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Russian children’s rights ombudsman raises Ukrainian refugees question

Russian children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov will contact the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to petition for an arrangement of humanitarian corridor to Russia, to ensure safety of the children in the Eastern Ukraine.

16:36 04.06.2014

Appeal against verdict in 2012 Moscow riots case to be considered on June 19

The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal filed by eight activists against the verdict in the 2012 Bolotnaya riots case on June 19, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI on Wednesday.

15:40 04.06.2014

Germany launches criminal investigation into Merkel’s NSA wiretap - report

The Attorney General of Germany Harald Range will conduct a criminal investigation into the alleged tapping of chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone by the US National Security Agency, German daily Local writes on Wednesday.

13:58 04.06.2014

WWII siege survivors' $1.5 mln lawsuit against TV channel moved to June 30

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow on Wednesday consolidated the defamation lawsuits filed by two seniors from St. Petersburg demanding 51 million rubles ($1.5 million) in all from Russian TV channel Dozhd, after a controversial World War II poll was posted on the station's website, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

13:29 04.06.2014

Navalny’s appeal against ruling in libel case moved to June 23

Moscow’s Babushkinsky District Court on Wednesday postponed until June 23 the hearing of an appeal filed by opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny challenging the ruling in a libel case against Moscow municipal lawmaker Aleksei Lisovenko, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

13:06 04.06.2014

Russian court upholds ruling in Oleg Deripaska’s defamation case

Federal Commercial Court of East Siberia rejected an appeal filed by the Independent Information Agency against the court ruling that obligated the media to officially refute the information that Oleg Deripaska’s RUSAL is evading taxes, the court told RAPSI on Wednesday.

12:47 04.06.2014

Politkovskaya murder convict seeks suspended sentence

The attorney for former police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov – convicted of murdering journalist Anna Politkovskaya – has filed a petition with the Moscow City Court to suspend his sentence.

11:43 04.06.2014

Yanukovich and his sons contest EU sanctions in court - report

Ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich and his sons are contesting the freezing of their assets in European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, EuObserver reports on Wednesday.

10:53 04.06.2014

Former Yukos shareholders' lawsuit against Russia to be resolved by July

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague will rule on the former Yukos shareholders’ $100 billion damages lawsuit against Russia no later than the end of June, Deutsсhe Welle announced.

10:31 04.06.2014

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