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Jury panel in Politkovskaya murder trial disbanded

The Moscow City Court on Thursday disbanded the jury in the Anna Politkovskaya murder trial, setting a new round of jury selection for January 14, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

12:53 14.11.2013

Abu Hamza trial date pushed back to April 7, 2014

The trial of infamous terror suspect Mostafa Kamel Mostafa, better known as Abu Hamza, will commence on April 7, 2014 – a week later than the previously scheduled commencement date – by order of US District Judge Katherine B. Forrest. Abu Hamza faces charges in connection with a 1998 hostage crisis in Yemen, the attempted establishment of a “jihad training camp” in Oregon, and the support of “violent jihad” in Afghanistan between 2000 and 2001.

19:01 13.11.2013

Greenpeace activists' lawyers vow to turn to ECHR

The defense lawyers of Greenpeace activists are preparing an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), attorney Andrei Suchkov told journalists in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.

14:41 13.11.2013

Prosecutors to make Tsarnaev death penalty recommendation this week – report

US prosecutors have postponed until the end of this week their self-imposed deadline for submitting a death penalty recommendation in the case of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzohkhar Tsarnaev.

12:44 13.11.2013

Four terror suspects appear in Kenyan court over Westgate Mall massacre

Four men appeared in a Kenyan court Thursday in connection with a terrorist attack that left at least 67 dead in Nairobi’s Westgate Mall on September 21.

15:49 12.11.2013

Fox News reporter to defend right to protect Colorado massacre source – report

A New York court will decide Tuesday whether Fox News reporter Jana Winter should be compelled to reveal her sources in a story about disturbing notebook entries penned by suspected Colorado theater gunman James Holmes.

13:21 12.11.2013

Moscow airport terror attack convicts sentenced to 10 years, life

The Moscow Region Court on Monday handed down sentences in the Domodedovo International Airport bombing trial ranging from 10 years to life in prison, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

11:47 11.11.2013

All 30 Greenpeace activists are being transferred to St. Petersburg

All 30 Greenpeace activists detained in Murmansk over the Gazprom drilling platform raid in the Pechora Sea are currently being transferred to St. Petersburg, Russia's Investigative Committee reports.

11:03 11.11.2013

Putin's human right council moves to release Greenpeace activists from detention

The Presidential Council for Human Rights is going to file with the Investigative Committee a request to change the measure of restraint imposed on Greenpeace activists who were detained in Murmansk over the Gazprom drilling platform raid in the Pechora Sea, Head of the Council Mikhail Fedotov said at a news conference on Friday.

14:42 08.11.2013

Opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev to remain in detention

The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld a previous court decision to extend the detention of opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev charged with organizing riots on May 6, 2012.

16:48 07.11.2013

Greenpeace activists face new charges in Arctic Sunrise trial

Some participants of the Greenpeace raid on a Gazprom drilling platform, dubbed the “Arctic 30”, may face new charges in the ongoing trial, the Investigative Committee’s official spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Thursday.

15:23 07.11.2013

Murder convict found in Politkovskaya trial jury panel

One of the jurors participating in the Anna Politkovskaya murder trial has been convicted of murder, prosecutor Maria Semenenko stated during a hearing Thursday.

12:42 07.11.2013

US labels “Merchant of Death” book hearsay in Bout's ex-partner's case

US prosecutors filed a memo Monday opposing various motions submitted by Viktor Bout’s alleged co-conspirator Richard Ammar Chichakli, including one seeking to introduce a controversial book on Viktor Bout called Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible into evidence.

15:48 05.11.2013

RAPSI broadcasts Filin’s acid attack testimony live

RAPSI is hosting a live text broadcast as Bolshoi Ballet Artistic Director Sergei Filin appears in a Moscow court to testify about the acid attack that nearly blinded him earlier this year.

14:25 05.11.2013

Moscow restaurateur accused of dismembering wife to be tried without jury

Moscow's Golovinsky District Court will consider without a jury the case of Alexei Kabanov, the founder of a popular chain of cafes in Moscow who killed and dismembered his journalist wife.

12:19 05.11.2013

All 30 Greenpeace activists charged with hooliganism

All 30 Greenpeace activists detained in Murmansk over the Gazprom drilling platform raid in the Pechora Sea have been charged with hooliganism.

15:37 01.11.2013

Pakistani ex-president Musharraf’s bail hearing set for November 4

Islamabad court on November 4 will hear the motion to release former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf on bail in the Red Mosque storm case, DAWN newspaper reports on Friday.

12:39 01.11.2013

Hearings in Russian NHL player’s domestic abuse case set for Nov 14

New hearing into the case of Semyon Varlamov, the Russian goalkeeper for the US National Hockey League (NHL) team the Colorado Avelanche, who’s charged with domestic abuse is set for November 14.

10:32 01.11.2013

Bolshoi artistic director Filin to testify in acid attack trial

Bolshoi Ballet Artistic Director Sergei Filin will testify before Moscow's Meschansky District Court November 6 in the trial of dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko, who is accused of having organized an acid attack against Filin.

17:50 31.10.2013

26 Greenpeace activists charged with hooliganism in total

26 Greenpeace activists detained in Murmansk over the Gazprom drilling platform raid in the Pechora Sea have been charged with hooliganism, environmental law expert for Greenpeace Russia Mikhail Kreindlin told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

12:50 31.10.2013