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Moscow court arrests Hermitage Capital CEO William Browder in absentia

A Moscow District Court has issued an arrest order in absentia for Hermitage Capital Management CEO William Browder who stands accused in Gazprom stock fraud case.

19:08 22.04.2013

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to stay in custody

A Cairo court has supported the prosecutor general’s appeal against a lower court decision to release former President Hosni Mubarak, who is accused of corruption.

18:50 22.04.2013

May 6 rally organizers received monthly payments - prosecutor

The suspected organizers of the protests in Moscow's Bolotnaya Square on May 6 received 50,000 rubles ($1,590) per month in compensation, a prosecutor told the Moscow City Court during the hearing in the case against Konstantin Lebedev on Monday.

17:06 22.04.2013

Parents appeal ruling to uphold headscarf ban in schools

Parents whose children are not allowed to wear Muslim headscarves to school have appealed the ruling in the Supreme Court.

16:30 22.04.2013

$2.9 billion claim against Mezhprombank rejected

The Moscow Commercial Court has rejected banker Sergei Yarmolinsky's lawsuit that seeks to add his 91.829 billion ruble ($2.9 billion) claim to the list of Mezhprombank creditors.

15:12 22.04.2013

Intellectual Property Court will help improve procedural law - judge

The Intellectual Property Court, which has been established in the Russian commercial court system, will help bolster the development of procedural law, Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov said on Monday.

14:52 22.04.2013

Russian national charged with making bomb threat on SIA flight

A district court in Singapore on Monday charged a Russian national with threatening to blow up a Singapore Airlines plane.

13:43 22.04.2013

Voters can contest election results in court - Constitutional Court

The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation held that voters have legal standing to contest the results of elections in court, according to an official announcement released Monday. The court has been reviewing the Civil Procedure Code as well as the federal laws on voting right guarantees.

13:09 22.04.2013

Viktor Bout’s wife amends defamation suit against TV channel

The wife of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, convicted in the US, has amended her defamation suit against Ren TV. The network aired a documentary entitled “The Mafia of the Soviet Union” in November 2012 which referred to her husband as a “Lord of War” and a Russian mob boss.

12:01 22.04.2013

Russian billionaire sues GE subsidiaries for $75 million

Alexander Lebedev told Profile magazine that he is suing GE subsidiaries demanding compensation for their allegedly fraudulent operations involving Blue Wings airplanes.

11:08 22.04.2013

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