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Aeroflot's hacking claim against VTB Bank dismissed

The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed Aeroflot's lawsuit to recover 146.66 million rubles ($4.65 million) in losses from the VTB 24 bank after a hacker attack on its online ticket sales system.

18:47 09.11.2012

Microsoft awarded $253k for its copyright infringement

The Tula Sovetsky District Court has upheld Microsoft's lawsuit to recover 8 million rubles ($253,720) from two businessmen who inflicted damages on the company by selling counterfeit software.

18:06 09.11.2012

ICTY refuses to release Momcilo Krajisnik on parole

The president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Theodor Meron has denied the request to release Momcilo Krajisnik on parole. Krajisnik was one of the main Serbian leaders during the Bosnian War of 1992-1995.

17:36 09.11.2012

Police uncover $206mln leak during GLONASS development

The police have uncovered that 6.5 billion rubles ($206.14 million) were embezzled during development of the GLONASS navigation system, a Russian counterpart to the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS).

17:24 09.11.2012

Moscow May riots case defendant not to be released from custody

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court has refused to release from custody Mikhail Kosenko, who is accused of taking part in the May 6 riots on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square.

17:09 09.11.2012

Prosecutor asks for 6.5 years in prison for Moscow May riots participant

The prosecutor has asked the Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Friday to sentence Maxim Luzyanin to 6.5 years in prison for taking part in the May 6 riots on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square.

16:35 09.11.2012

Prosecutors file to declare Pussy Riot video extremist

Prosecutors have filed with Zamoskvoretsky District Court to declare as extremist the video footage of Pussy Riot's now infamous punk rock prayer in the Christ the Savior Cathedral.

15:44 09.11.2012

Yandex to sue unlicensed software distributors

Yandex may submit new lawsuits against the owners of websites that illegally distribute its software, Yandex Press Secretary Ochir Mandzhikov told RIA Novosti.

15:06 09.11.2012

Court to consider Kvachkov mutiny case in partially open trial

On Friday, the Moscow City Court ruled to consider the case of retired Main Intelligence Directorate Colonel Vladimir Kvachkov in a partially open trial.

14:35 09.11.2012

Siberian artist challenges Pussy Riot icon fines at ECHR

Novosibirsk artist Artyom Loskutov, who was fined by a Russian court for displaying icon-styled art on the city's streets stylistically reminiscent of Pussy Riot, has filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

14:07 09.11.2012

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