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Street fighting suspect's arrest extended

The Moscow's Presnensky District Court has extended until November 5 the arrest of Dikham Rizvanov, who has been accused of taking part in a fighting in the central Moscow near the Evropeisky Shopping Mall.

17:58 03.08.2012

Witness refuses to testify in Pussy Riot trial due to alleged threats

Motilda Ivashchenko refused to testify as a witness in the Pussy Riot female punk band case in Moscow's Khamovnichesky District Court due to threats from the defendants' supporters and the LGBT movement, she said, adding that she will be killed if she testifies.

17:34 03.08.2012

Ex-presidential candidate loses lawsuit to reverse election results

A court in Moscow Region has rejected former presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov's lawsuit to reverse the election results due to alleged local election commission violations.

17:22 03.08.2012

Palace construction lawsuit against Moscow authorities adjourned

17:02 03.08.2012

Alleged hacking of lawyers' Internet accounts to be probed

The Lipetsk Regional Investigative Department will look into the alleged hacking of the e-mail, Skype and Facebook accounts of three defense attorneys, the Agora human rights association told the Russian Legal Information Agency on Friday.

16:04 03.08.2012

Navalny plans to prove Kirovles case is a set up

Famed activist and whistleblower Alexei Navalny is determined to request financial records from the investigators, which he says will prove that he has been set up in the Kirovles case.

15:47 03.08.2012

National Reserve Bank challenges Central Bank audit process

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed until September 18 its hearing of the National Reserve Banks (NRB) complaint challenging the Central Banks audit report on the NRB.

15:20 03.08.2012

Former YUKOS shareholder's case to be heard in absentia on August 10

Еhe Simonovsky District Court in Moscow will hear on August 10 the case against former YUKOS shareholder Leonid Nevzlin.

14:58 03.08.2012

Journalist deprived of Olympic accreditation to return to London

Journalist Andrey Mitkov may return to London on August 6 after his accreditation was revoked by the International Olympic Committee. Mitkov was arrested by the police after an alleged conflict with a pregnant female volunteer.

14:26 03.08.2012

$155 mln debt claim against PiN Telecom to be heard in September

In September, the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Commercial Court will hear creditors' requests to enter claims totaling over 5 billion rubles ($155 million) into the PiN Telecom schedule of creditors.

13:42 03.08.2012

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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.

17:20 17.01.2023

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