U.S. Government seeks to keep alleged Russian hacker behind bars until trialU.S. authorities have asked a court in Connecticut to order detention of Peter Levashov, who is accused of cybercrimes and has recently been extradited to the United States from Spain, pending trial.15:59 05.02.2018
Seizure of Jehovah's Witnesses $15.5 million property appealedA ruling to confiscate property worth 881.5 million rubles ($15.5 million) belonging to Jehovah's Witnesses organization banned in Russia has been appealed.15:59 17.01.2018
Cypriot company accuses Manafort of financial fraudThe Surf Horizon Limited, a company registered in Cyprus and allegedly linked to Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, accused Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, and his partner Richard Gates, of fraud and fraudulent concealment.12:59 11.01.2018
Russian prosecutor demands 11 years in prison for NYC socialite Janna BullockA prosecutor has asked the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to sentence the U.S. citizen and real estate mogul Janna Bullock charged in Russia with embezzling about 11 billion rubles (about $190 million) to 11 years in prison in absentia.15:40 27.12.2017
Case over non-return of ancient icons to Russia sent back to prosecutorsMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Monday ruled to send a case against ex-director of private non-profit Museum of Russian Icons Elena Knyazeva, who allegedly failed to return 16 orthodox icons of XVI-XVIII centuries to Russia, back to prosecutors.11:45 11.12.2017
U.S. court dismisses Deripaska’s appeal in libel lawsuit against Associated PressRussian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and the Associated Press news agency recalled their appeals in a libel lawsuit over an article about alleged interference of Russia in U.S. Presidential elections.12:00 07.12.2017
Plaintiffs in defamation case over “Trump dossier” ask court not to disclose home addressesOwners of Russian consortium Alfa Group have asked the Federal District Court for District of Columbia not to divulge their home addresses in documents concerning the defamation lawsuit over publication of information contained in the so-called "Trump dossier."14:59 17.11.2017
Lithuanian parliament passes bill similar to Magnitsky ActLithuanian Seimas has passed a bill on sanctions against persons, who are believed to be involved in the death of Hermitage Capital auditor Sergey Magnitsky on November 16, 2009, the resolution of the country’s parliament reads.17:03 16.11.2017
U.S. court stays proceedings in Povetkin’s claim against WilderThe Federal District Court for Southern District of New York has granted a motion filed by Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin seeking to stay proceedings in a defamation lawsuit against U.S. athlete Deontay Wilder.17:34 09.11.2017
U.S. authorities file motion to examine property of alleged Russian hacker LevashovThe Federal District Court of Connecticut has received a search warrant concerning electronic devices belonging to Russian national Peter Levashov, who may be extradited from Spain on cybercrime charges.12:45 30.10.2017
U.S. court dismisses Deripaska’s libel lawsuit against Associated PressThe U.S. Federal District Court of Columbia has dismissed a libel lawsuit filed by Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska against the Associated Press (AP) news agency over an article about alleged interference of Russia in U.S. Presidential elections.11:59 18.10.2017
U.S. prosecutor asks court to lower sentence for Fishenko case defendantThe U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York has asked a court, to give Viktoria Klebanova, one of the defendants in the case over illegal export of microelectronic components to Russia, a sentence below the advisory range.12:59 12.10.2017
Buzzfeed continues to deny defamation allegations over "Trump dossier"Popular U.S. media company Buzzfeed, accused of defamation by owners of Russian consortium Alfa Group, presented its arguments against the complaint filed by the plaintiffs and continues to deny their allegations.12:59 09.10.2017
Owners of Alfa Group file defamation lawsuit against author of "Trump dossier"Owners of Russian consortium Alfa Group Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan have filed a defamation lawsuit against Fusion GPS company and its head Glenn Simpson over publication of information contained in the so-called "Trump dossier".11:59 05.10.2017
Chairman of Human Rights Council hopes U.S. won’t declare Russian media “foreign agents”Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov believes that U.S. authorities will give up the idea to recognize Russian media operating in the country as “foreign agents”.11:47 04.10.2017
Ex-shareholders of Yukos and Russia unable to agree on report for U.S. courtFormer shareholders of Yukos and Russian authorities were not able to reach agreement during preparation of a joint status report for a U.S. court regarding the dispute in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, and filed two separate reports as a result.14:46 02.10.2017
U.S. national charged with fraud to remain in Russian detentionThe Moscow City Court has upheld detention of U.S. national George Hager charged with $7 million fraud.13:55 28.09.2017
One more Russian citizen sentenced for cyber fraud in U.S.The U.S. District Court for Central District of California has sentenced Russian national Dmitry Fedoseyev to 33 months in prison in a large-scale cyber fraud case.15:43 25.09.2017
Russia to settle Sakhalin-I tax dispute with ExxonMobil subsidiaryRussia’s government will sign an amicable agreement with Exxon Neftegas Limited controlled by the U.S. oil and gas corporation oil and gas company ExxonMobil in a tax dispute over the Sakhalin-I project.13:59 14.09.2017
U.S. court orders lawyer to return embezzled $600,000 to Russian companyThe Federal Court for the District of Columbia has ordered lawyer James Miller to pay the Russian company Transmashholding (TMH) nearly $600,000 as part of a settlement between two parties.12:59 14.09.2017