Defendants in Taiwanchik US organized-crime case prepare for sentencing
MOSCOW, February 11 (RAPSI, Ingrid Burke) – Nicholas Hirsch, a defendant who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a high-profile US criminal case targeting Russian-American organized...
View ArticleOfficials may be dismissed for filing false income declarations
MOSCOW, February 13 (RAPSI) – Russia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that officials can be dismissed for filing false income declarations, Kommersant newspaper writes on Thursday.
View ArticleNovember 2014 trial set for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tsarnaev
MOSCOW, February 13 (RAPSI, Ingrid Burke) – A jury trial is set to commence in the US case against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on November 3 of this year, according to a note...
View ArticleFirst court order to block website piracy in Russia - report
MOSCOW, February 13 (RAPSI) - S.B.A. Music Publishing, a subsidiary of Warner Music Russia, has succeeded in a suit to close the www.tracksflow.com domain, Vedomosti reported Thursday.
View ArticleConsumer protection NGO sues more CATV networks for suspension of Dozhd channel
MOSCOW, February 13 (RAPSI) - The Consumer Rights Protection Society filed a lawsuit with Moscow's Savyolovsky District Court against three other cable networks that suspended Russian TV channel Dozhd,...
View ArticleUS prosecutors urge detention for Russian student found with explosives
MOSCOW, February 13 (RAPSI, Ingrid Burke) – US prosecutors appealed on Wednesday the decision by a Pennsylvania magistrate judge to release Russian student Vladislav Miftakhov during the period leading...
View ArticlePart of taxes on foreign investment in Golos NGO cancelled
MOSCOW, February 18 (RAPSI) – The Moscow Commercial Court has invalidated part of the decision adopted by Federal Tax Service’s Inspectorate No. 9 to collect an additional 1.2 million rubles ($34,188,...
View ArticleRussian opposition activists plead not guilty to organizing 2012 Moscow riots
MOSCOW, February 18 (RAPSI) - Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov and activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who face charges of organizing riots in May 2012, pleaded not guilty in the Moscow City Court, RAPSI...
View ArticleUN commission urges prosecution options in North Korea rights report
A UN commission called for either the referral of North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC) or the creation of an ad hoc tribunal, lambasting the state as one with no parallel in the modern...
View ArticleIndian state releases 7 convicted of ex-prime minister's murders
The government of Tamil Nadu in southern India on Wednesday said it had decided to release all seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
View ArticleUK Court upholds whole-life sentences despite ECHR ruling
MOSCOW, February 19 (RAPSI, Ingrid Burke) – The UK Court of Appeal held Tuesday that whole-life sentences should be imposed when appropriate, despite a finding by the European Court of Human Rights...
View ArticleCoca-Cola trademark claim reaches Russian Intellectual Property Court
Coca-Cola Co. has filed a trademark infringement claim with Russia’s Intellectual Property Court (IP Court) against businessman Oleg Tsirikidze.
View ArticleLawsuit against CATV networks returned to Consumer protection NGO
MOSCOW, February 19 (RAPSI) - Moscow's Ostankinsky District Court has returned a lawsuit against several cable networks that suspended Russian TV channel Dozhd, after a controversial World War II poll...
View ArticleUS family has received ruling on annulment of Russian orphan adoption
Alan and Laura Shatto have received the Pskov Regional Court's decision to revoke the adoption of Russian orphan Kirill Kuzmin, whose older brother Maxim died while under the adoptive parents' care...
View ArticleSpanish court suspends extradition of Ablyazov's security chief
The National Court of Spain has suspended the extradition of Alexander Pavlov, former BTA Bank CEO Mukhtar Ablyazov's chief of security, over security fears.
View ArticleCase pending against US man who warned Russian stepson may attack Sochi
MOSCOW, February 19 (RAPSI, Ingrid Burke) – Both parties moved Wednesday for an extension in the federal criminal case against an American father who stands accused of having falsely reported to the...
View ArticleEight convicted in 2012 Moscow riots case
MOSCOW, February 21 (RAPSI) – Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Friday convicted eight activists charged in connection with Moscow's 2012 Bolotnaya riots, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.
View Article2012 Bolotnaya protesters found guilty
Eight Russian opposition activists were found guilty of mass rioting and using violence against authorities over a 2012 anti-Kremlin rally Friday, as more than 100 people who had gathered outside the...
View ArticleNYC to pay $6.4 mln to man exonerated after 22 years in prison
MOSCOW, February 21 (RAPSI) - New York City will pay out $6.4 million to David Ranta, a man who served over 22 years in prison before prosecutors discovered that he had been framed, City Comptroller...
View ArticleCivil court to handle treason case against ex-president of Pakistan
NEW DELHI, February 21 (RAPSI) - A special civil court in Islamabad presiding over the treason case against former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has rejected the defense team's request to...
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