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Former Russian Microsoft employee sentenced in US to three months in prison

Federal District Court in Seattle on Tuesday sentenced former Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo, who was charged with stealing and then leaking company secrets, to three months in prison, according to the court documents.

10:50 11.06.2014

DOJ challenges journalist's claim to CIA interrogation report

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to dismiss a case arising from investigative journalist Jason Leopold efforts to obtain documents from a congressional oversight report of the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) detention and interrogation program.

19:16 28.01.2014

Sponsoring senator says Magnitsky Act does not hinder US-Russia relations

US Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) does not think the Magnitsky Act hinders the development of US-Russian relations. Cardin sponsored the Magnitsky bill in the Senate, although a different wording of the bill was ultimately adopted.

12:19 05.03.2013

US judge approves record $4 billion BP settlement

A US federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement for BP to pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties and plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges for its role in the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

11:29 30.01.2013

Banned treetop protester sparks Washington free speech row

A free speech battle is brewing in Washington after a local judge banished from the US capital an anti-abortion protester who scaled a tree and shouted repeatedly during US President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony this week.

10:51 25.01.2013

US court orders Russia to pay $50k per day until it returns religious books

The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the Russian government to pay $50,000 per day until it returns to the Hassidic community a massive collection of historic books seized during the process of Soviet nationalization.

11:45 17.01.2013

Obama officially announces cancellation of Jackson-Vanik amendment

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a decree on the cancellation of the Jackson-Vanik amendment. The Jackson-Vanik amendment was adopted by Congress in 1974 and imposed restrictions on trade with the Soviet Union.

10:59 21.12.2012

Man arrested after climbing fence of Russian embassy

An automobile accident turned into an international incident Thursday morning when a driver fleeing from police scaled the wall of the Russian embassy in Washington

19:18 25.10.2012