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Moscow court registers first suit against parliamentary election results

A Moscow court has registered the first lawsuit to cancel the State Duma election results.

18:01 12.12.2011

U.S. court holds for renowned publisher in trademark infringement suit

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has held for Entrepreneur Media Inc. (EMI) in its lawsuit against Russian citizen Oleg Nevzorov, who registered domain names that are confusingly similar to its trademarks.

17:16 12.12.2011

Tax service wins $475k lawsuit against Russian real estate magnate

A Moscow district court has held in favor of the tax service's lawsuit against businessman Shalva Chigirinsky to collect $475,000 in tax arrears.

16:58 12.12.2011

Bulgarian court hears experts over suspension of LUKOIL refinery's operation

The Sofia Administrative Court continued on Monday to consider a lawsuit concerning the suspension of a Russian oil giant's refinery operations in Bulgaria.

16:40 12.12.2011

Trade Ministry wins competition law dispute against antimonopoly watchdog

A court has held for the Industry and Trade Ministry's (Minpromtorg) lawsuit to cancel the antimonopoly service's resolution holding the ministry liable for violating the competition law.

16:10 12.12.2011

Central Bank's application for industrial bank's bankruptcy to be heard in January

A commercial court will hear on January 1 the Central Bank's application for the Moscow-based National Industrial Bank's (Natsprombank) bankruptcy.

15:39 12.12.2011

Appeal in charity fund's defamation suit against Kommersant newspaper postponed

The Moscow City Court postponed on Monday until December 22 its hearing of an appeal against a district court's decision not to recover $63,400 from the Kommersant publishing house for a charitable fund.

15:36 12.12.2011

Power industry partnership wins $3.3 mln suit against UES power producer

A court has held for a $3.3 million lawsuit filed against the Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES) to recover membership fees and interest.

15:10 12.12.2011

Jewelry trading chain owners seek to close smuggling case

The suspects in a gold smuggling case filed against a jewelry chain's managers seek to close the case as their actions are no longer seen as a criminal offense, Tatyana Nozhkina, a counsel for the chain's top manager Antonina Babosyuk.

14:39 12.12.2011

Patent authority wins dispute over trademark registration

A commercial court of appeals has upheld a lower court's decision denying trademark registration to a popular online publication.

13:34 12.12.2011

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Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violations

A Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.

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Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

Russia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.

15:29 13.01.2023

Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022