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Restaurants for persons vaccinated against COVID-19 to appear in Moscow

Starting June 19, in Moscow there are to be opened restaurants that only persons who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus will be able to visit, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

13:13 18.06.2021

Moscow bars and restaurants again allowed to work round the clock

The Moscow City Government on Tuesday lifted a clock round operation ban for public catering enterprises, night clubs, bars, restaurants discoteques and other city’s recreation and entertainment organizations imposed as part of the fight against coronavirus.

10:11 27.01.2021

Russia’s Business Ombudsman asks President to save entertainment industry

Russia’s Business Rights Commissioner Boris Titov has appealed to President Vladimir Putin asking him to prolong a program of subsidies for wages and salaries in the industry of entertainment, organization of congresses and staging of exhibitions.

17:44 21.09.2020

Russian boxing promoter wins $1.6 mln from Don King for canceled fight

Director of the World of Boxing promotion company Andrei Ryabinsky won $1.6 million from boxing promoter Don King for a canceled fight between Denis Lebedev and Guillermo Jones.

17:05 03.02.2015

Cannibal Corpse songs banned in Russia

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Ufa ruled on Friday that the translations of lyrics by Cannibal Corpse, a US metal band, be banned from distribution in Russia due to violent content.

16:32 28.11.2014

Warner Music reaches $26k settlement with t.A.T.u. vocalist

The Moscow Commercial Court approved a settlement in the lawsuit of SBA Production, a Warner Music Group company against Yulia Volkova, a former member of the once popular pop group t.A.T.u., the court said on its website Thursday.

12:11 27.11.2014

NHL player Voynov to plead not guilty in court

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov will plead not guilty at a hearing on domestic violence that is scheduled for December 1, R-Sport reported on Wednesday, citing the hockey players’ attorney Craig Renetzky.

13:04 26.11.2014

Zorro Productions' lawsuit against Russian circus dismissed

The Moscow Commercial Court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Zorro Productions company to recover 30 million rubles ($650,430) from Russian State Circus Company (Rosgostsirk) for illicit trademark use, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

15:42 14.11.2014

Justin Bieber summoned to Argentina on threat of prison sentence

An Argentine court has requested the assistance of the local Interpol branch to summon Canadian pop star Justin Bieber within two months for questioning about an alleged assault on a photographer at a Buenos Aires nightclub in November last year.

14:35 14.11.2014

Moscow court blocks access to pirated versions of Game of Thrones

The Moscow City Court under the anti-piracy law has blocked access to 14 websites which distribute the pirated versions of several western series including Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley, according to the court’s official site.

17:22 11.11.2014

Ukraine opens criminal case over Russian actor's visit to Donetsk

Ukrainian Interior Ministry and Security Service opened a criminal case against Russian actor Mikhail Porechenkov, who went to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic on Thursday.

12:34 31.10.2014

Warner Music Russian subsidiary sues t.A.T.u. for over $29,000

SBA Production ZAO, a Warner Music Group company, has filed a lawsuit with Moscow’s Commercial Court to collect over 1.2 million rubles (about $29,300) from Yulia Volkova, a former member of the once popular pop group t.A.T.u.

17:26 22.10.2014

Eksmo Publishing House challenges ruling over Fifty Shades of Gray copyright

Eksmo Publishing House has filed an appeal against a recent court ruling to dismiss its copyright infringement suit over Fifty Shades of Gray by E.L. James and five other bestselling books.

11:31 20.10.2014

Russian socialite sentenced to 12 months of community service for assault

A magistrates’ court in Moscow has sentenced popular journalist and socialite Bozhena Rynska to 12 months of community service for beating up an NTV correspondent and damaging the television company’s property, a RAPSI correspondent reports from the courtroom.

17:08 29.09.2014

Russian actors demand a share of distribution revenues

The International Federation of Actors (FIA) is going to urge Russian lawmakers to ratify the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, which would enable them to share proceeds from the films with producers.

11:12 29.09.2014

Moscow court blocks access to pirated versions of Game of Thrones

The Moscow City Court has blocked 15 sites that distribute the pirated versions of the popular western series including Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and American Horror Story, the court's spokesperson Ulyana Solopova told RAPSI on Tuesday.

15:42 29.07.2014

US court ordered figure skater Baiul to pay $35,000 in NBC’s legal fees

A New York judge has ordered figure skater Oksana Baiul to compensate NBC’s $35,000 legal fees in a lawsuit filed by the Ukrainian-born skater against the company last year, AP writes.

11:03 15.07.2014

Regulator to analyze Marvel’s Avengers for incitement of violence

The Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor will analyze Marvel’s The Avengers comics for incitement of violence and acts of cruelty at the request of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media, Izvestia newspaper writes on Wednesday, citing a source at the press and mass media agency.

11:46 09.07.2014

Match Hospitality director arrested in Brazil over ticket scam - report

The Rio de Janeiro police have arrested Ray Whelan, director of the World Cup’s hospitality provider, Match Hospitality, as part of an investigation into the illegal sale of World Cup tickets, AFP announced.

11:17 08.07.2014

Italian consumer unions sue Suarez for World Cup debacle

The association of Italian consumer rights unions, the Codacons, has filed a lawsuit against Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez for “assault,” Football Italia announced.

11:01 07.07.2014