Ex-defense minister finally testifies in property scandalRussia’s former Defense Minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, has been cooperating for the first time in an investigation into his alleged complicity in misusing Defense Ministry assets to carry out expensive renovation work at a luxury summer house belonging to his brother-in-law, and has testified as a witness.16:09 13.03.2013
Dutch Supreme Court rules that forcibly making out does not constitute rapeThe Dutch Supreme Court held Tuesday to remove kissing with tongue from the list of offenses that can be charged as rape under the country’s criminal code.15:44 13.03.2013
London High Court orders Tajik mogul to pay damages to Russian lenderLondon’s High Court of Justice has ordered Tajik businessman Avaz Nazarov and a company owned by him to pay up for various tort and contract claims arising from the failure to repay millions of dollars in loans granted by Russian businessman Valery Vorobyev.14:45 13.03.2013
Vienna court upholds verdict against former son-in-law of Kazakh presidentOn December 17, 2012, a court in Vienna upheld charges against former Kazakh Ambassador to Austria Rakhat Aliyev, who is accused of creating a criminal group for purposes of extortion and money laundering, Vienna lawyer Gabriel Lansky representing the plaintiffs in the case said at a news conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday.14:23 13.03.2013
Judge enters not guilty plea on behalf of Colorado mass killer James HomesA Colorado judge entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of James Holmes, the Colorado gunman accused of having carried out a devastating mass shooting during a midnight film screening last July.13:40 13.03.2013
Migrant workers must learn at least 850 Russian wordsThe Ministry of Education and Science has published Russian language requirements for migrant workers, according to which they must know at least 850 words in Russian.13:17 13.03.2013
Cocaine trafficker linked to Yaroshenko sentenced to 12 years in USMarcel Acevedo Sarmiento, alleged accomplice to Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko whose 20-year drug trafficking sentence by an American court in 2011 bolstered a diplomatic row between Russia and America, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in a US federal court Tuesday for conspiracy to import cocaine to the US.11:49 13.03.2013
Politkovskaya murder accomplice to skip appeal hearing for health reasonsFormer policeman Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for involvement in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has asked the court to hear his appeal in his absence and also to grant him state protection in the pretrial detention ward.10:52 13.03.2013
New York City soda ban excoriated in biting opinionNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s battle against the city’s expanding waistline suffered a blow in the state’s supreme court Monday when Justice Milton A. Tingling tossed out a prohibition on the sale of large sugary drinks in an effort to quell the city’s growing obesity epidemic.14:14 12.03.2013
Court refuses to reconsider fraud investigation against Navanly brothersThe Moscow City Court excluded from consideration Monday an appeal challenging a decision by Russian federal investigators to launch criminal case against political opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg, who stand accused of fraud and money laundering.18:38 11.03.2013
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022