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Moscow court refuses to cancel mayor's inauguration

The Moscow City court refused on Thursday to call off the inauguration of the elected Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

17:48 12.09.2013

Fugitive tycoon Polonsky secures Cambodian citizenship - attorney

Real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky, who is wanted in Russia for embezzlement, was granted a Cambodian citizenship, his attorney Diana Tatosova told RAPSI on Thursday.

16:14 12.09.2013

Armenian Power gang members plead guilty in LA

Eight individuals with such nicknames as "Thick Neck" and - appropriately - "Guilty" pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges connected with the activities of the so-called "Armenian Power" gang in Los Angeles, California, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday.

15:51 12.09.2013

Russia second most popular spot for international migration

The United Nations presented data Wednesday showing that in this time of unparalleled international migration, Russia retains the second largest number of such migrants in the world, after the US.

14:56 12.09.2013

Police search Yekaterinburg officials' homes in fraud case

Police in Russia’s fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, conducted searches Thursday at the homes of senior city government officials as part of an ongoing fraud probe, the Interior Ministry said, while denying it had any connection to a recent mayoral election that was won by an opposition candidate.

14:40 12.09.2013

Russian prosecutors move to declare Mussolini's treatise extremist

The Prosecutor General’s Office filed a motion with the court to declare Benito Mussolini’s book “The Third Way” extremist, the office reported on Thursday.

13:20 12.09.2013

Navalny contests Moscow mayoral election results in court

Alexei Navalny, an opposition activist and the runner-up in the mayoral election, is filing numerous lawsuits with The Moscow City Court contesting the election results.

12:57 12.09.2013

ArcelorMittal loses to Senegal in ICC arbitration proceedings

Steel and mining giant ArcelorMittal released a statement Wednesday acknowledging that it had lost to Senegal in arbitration proceedings centering on a 2007 iron ore mining and infrastructure agreement gone bad.

12:14 12.09.2013

American mother wins Russian custody row

The Moscow City Court on Thursday has ordered Ilya Neustadt to return two sons to their American mother Rachael Neustadt.

11:41 12.09.2013

Ukraine extradites alleged Russian extremist wanted for murder

Ukraine has extradited Mikhail Volkov, who is suspected of having participated in the extremist group BORN, to Russia, Russian Prosecutor General's Office reported Thursday.

10:55 12.09.2013

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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.

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Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

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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.

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