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Domodedovo Airport terror attack hearing postponed

The Moscow Region Court has postponed until November 29 the consideration of the case on the terrorist attack at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport,

18:59 13.11.2012

Acquittal of ex-federal investigator over $15 mln bribe appealed

Federal prosecutors have appealed the verdict in their case against former federal investigator Andrei Grivtsov, who was acquitted in October of charges relating to a $15 million bribery scandal.

18:32 13.11.2012

Lower house cracks down on illegal asset ownership by top officials

The State Duma Tuesday considered amendments to legislation aimed at clamping down on the ownership of illegal assets by top officials. Combined, these amendments strengthen and clarify the sanctions that can be imposed against officials who fail to disclose property ownership.

17:46 13.11.2012

Appeal launched amidst dispute over USSR's $104 mln debt

The Supreme Commercial Court has registered the appeal against the ruling to cancel Vnesheconombank's (VEB) registration of Leramony Associates Inc. as the holder of the former Soviet Union's debt and the payment of $104.2 million from the budget to the company.

17:05 13.11.2012

Decision upheld in Alcoa subsidiary lawsuit over aluminum alloy patent

The Supreme Commercial Court's presidium has upheld the decision of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Aviation Materials (VIAM) to terminate a license contract under which Alcoa Samara Metallurgical Plant used its patented alloy.

16:31 13.11.2012

New suspect named in defense holding fraud

The former deputy CEO of the Maintenance Operation Department is now a suspect in the criminal case pending in the real estate scandal that served as the basis of Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov's ouster last week.

15:54 13.11.2012

Online trial broadcasts to be efficient tool of public control

Deputy Moscow City Court Chairman Dmitry Fomin believes that broadcasting trials online will be an efficient tool allowing the public to watch trials and to reach their own conclusions about court rulings.

15:18 13.11.2012

Khodorkovsky business partner claims Constitutional Court rulings violated

Platon Lebedev has requested that the Constitutional Court and the upper house of parliament probe the Prosecutor General Office's failure to adhere to the Constitutional Court's rulings, according to a spokesperson for Lebedev and his former business partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

14:47 13.11.2012

UAE toughens punishment for online threats to national security

President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has signed a law toughening punishment for the use of the Internet to disturb national security.

14:09 13.11.2012

Petraeus affair exposes tensions in US balance of powers

More important than all of the drama emulating from the ladies involved in the scandal surrounding the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus is that of the wrench thrown into America’s balance of powers.

13:35 13.11.2012

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