Bodyguard last saw Berezovsky alive on Friday evening - policeBoris Berezovsky's bodyguard called for an ambulance after finding him lying on the bathroom floor of the oligarch's Berkshire home on Saturday afternoon. The bodyguard was the only other person in the house and he said he had not seen his boss since Friday evening, Thames Valley police said.10:18 25.03.2013
Berezovsky's death instigates conspiracy theories, investigation underwayNews broke on Saturday that self-exiled Russian oligarch and outspoken Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky was found dead in his home near London. A host of theories have surfaced, most of them falling into two categories: suicide or heart attack while the cause of death remains unconfirmed.15:03 24.03.2013
Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky found dead in UKSelf-exiled Russian oligarch and outspoken Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky was found dead at his Surrey home at the age of 67.22:17 23.03.2013
Aeroflot appeals London decision in favour of BerezovskyRussian national airline Aeroflot told RAPSI Thursday that it has appealed a judgment handed down by the London High Court last October refusing to enforce a Russian court’s judgment against self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and his business partner Nikolai Glushkov.19:03 21.03.2013
London court grants BTA Bank ownership shares in Russian portFinding that Cypriot shell company Usarel Investments Ltd. had knowingly helped disgraced Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov defraud BTA Bank during his former tenure as its chairman, London’s High Court of Justice held Tuesday that Usarel is liable under Kazakh law to deliver most of its ownership shares in Russia’s Vitino Port to BTA Bank.10:53 20.03.2013
MI6 reportedly paid Russian spy Litvinienko $136,000Alexander Litvinenko, the former KGB officer who died after being allegedly poisoned in London, was paid at least £90,000 ($136,000) for his work with MI6, the testimony provided to Scotland Yard by Marina Litvinenko reads.10:54 18.03.2013
Russian spy Litvinienko's death inquiry posponed in LondonThe inquest into the death of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 will be held on October 2, 2013, the coroner Sir Robert Owen said at the Royal Courts of Justice pre-inquest hearing on Thursday.11:46 15.03.2013
Sovcomflot loses appeal of UK bribery ruling, vows to carry on to Supreme CourtSovcomflot failed last week in its attempt to recast a series of alleged bribes carried out by former director general Dmitri Skarga as crimes under English as opposed to Russian law in the appeals division of London’s High Court of Justice.18:22 13.03.2013
London High Court orders Tajik mogul to pay damages to Russian lenderLondon’s High Court of Justice has ordered Tajik businessman Avaz Nazarov and a company owned by him to pay up for various tort and contract claims arising from the failure to repay millions of dollars in loans granted by Russian businessman Valery Vorobyev.14:45 13.03.2013
Russian MP refuses to participate in UK-based Litvinenko inquestEx-security service officer Andrei Lugovoy, who is now a State Duma lawmaker, will not take part in the UK-based inquest into Alexander Litvinenko’s mysterious death.15:32 12.03.2013
Hermitage Capital slams charges against Magnitsky boss BrowderHermitage Capital on Thursday dismissed the Russian Interior Ministry's new charges against its head William Browder as "absurd" and "hysterical."15:42 08.03.2013
Council of Europe praises UK for successfully combatting corruptionThe Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) heaped praise on the UK for its success in combatting corruption within the judiciary, the parliament, and among prosecutors in its fourth evaluation report.19:36 06.03.2013
Russia to ask UK to revoke ex-Bank of Moscow CEO Borodin's asylumThe Prosecutor General's Office intends to send the UK a request to revoke the political refugee status granted to Bank of Moscow's former CEO Andrei Borodin, who is wanted in Russia for fraud.10:58 04.03.2013
Wanted ex-Bank of Moscow CEO Borodin granted asylum in UKBritain has granted political asylum to Andrei Borodin, the former head of the Bank of Moscow charged with large scale fraud. Borodin claims that the criminal cases against him and his first deputy were opened on false premises and were politically motivated.11:54 01.03.2013
Litvinenko case hearings to be partially held behind closed doorsThe disclosure of the information in the inquest into former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko's death will partially be held behind closed doors according to government's request, High Court Judge Robert Owen said on Wednesday.17:41 27.02.2013
Missing ex-BTA Bank chairman loses final debarment appealThe UK Supreme Court has rejected former BTA Chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov’s last-chance appeal of a judgment prohibiting him from defending himself against BTA Bank’s claims due to serious contempt of the court and failure to turn himself into British authorities.18:26 26.02.2013
UK ignores Russia's requests for evidence against BerezovskyBritish investigators have ignored Russia's requests regarding their probe into the documentary about Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin said on Wednesday.16:32 20.02.2013
Secrecy and transparency battle for supremacy in UK, US justice systemsRussia’s recent efforts to promote judicial transparency seem to be a bit off trend. In fact, at the moment secret tribunals are all the rage. The UK and US are both presently grappling with efforts to expand secrecy within their respective judiciaries. Initiatives within both justice systems to slink toward secrecy have been met with ire by political leaders, advocacy groups, and concerned citizens alike.16:39 15.02.2013
UK House of Commons approves same sex marriage billIn a vote of 400 to 175, the UK House of Commons voted in favor of a bill aimed at legalizing same sex marriage in the second reading Tuesday.12:25 06.02.2013
Amantaytau Goldfields declared bankruptThe Navoi Region Commercial Court in Uzbekistan has declared the Anglo-Uzbek gold mining company Amantaytau Goldfields bankrupt, RIA Novosti reported Monday.11:40 04.02.2013