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Pussy Riot’s Tolokonnikova denied parole

Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova who is serving a two-year sentence for a "punk prayer" to remain in prison as her bid for parole was rejected on Friday.

19:58 26.04.2013

Putin: Russia may amend adoption treaties with countries that allow gay marriage

Russia may introduce amendments to adoption agreements with countries that have legalized same-sex marriage, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with MPs.

17:49 26.04.2013

Kirov court lets Navalny go on vacation

The Leninsky District Court in Kirov granted a motion Friday filed by blogger Alexei Navalny, who stands accused in timber embezzlement case.

17:21 26.04.2013

Proceedings in Plastima vs Sberbank dispute resume

The Moscow Commercial Court has resumed the hearing of Plastima's 2 million euro claim against Sberbank alongside Sberbank's lawsuit to invalidate its surety bond of the same amount.

16:38 26.04.2013

McDonald's fined in Russia for hiring foreigner without work permit

The Moscow Commercial Court has upheld the decision of the Federal Migration Service to fine McDonald's for hiring a woman from Kyrgyzstan who did not have a permit to work in Russia.

16:04 26.04.2013

Pussy Riot’s Alyokhina transferred out of isolation

Imprisoned Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina was moved to a regular cell on Thursday in accordance with a court judgment which invalidated the prison administration's decision to transfer her to isolation.

14:44 26.04.2013

Defense team seeks alternative opinion on Tolokonnikova’s psych assessment

A court in the central Russian region of Mordovia has approved a request filed by jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s defense team to allow a psychologist to provide an alternative opinion on the prison’s psychological assessment of Tolokonnikova, RAPSI learned in court Friday.

13:12 26.04.2013

YouTube vs consumer rights regulator case to continue on May 6

The Moscow Commercial Court will resume the hearing of the YouTube LLC lawsuit against Rospotrebnadzor, the consumer rights regulator, on May 6.

12:09 26.04.2013

Jury acquits officers in Nerpa submarine fatal accident trial

The jury has handed down a unanimous not guilty verdict on Captain Dmitry Lavrentyev and engineer Dmitry Grobov, who were accused of causing the Nerpa nuclear submarine accident.

11:08 26.04.2013

Complaints in the Bettencourt case to be heard on June 6

The Bordeaux Court of Appeals on June 6 will hear the defendants' request to dismiss charges of taking advantage of the ill health of France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. The defendants include former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 other people.

10:50 26.04.2013

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