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Putin signs law on citizenship for foreign investors

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on granting citizenship to foreigners who invest more than $290,500 in Russia, or who have a Russian diploma and have worked in the country for at least three years.

18:26 23.06.2014

Twitter agrees to block access to extremist accounts in Russia

Microblogging service Twitter Inc. has agreed to block access in Russia to accounts of about a dozen extremist organizations, including Ukraine’s Right Sector, head of the telecom regulator Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov told journalists.

17:27 23.06.2014

Court upholds ruling that Novolipetsk Steel did not hike steel prices

The Supreme Commercial Court has upheld previous appeals court decisions that overruled a Federal Antimonopoly Service decision that implicated Novolipetsk Steel in unjustified transformer steel price hikes for Russian buyers, RAPSI learned in the court on Monday.

16:26 23.06.2014

Ukraine’s Naftogaz may sue Gazprom over gas transit contract

Kiev may file with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce a lawsuit seeking revision of a gas transit contract with Russia’s Gazprom, Naftogaz of Ukraine CEO Andrei Kobolev told journalists on Monday.

15:39 23.06.2014

Nickel king Potanin’s son won't testify in alimony case

Magistrate Court No. 418 of Moscow’s Presnensky District has ruled against hearing the testimony of the son of Interros President and Norilsk Nickel CEO Vladimir Potanin, who filed a lawsuit to change the procedure for the transfer of child support money to his former spouse, Natalya Potanina’s attorney Filipp Ryabchenko told RAPSI.

15:10 23.06.2014

Spanish infanta to be charged with money laundering - report

Infanta Cristina, sister of the new king of Spain, King Felipe VI, and daughter of the former ruler Juan Carlos I, will be officially presented with criminal charges, Mundo reports Monday.

14:08 23.06.2014

Russian flght attendant suspected of fraud in US sentenced to time served

California state Federal Court has officialy closed the case against Russian flight attendant Marina Talashkova who was accused and arrested in Canada on suspicion of fraud and spent 2,5 years in pre-trial detention, according to the court documents RAPSI obtained on Monday.

13:42 23.06.2014

Militant sentenced to 17 years for revolts in Chechnya and Dagestan

A court in Dagestan has sentenced Islam Batsiyev, a participant in the armed revolt in Chechnya and Dagestan in the 1990s, to 17 years in prison, the Investigative Committee announced on Monday.

12:32 23.06.2014

Bill on international labor standards convention sent to parliament

The Russian government has forwarded a bill on ratifying the Tripartite Consultation (International Labor Standards) Convention to the State Duma, the government said on its website Monday.

11:05 23.06.2014

Malaysian court dismisses Christians’ case on use the word ‘Allah’

The Federal Court of Malaysia, the country’s highest court, has upheld a ruling to prohibit the Catholic newspaper The Herald from using the word “Allah” to denote God, ending a years-long conflict, AFP writes.

10:43 23.06.2014

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