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AMT Bank allocates $48 million for payments to creditors

The AMT Bank has allocated 1.47 billion rubles ($47.6 million) for payments to creditors, the state-controlled Deposit Insurance Agency reported on Wednesday.

19:16 27.03.2013

US Supreme Court grapples with California’s gay marriage ban

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case contesting California’s state legislative initiative defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

18:58 27.03.2013

Former Kyrgyz president's son sentenced in absentia to 25 years jail

A Kyrgyz court has sentenced former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's son Maxim Bakiyev to 25 years in prison for corruption in absentia, the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office reported in a statement on Wednesday.

18:29 27.03.2013

France wants Russia to explain recent NGO inspections

France has asked Russia to explain the recent inspections of a number of NGOs in the country, some of which are French, Philippe Lalliot, the spokesperson of the French Foreign Ministry.

18:01 27.03.2013

Witness claims dead defendant Magnitsky used illegal business scheme

A former colleague of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was charged with evading taxes and died in a pretrial detention center in 2009, told the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow that Magnitsky had used an illegal business scheme.

17:45 27.03.2013

Parliament legalizes freelancing

The Federation Council has approved a law on Wednesday obliging employers to sign labor contracts with freelancers. The relevant amendments will be made to the Labor Code and the law on electronic signature.

17:07 27.03.2013

Moscow artist sentenced to 4 years for dealing forged paintings

The Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced a Moscow artist and his daughter to four and two years in prison, respectively, for counterfeiting paintings and selling them for 20 million rubles ($650,000).

16:35 27.03.2013

Prosecutors begin audit of Agora human rights group

The prosecutors of the Vakhitovsky District of Kazan, capital of the republic of Tatarstan, have started investigating the workings of Agora interregional human rights association

15:53 27.03.2013

Supreme court upholds sentence over aborted high-speed train attack case

The Supreme Court has upheld the lower court sentence handed down to the four men convicted of plotting to bomb a high-speed train.

15:01 27.03.2013

Investigators probe $3 mln defense firm fraud

Investigators are probing the suspected embezzlement of 102 million rubles ($3.3 million) by the head of a state-owned defense firm during the development of a space rocket system

14:36 27.03.2013

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Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violations

A Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.

17:20 17.01.2023

Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

Russia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.

15:29 13.01.2023

Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022