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Sites advocating child-free lifestyle shut down by Russian prosecutors

Russia's most popular social network VKontakte has shut down community pages and profiles promoting a "child-free" lifestyle upon the order of the St. Petersburg Prosecutor's Office.

17:04 15.02.2013

Tymoshenko paid $3 mln to murder business rival - witness

An eyewitness in the case of lawmaker Yevhen Shcherban's murder told the court that former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko paid $3 million for his death.

16:24 15.02.2013

Georgian politician placed on wanted list in Russian riots case

A Georgian politician accused of preparing riots in Russia has been placed on the federal wanted list, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.

15:55 15.02.2013

'Pregnant' Kazakh teenage male wins $330 in moral damages

A 15-year-old male student diagnosed as being pregnant has received 50,000 tenge (about $330) in moral damages from the Aktobe Emergency Hospital in Kazakhstan.

15:23 15.02.2013

UTair's complaint against ruling in Finance Ministry case rejected

The Supreme Commercial Court has turned down UTair's appeal against the court ruling to dismiss its 444.2 million rubles ($14.8 mln) lawsuit against the Finance Ministry.

14:46 15.02.2013

Executive suspected of $64 mln bank theft refuses pretrial agreement

Yevgeny Rogachyov, former chief of corporate business of Master Bank, who is suspected of cashing out 2 billion rubles ($64 million), told RAPSI on Friday that he had not made a pretrial agreement with the investigation.

13:02 15.02.2013

Gulf oil spill plea warrants history's second largest environmental fine

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that Transocean Deepwater Inc., the largest offshore drilling contractor in the world, has pleaded guilty to its role in the massive 2010 oil spill that had devastating environmental consequences for the Gulf of Mexico.

12:22 15.02.2013

Russian bailiff accused of $126 mln fraud scheme faces 10-year sentence

Anastasia Dolgikh, former chief of the court bailiffs department in the city of Perm, has been charged with abuse of power leading to damages estimated at 3.8 billion rubles (around $126 million).

12:16 15.02.2013

VTB bank files lawsuits against borrowers for $22 mln

Russian state-controlled bank VTB has filed a $22 million lawsuit against air carrier Armavia and jet fuel supplier Mika Limited, owned by Armenian businessman Mikhail Bagdasarov.

11:49 15.02.2013

Appeal on Russian telecom licenses in India turned down

The Supreme Court of India turned down the appeal filed by Shyam TeleServices Limited, which sought to overturn last year's court ruling to revoke its permits.

11:13 15.02.2013

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

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