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Tsiskaridze refuses to speak with media

Bolshoi Theater principal ballet dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze has told RIA Novosti that he will no longer speak with journalists without the permission of Bolshoi Press Secretary Katerina Novikova because he fears that he will be fired.

17:03 23.04.2013

Yandex's copyright lawsuit over Punto Switcher rejected

The Sverdlovsk Regional Commercial Court has rejected a lawsuit filed by Yandex that sought to prevent businessman Yevgeny Balabanov from distributing the Punto Switcher app owned by the company.

16:35 23.04.2013

Former Pakistani president Musharraf stands trial over PM's murder

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has appeared before the Rawalpindi court for the first time over the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

15:41 23.04.2013

Estonian court upholds ban on teaching in Russian at municipal schools

The Tallinn District Court has rejected an appeal from the Tallinn and Narva governments, upholding the Russian-language teaching ban.

15:14 23.04.2013

Military official confirms existence of Nerpa submarine disaster video

Acting Pacific Fleet Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Andrei Voitovich says that a video of the Nerpa submarine accident exists although it was not included by prosecutors into the criminal case records.

14:43 23.04.2013

General pleads guilty to causing fighter jet crash in Karelia

Major General Kanamat Botashev, who is being prosecuted for causing a fourth-generation Su-27 fighter to crash last year, has pleaded guilty in court.

13:16 23.04.2013

Rosneft secures appeal in TNK-BP shareholder's suit against BP

The Federal Commercial Court of Appeals of the West Siberian District (Tyumen) has ruled in favor of Rosneft's appeal against the lower court's decision to dismiss a TNK-BP minority shareholder's suit against BP.

12:53 23.04.2013

Navalny's request for more time to study case materials dimissed

The Kirov Region Court on Tuesday dismissed Alexei Navalny's request to give his lawyers more time to study the Kirovles timber company embezzlement case material.

12:18 23.04.2013

Boston Marathon bombing suspect charged, faces death penalty

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is suspected with his brother of planting bombs at the finish line of last week’s Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured more than 200, was charged Monday from his hospital bed with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property, resulting in death, a crime that could carry the death penalty.

10:01 23.04.2013

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

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Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

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