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Transparency International urges greater oversight over defense sectors worldwide

Transparency International released a report Tuesday calling on the legislatures around the globe to keep tabs on their respective defense sectors, concluding that secret budgets paired with massive contracts can create hotbeds of corruption.

18:46 18.09.2013

90% of Russians support NGO law - official

Head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov defended Russia’s NGO foreign agent law, asserting that somewhere between 80 and 90 percent of Russians stood in support of it.

18:04 18.09.2013

Unveiled NSA surveillance ruling offers glimpse into US legal rationale

A document released Tuesday by the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) shed light into the shadowy US legal strategy underlying the National Security Agency’s (NSA) large-scale telephone data collection.

16:53 18.09.2013

Russia reveals plan for visa-free travel with South Korea

Russia’s government published an approved draft agreement Wednesday on visa-free travel with South Korea.

16:26 18.09.2013

First arrest made in Gazprom shareholder embezzlement investigation

Moscow's Lefortovsky District Court ordered the detention Wednesday of Oleg Novak, one of seven men arrested this week on suspicion of having embezzled Gazprom shares.

15:46 18.09.2013

Ex-policeman testifies against accused in Politkovskaya’s murder

Former policeman Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who was sentenced to 11 years in connection with the murder of prominent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, on Wednesday testified against the other accused and explained their involvement in the crime.

15:07 18.09.2013

Pussy Riot member's suit against former attorney to be heard on October 11

The Elektrostal city court in Moscow Region will consider a lawsuit filed by Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich against her former lawyer Violetta Volkova on October 11.

14:19 18.09.2013

Lawyers vow to file supervisory appeal against Uralkali CEO's detention

Defense lawyers for Vladislav Baumgertner, CEO of OAO Uralkali, the world's largest potash producer, are going to file this week a supervisory appeal to the chairman of the Minsk City Court against the measure of restraint chosen for their client.

13:37 18.09.2013

Antitrust regulator says Auchan's subsidiary violated trade law

Federal Antimonopoly Service declared Auchan’s subsidiary, Atac, in violatiob of trade law, the service’s statement reads.

12:52 18.09.2013

Russia's top judge flies home after Ghana crash

A Russian Emergencies Ministry plane carrying Russia’s injured Supreme Court chief left Ghana for Moscow on Wednesday, a ministry spokesperson said.

11:24 18.09.2013

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

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

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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