Auschwitz death camp bookkeeper sentenced to four years in prison
The Luneburg Regional Court in Germany has sentenced former Nazi Oskar Groening, 94, to four years in prison for complicity in the murder of 300,000 people in the Auschwitz death camp during World War II.
Axel Filges speaks on German legal market, proficiency standards
Axel Filges, president of the German Federal Bar, visited RAPSI’s open studio at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum to speak about the local legal market, specific features of the monopoly on providing legal services and proficiency-based education.
New witness emerges in case over hacking Navalny’s email
The trial for Sergei Maksimov, who was charged by German prosecutors with hacking Alexey Navalny’s email and Twitter accounts in June 2012, has been extended due to a new witness.
German citizen accused of hacking Navalny’s email faces up to 2 years in jail
Sergei Maksimov, who was charged by German prosecutors with hacking Alexey Navalny’s email and Twitter accounts in June 2012, could face up to two years in prison.
Man sentenced to 6.5 years in espionage case deported from Germany to Russia
A man known by his alias, Andreas Anschlag, who was convicted of espionage and sentenced to six and half years in prison, was deported from Germany to Russia.
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH urges Russian Supreme Court to throw out case
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, a Germany-based company, asked Russia's Supreme Court to overturn a ruling to rehear a case lodged against it by Rosplasma.
Russian court sentences PwC manager Rogozhin to 8 years in jail in absentia
Moscow's Tagansky District Court sentenced Stanislav Rogozhin, head of a "Russian business group" in Germany belonging to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), to eight years in prison in absentia over alleged fraud linked to subsidiary of state-owned defense and technology holding Rostec.
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH fails to end lawsuit over Russian plant
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH must face a lawsuit filed by Rosplasma that seeks to terminate a contract for the construction of a blood processing facility in Russia and to recover 7 billion rubles ($138 million) allocated for the construction.
Russian shipbuilder to sue German engine supplier
Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is preparing to sue Germany-based company MTU for its failure to supply engines for Russian corvettes.
Russian lawmakers to consider declaration on 1989 'annexation of East Germany'
Sergei Naryshkin, the speaker of the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, has asked the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs to look into the possibility of adopting a declaration which denounces the reunification of Germany in 1989.
93-year-old alleged Auschwitz guard to be tried in Germany
A 93-year-old Auschwitz guard will stand trial in Lüneburg, Germany, The Local.de online news source reports on Tuesday. The name of the defendant has not been released.
Attorney General of Germany says no tangible evidence on Merkel’s NSA wiretap
The Supreme Court of Germany has yet to uncover any tangible evidence supporting the claim that Chancellor Angela Merkel phone was tapped by American intelligence services, according to Attorney General of Harald Range.
Russian spy imprisoned in Germany could be released next summer - report
A man known as Andreas Anschlag, who is serving a six and half year sentence in Germany for spying for Russia, could be released in the summer of 2015.
Suspected German ISIS member sentenced to three years
A court in Frankfurt has handed down a prison sentence to Kreshnik Berisha for fighting on the side of terrorists in Syria, Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper writes on Friday.
Court rules that publicizing German ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl quotes is illegal
Thursday the Land Court of Cologne ruled against journalist Heribert Schwan in Helmut Kohl’s lawsuit against Schwan, who was Kohl’s biographer, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.
Russian Supreme Court refuses to vindicate Hans Piekenbrock
Russia’s Supreme Court has dismissed an application seeking vindication for Hans Piekenbrock, deputy head of Nazi Germany’s military intelligence, who was sentenced in 1952 to 25 years in prison, the court told RAPSI.
German court rules against train operator strike ban
A labor court in Frankfurt-am-Main rejected a plea by Deutsche Bahn demanding an end to the ongoing strike by German train operators, Judge Ursula Schmidt told Reuters.
Vindication case of Hans Piekenbrock reaches Russia's Supreme Court
Russia’s Supreme Court will consider an application seeking vindication for Hans Piekenbrock, deputy head of Nazi Germany’s military intelligence, who was sentenced in 1952 to 25 years in prison.
Deutsche Bank top manager charged with attempted fraud
German prosecutors in Munich have charged co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank Jurgen Fitschen and four other former board members including Josef Ackermann, Rolf Breuer and Clemens Borsig, with attempted fraud, the German media reported on Tuesday.
Russia to sue German company for cancelling training center contract
Russian Defense Ministry officials have instructed the concerned agencies to file a lawsuit against Germany’s Rheinmetall Works after Rheinmetall cancelled a contract to build a combat training center in Mulino in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov told RIA Novosti.