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Russia to investigate the capture of TV journalists in Ukraine

Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on the capture of Zvezda TV network journalists Andrei Sushenkov and Anton Malyshev in Ukraine, said the official committee spokesman, Vladimir Markin.

17:00 11.06.2014

Police general charged with running a gang to remain in detention

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the detention of Lieutenant General Denis Sugrobov, former head of the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department at the Interior Ministry, RIA Novosti reports from the courtroom.

15:34 11.06.2014

Bolotnaya Square riot convict released from mental hospital

The Chekhov City Court of the Moscow Region has released Mikhail Kosenko, who was convicted in the May 6, 2012 Bolotnaya Square riot case, from a mental hospital to continue treatment in an outpatient clinic, a RAPSI correspondent reports from courtroom.

15:01 11.06.2014

Opposition-minded online newspaper demands that court unblock its site

The online newspaper Kasparov.ru has filed a suit with the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow to overturn the decisions of the Prosecutor General’s Office and Roskomnadzor, which led to the blocking of the newspaper’s website, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Damir Gainutdinov, told RIA Novosti.

13:46 11.06.2014

Ukraine insists on $268 price for 1,000 cubic meters of gas

Ukraine is insisting on a number of changes to its gas price contract with Russia, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said at a meeting of the Ukrainian government, RIA Novosti reports.

13:19 11.06.2014

Russia’s chief investigator says they will find and punish Ukrainian war criminals

Those who are guilty of committing military crimes in eastern Ukraine will be punished even if they hide “at the bottom of the ocean,” Investigative Committee head Sergei Bastrykin said on Wednesday.

12:17 11.06.2014

Investigative Committee charges Navalny supporter with fraud

A member of the Moscow legislature, Konstantin Yankauskas, has been charged with large-scale fraud. Investigators have filed a motion to place him under house arrest, lawyer Sergei Panchenko told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

11:50 11.06.2014

Former Russian Microsoft employee sentenced in US to three months in prison

Federal District Court in Seattle on Tuesday sentenced former Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo, who was charged with stealing and then leaking company secrets, to three months in prison, according to the court documents.

10:50 11.06.2014

Tajik authorities again block YouTube

Access to the YouTube video hosting service was partially blocked in Tajikistan on Tuesday, the chairman of the Tajik Association of Internet Providers, Asomiddin Atoev, told RIA Novosti.

10:19 11.06.2014

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