 08.08.2013
Cannabis smokers to be fined in SwitzerlandCriminal punishment for the users of small amounts of cannabis will be replaced with a fine of 100 Swiss francs ($104) on Oct. 1, the Swiss government said in a statement on Friday. The decision does not apply to minors.16:26 31.05.2013
Swiss officials authorize enhanced cooperation between banks and US authoritiesSwiss government officials approved a bill Wednesday that would allow banks to resolve their disputes with US authorities by authorizing cooperation between the banks and authorities in certain capacities, according to a statement released by the Swiss Federal Council.16:20 30.05.2013
Bank of Moscow may sue former CEO for EUR 282.6 millionIf the Bank of Moscow decides to sue its former chief executive Andrei Borodin, it will claim CHF 354 million, around EUR 282.6 million, the sum total of the money in Borodins frozen Swiss bank accounts.10:49 28.05.2013
Swiss prosecutors go after ex-Bank of Moscow CEO's assets - reportFormer Bank of Moscow head Andrei Borodin, whom the Russian Interior Ministry has put on the international wanted list, may lose a major part of his wealth.11:11 27.05.2013
Ambiguity in Swiss assisted suicide law constitutes rights violation – ECHRA lack of clarity in Switzerland’s assisted suicide law has risen to the level of a rights violation in the case of an elderly albeit healthy woman wishing to end her own life, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Wednesday.16:28 14.05.2013
Swiss authorities allow Chechen businessman to leave the countryNeuchatel prosecutor Pierre Aubert has lifted the house arrest order for Bulat Chagaev, the owner of bankrupt football club Neuchatel Xamax, and he is now free to leave Switzerland.11:41 14.03.2013
Swiss prosecutors freeze local bank accounts in quest for Magnitsky fundsSwiss federal prosecutors have imposed freezes against local bank accounts in the amount of millions of francs as part of an investigation into the money laundering case connected with Hermitage Capital fund lawyer Sergei Magnitsky's death, Swiss media outlets reported Wednesday.17:52 09.01.2013
Swiss authorities dismiss Deripaska's request to probe Norilsk NickelThe Swiss authorities have dismissed oligarch Oleg Deripaska's request to look into the Interros company, its head Vladimir Potanin and MMC Norilsk Nickel.16:25 24.05.2012
Bank of Moscow heads' multimillion accounts blocked in SwitzerlandThe Swiss prosecutor's office has blocked bank accounts held by former Bank of Moscow heads Andrei Borodin and Dmitry Akulinin, who are under prosecution in Moscow.17:46 12.05.2012
Swiss prosecutor's office looks to extend Russian businessman's arrestThe prosecutor's office in the Swiss canton of Neuchatel hopes to extend Russian businessman Bulat Chagaev's arrest by three months. Chagaev owns the bankrupt Swiss football club Neuchatel Xamax.17:54 12.04.2012