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Total SA agrees to pay US $398 million to settle Iranian bribery charges

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Wednesday that French oil and gas company Total SA had agreed to pay more than $398 million to settle charges filed by the SEC and a parallel criminal matter initiated by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) based on claims that it had made illegal payments to an Iranian official through intermediaries in order to obtain valuable oil and gas concessions.

22:33 29.05.2013

Six Bosnian Croat leaders convicted and sentenced by the ICTY

Six former Bosnian Croat leaders were convicted Wednesday by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of having committed various crimes against humanity, violations of the laws or customs of war, and grave breaches of the Geneva conventions between 1992 and 1994, during the Bosnian War.

19:03 29.05.2013

Moscow City Court upholds Pussy Riot verdict

Olga Yegorova, chairwoman of the Moscow City Court, has upheld the verdict handed down to the Pussy Riot members, who were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral.

18:17 29.05.2013

Rusal CEO Oleg Deripaska files suit over tax evasion claims

Oleg Deripaska, CEO of Russian aluminum giant Rusal, has filed a lawsuit with the Krasnoyarsk Territory Commercial Court, demanding that the Nezavisimoye Informatsionnoye Agentstvo (Independent News Agency) redact information that was published on its website regarding the company’s alleged tax evasion both in Russia and abroad, according to local media outlets.

17:56 29.05.2013

Opposition whistleblower Navalny moves to exclude wiretap evidence

Opposition activist and blogger Alexei Navalny’s attorneys moved at his hearing on Wednesday to exclude evidence acquired via wiretap records from the Kirovles embezzlement case.

17:16 29.05.2013

Russian upper house approves bill on drug testing at school

he Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, has approved a bill on testing school students for the use of drugs and psychotropic substances on Wednesday.

16:45 29.05.2013

Moscow court upholds decision to protect Mexx trademark domain

Russia's Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's decision to prohibit the use by a Russian businessman of the mexx.ru domain name, finding that such was an infringement of Mexx Europe BV's trademark rights, a court spokesperson told RAPSI Wedensday.

15:53 29.05.2013

Leading Russian economist questioned in Khodorkovsky case

Leading Russian economist Sergei Guriev was questioned in connection with the YUKOS case, which made international headlines in recent years as former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was convicted of a variety of charges.

15:18 29.05.2013

Hunger-striking Pussy Riot member transferred to prison hospital

Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, who has been on a hunger strike since May 22, has been transferred to a medical unit in her prison colony, a representative of the Federal Penitentiary Suthority in Russia's Perm Territory told RIA Novosti Wednesday.

14:53 29.05.2013

Russia's Industry and Trade Ministry proposes national standards bill

Russia's Industry and Trade Ministry has submitted a draft law on standardization to the government, Minister Denis Manturov said at a Federation Council meeting.

14:18 29.05.2013

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

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

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

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

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.

14:05 08.12.2025