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Moscow City Court dismisses libel claim filed by Magnitsky’s mother

The Moscow City Court has dismissed a libel claim which was filed by the mother of the deceased Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky against a police officer Oleg Urzhumtsev.

17:19 30.06.2014

Russia may simplify citizenship requirements for foreign champions

A bill on simplifying citizenship requirements for foreign world and Olympic champions was submitted to the State Duma on Monday.

16:38 30.06.2014

Russian banks required to provide data to loan history bureaus by law

President Vladimir Putin signed a law that requires banks to provide guarantees to credit history bureaus.

15:30 30.06.2014

Russia introduces harsher punishment for inciting extremism on internet

President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill into law introducing harsher punishment for inciting extremist activities on the internet.

14:40 30.06.2014

Ex-senator charged with $54 mln embezzlement to remain in detention

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld the detention of businessman Alexander Sabadash, a former member of the Russian parliament’s upper house who has been charged with the attempted embezzlement of 1.8 billion rubles ($53.6 million) in the form of VAT refund.

14:10 30.06.2014

Russian government proposes amending law on banks

Russian government submitted a bill on amending the law “On Banks and Banking” to the State Duma on Monday.

13:40 30.06.2014

Navalny supporter charged with fraud to remain under house arrest

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld a previous court ruling to place Konstantin Yankauskas, a member of the Moscow legislature who had been charged with large-scale fraud, under house arrest, RIA Novosti reported from the courtroom.

13:10 30.06.2014

Putin signs law on providing information by Russian banks under FATCA statute

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law to allow Russian financial institutions to provide information about US taxpayers and to oblige foreign financial institutions to report Russian taxpayers to Russia’s Federal Tax Service. The document has been posted on the government website of legal information.

12:47 30.06.2014

Eurasia Logistic manager convicted of $730 mln fraud released on parole

The former Director General of Eurasia Logistic, Alexander Volkov, who was sentenced in a $730 million fraud case in 2012, has been released on parole, Kommersant newspaper wrote on Monday.

12:09 30.06.2014

Russian investigators open case following death of Channel One cameraman in Ukraine

The Investigative Committee opened a case on murder and the use of prohibited weapons of war following the death of a Russian cameraman in Ukraine, committee’s spokesperson Vladimir Markin announced.

11:16 30.06.2014

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