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Kazakh border guard's life sentence upheld

The Kazakh Criminal Court's judicial panel has upheld on Wednesday the life sentence against a 19-year-old border guard charged with killing 15 people.

18:58 06.02.2013

Mass killer Vinogradov claims motives were different from Breivik's

Dmitry Vinogradov, a Moscow lawyer who shot dead six people in November 2012 and is widely referred to as the "Russian Breivik" has pleaded guilty and stated that he should not be compared to the infamous Norwegian killer in the Babushkinsky District Court on Wednesday.

18:44 06.02.2013

Poland to consider extraditing ex-Russian prosecutor on Feb. 8

Hearings will resume on Friday, February 8, in the Polish extradition case of former Russian prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko, who is currently sought by Russian authorities for his involvement in a large-scale illegal gambling ring.

18:06 06.02.2013

Khodorkovsky's partner to appeal ruling in lawsuit to mitigate sentence

Former Menatep CEO and Mikhail Khodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev has forwarded his appeal against the ruling dismissing his lawsuit to mitigate his sentence to the Arkhangelsk Regional Court.

17:31 06.02.2013

UK Supreme Court refuses to validate VTB's Russian process service

The UK Supreme Court upheld Wednesday an earlier decision to set aside leading Russian bank VTB’s service of process on Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeev and several companies owned by him, and thus to lift a worldwide freeze on Malofeev’s assets.

16:45 06.02.2013

St. Petersburg cuts court fees owed to Madonna in gay propaganda case

The St. Petersburg City Court has reduced the amount of litigation costs to be paid by the plaintiffs who sued popular vocalist Madonna and her concert organizers for gay propaganda.

15:06 06.02.2013

Russian Railways sue the state for $233 mln

The Moscow Commercial Court will hear the lawsuit filed by Russian Railways against the Russian Federation, represented by the Finance Ministry, the Healthcare Ministry and the Labor Ministry, on March 29. The rail monopoly is suing Russia for 7.03 billion rubles ($233.4 million).

13:49 06.02.2013

German education minister to appeal decision to revoke her Ph.D.

German Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan will file a lawsuit to contest the University of Dusseldorf's decision to revoke her Ph.D. based on allegations of having plagiarized her doctoral thesis, according to her attorney.

13:26 06.02.2013

Siberian artist to contest fine for selling Pussy Riot T-shirts

Novosibirsk artist Artyom Loskutov will appeal the magistrate's court's decision to fine him 1,000 rubles ($33.20) for causing religious offence by selling T-shirts in support of punk rock band Pussy Riot.

12:52 06.02.2013

Developer repays $53 mln debt to Nordea bank

The SU-155 group of construction companies has repaid its remaining debt to Nordea Bank to the value of 1.6 billion rubles ($53.12 million) under two lawsuits.

11:05 06.02.2013

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

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