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Russian TV channel sues U.S. company for failing to secure Lady Gaga's show

The Muz-TV channel's operator TV Services has filed a lawsuit with a Florida court against a U.S. company failing to secure Lady Gaga's performance for the MUZ-TV music awards in June 2012.

16:30 30.01.2012

U.S. court dismisses action to cancel Jackson-Vanik amendment

The Federal Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed a lawsuit to cancel the Jackson-Vanik amendment concerning Russia.

14:18 27.01.2012

Russian citizen accused by Microsoft of creating botnet claims innocence

Russian programmer Andrei Sabelnikov, whom Microsoft accused on Tuesday of creating harmful software for the Kelihos botnet, wrote that the charges against him are baseless in an open letter published on his blog on Friday.

13:56 27.01.2012

USA toughens custodial conditions for Bout - Russian Foreign Ministry

U.S. authorities have toughened prison conditions for Russian businessman Viktor Bout.

10:00 27.01.2012

U.S. court dismisses Gazprom's appeal in Lazarenko case

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has dismissed Gazprom's appeal against a district court judgment dismissing its $140 million in claims from the proceedings over former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavel Lazarenko's accounts.

16:10 24.01.2012

Microsoft accuses Russian citizen of creating botnet

Microsoft submitted a lawsuit to a district court in Virginia against Russian citizen Andrei Sabelnikov, who allegedly created the Khelios botnet and operated its activity.

15:29 24.01.2012

Online fraud case of Russian father-son team to be heard in New York

United States federal judge Paul Gardephe will hear today the case of Russian Vladimir Zdorovenin charged with online fraud and hacking into bank accounts, defrauding U.S. citizens of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

10:36 19.01.2012

Russian extradited to New York on charge of cyber crime may get 140-year sentence

Russian citizen Vladimir Zdorovenin charged with hacking into bank accounts was extradited to New York from Switzerland on Monday.

12:11 18.01.2012

U.S. court defies Soviet nationalization of Schneerson Library

A U.S. court has shrugged off the Soviet nationalization of the Schneerson Library, when it ruled that the library must be returned to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

17:40 13.01.2012

Russian stage director's grandson sentenced to death in US seeks new trial

A grandson of Russian stage director Fyodor Komisarjevsky sentenced to death by a US court in December for triple killing in 2007 has requested a new trial.

11:11 13.01.2012

Cases against Bout and Yaroshenko are based on dubious evidence - Foreign Ministry

The criminal prosecution against Russian citizens Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko is based on the testimony of law enforcement agents and questionable evidence, says the Foreign Ministry's envoy on human rights, democracy and the rule of law Konstantin Dolgov.

16:46 28.12.2011

U.S. court dismissed Cravers' appeal to review indictment

The Court of York County, Pennsylvania, dismissed an appeal by Michael and Nanette Craver, who were found guilty of murdering their adopted Russian-born son, to initiate a new trial based on their total innocence, the York Dispatch newspaper reports.

12:05 22.12.2011

New York court dismisses Bout's appeal referring to juror's bias

The court has turned down the Viktor Bout's appeal assuming that at least one juror was biased in returning the guilty verdict against Bout in November.

10:44 22.12.2011

Investigators receive evidence of adopted Russian-born child's murder in USA

Investigators have managed to obtain confirmation that a Russian-born child was brutally murdered by his foster father in the United States in 2005.

13:20 19.12.2011

Bout appeals guilty verdict

Russian businessman Viktor Bout, convicted in the United States for conspiring to kill Americans and supporting terrorism, appealed on Friday the guilty verdict returned by the U.S. jury in November.

10:27 19.12.2011

Claimant seeks no less than $9.6 mln from Russian art gallery in United States

Arthur Properties, which has sued the U.S. ABA Gallery specializing in Russian art, has specified its claims as amounting to no less than $9.6 million.

14:01 15.12.2011

U.S. court holds for renowned publisher in trademark infringement suit

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has held for Entrepreneur Media Inc. (EMI) in its lawsuit against Russian citizen Oleg Nevzorov, who registered domain names that are confusingly similar to its trademarks.

17:16 12.12.2011

Court terminates students exchange center's lawsuit against US Embassy

A commercial court of appeals has terminated proceedings in the Youth Center's defamation lawsuit against the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

12:11 12.12.2011

U.S. court appoints new defense attorney for convicted Russian pilot

A U.S. court has appointed a new defense attorney for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was sentenced in the United States to 20 years in prison for attempted drugs smuggling and appealed his sentence.

18:17 08.12.2011

Russia doubts fairness in U.S. courts acquitting Russian children's murderers

The acquittal of U.S. citizens Brian Dykstra and Michael and Nanette Craver charged with murdering their adopted Russian-born children calls into question the objectivity of the U.S. judicial system.

13:04 06.12.2011