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Appeal in publishers' multimillion copyright dispute to be heard on April 16

A federal commercial court will hear on April 16 the Astrel publishing house's cassation appeal against the court decision to award the Terra publisher $285,500.

18:21 24.02.2012

BTA Bank wants London court to deprive ex-CEO of right to defense

Kazakhstan's BTA Bank asked the High Court of Justice in London on Friday to deprive the bank's former CEO Mukhtar Ablyazov of the right to defend himself in court if he does not abide by the court's custodial sentence.

18:00 24.02.2012

Supreme Commercial Court upholds video surveillance at ballot stations

The Supreme Commercial Court has held against human rights activist Alexander Podrezov who sought to revoke the government's order to equip all ballot stations with surveillance cameras in an apparent move to ensure fair and transparent presidential election.

17:16 24.02.2012

Supreme Commercial Court to publish monthly case reviews

The Supreme Commercial Court will publish monthly reviews of the presidium's decisions in cases on exercising supervisory power.

16:40 24.02.2012

Sovietsky hotel lessee's bankruptcy case to be reviewed on March 1

The court declared on Friday a recess until March 1 in handling Hotel Sovietsky lessee's application for own bankruptcy.

16:32 24.02.2012

Leading insurer loses dispute over $1 mln in reputational loss

A federal commercial court has upheld the lower court's decision to dismiss Ingosstrakh's lawsuit against Faktor for over $1 million in compensation for reputational loss.

16:16 24.02.2012

Insurer appeals dismissal of suit against BNP Paribas and Russian Machines

A federal commercial court will hear on March 15 the Ingosstrakh Investments management company's appeal against the court's dismissal of its lawsuit against BNP Paribas and Russian Machines.

15:54 24.02.2012

Khodorkovsky appeals second sentence with Supreme Court

The defense of former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and former Menatep head Platon Lebedev has filed a supervisory appeal with the Supreme Court against the prison sentence in their second case.

15:34 24.02.2012

Gazprombank's appeal in $109 mln claim against smelter to be heard on Mar.13

A commercial court of appeals will hear on March 13 Gazprombank's appeal against dismissing its $109 million claim against a Far Eastern smelter.

15:00 24.02.2012

Russian charged with cyber crime in U.S. pleads guilty

Russian Vladimir Zdorovenin, who was charged in the United States with cyber fraud, hacking into bank accounts and defrauding U.S. citizens of hundreds of thousands of dollars, has pleaded partially guilty.

14:44 24.02.2012

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