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FC Liverpool may sue Luis Suarez for breach of contract - report

The management of FC Liverpool may sue its Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini in violation of his contract with the UK club, the Daily Mirror writes.

17:02 25.06.2014

Spanish king’s sister charged with money laundering - report

Judge Jose Castro has charged Infanta Cristina, sister of Spain’s newly enthroned King Felipe VI, with crimes against the state treasury and money laundering, El Mundo reports Wednesday.

15:33 25.06.2014

Moscow court mitigates sentence for Africans convicted of $26.5 mln fraud

The Moscow City Court mitigated the sentence to three Africans convicted of embezzling a minimum of 900 million rubles ($26.5 million) from foreign commercial enterprises under the guise of famous Russian companies, according to the court’s press office.

14:22 25.06.2014

Russia’s upper house cancels resolution to use armed forces in Ukraine

The Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, canceled the resolution to use the armed forces in Ukraine. Last Friday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered a unilateral ceasefire between independence supporters and the government forces conducting a special military operation in the country’s east until June 27.

13:45 25.06.2014

Russia to ease operation terms for Visa and MasterCard

Russia’s Ministry of Finance has published a draft resolution to ease the terms of operation for Visa and MasterCard before they are assigned the status of nationally significant card payment systems.

13:04 25.06.2014

Alleged Russian organized crime boss arrested in Thailand

Alexander Matusov, aka Basmach, the alleged leader of the Shchyolkovo organized crime gang, has been arrested in Thailand at the request of Interpol’s National Central Bureau for Russia, the CIB deputy commander, Police General Wut Liptapanlop, said at a news conference in Bangkok.

12:30 25.06.2014

Ex-head of Proton Bank to be released on EUR 500,000 bail - report

The former main shareholder of Proton Bank, Lavrentis Lavrentiadis, who was arrested in December 2012 over an alleged embezzlement at the bank, will be released on EUR 500,000 bail, the Athens News Agency reported.

11:59 25.06.2014

Prime Minister Medvedev orders prompt changes to 'deoffshorization' bill

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has given instructions to improve a bill on the country’s deoffshorization and wants to see a report on the improvements before June 30, according to a statement on the government website.

11:17 25.06.2014

Battle against music piracy could be postponed for 18 months in Russia

A law that would allow the courts to close websites that post pirated content even if they regularly delete it, which the State Duma can adopt by July 13, will not include music piracy, Vedomosti newspaper wrote on Wednesday.

10:35 25.06.2014

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