Pussy Riot attorney to defend oppositionist RazvozzhayevOn Thursday, the Investigative Committee confirmed that Mark Feygin is authorized to defend oppositionist Leonid Razvozzhayev. Feygin together with two other attorneys represented the Pussy Riot members, who were accused of disorderly conduct at the Christ the Savior Cathedral.12:15 25.10.2012
US slaps Bank of America with $1bln mortgage fraud suitUS federal prosecutors on Wednesday filed a $1 billion civil lawsuit against Bank of America, accusing America’s second largest bank of a “spectacularly brazen” scheme in which the bank allegedly churned out fraudulent mortgages and sold the loans to the government.10:19 25.10.2012
Wall Street exec gets 2 years for insider tradingFormer Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta was sentenced to two years in United States federal prison Wednesday, after being convicted of supplying confidential information to a jailed hedge fund boss.09:57 25.10.2012
Investigators seek to deprive well-known opposition figure of attorney statusThe Investigative Committee will seek to deprive opposition figure Alexei Navalny of his attorney status, deeming his legal experience insufficient.19:14 24.10.2012
Oppositionist's appeal of sentence for selling drugs to be heard on November 7A Smolensk court will hear The Other Russia member Taisiya Osipova's appeal against her eight-year sentence for selling drugs on November 7.17:39 24.10.2012
Pussy Riot members reach prisonPussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who were earlier sentenced to two years in prison for disorderly conduct, have reached the prisons where they will serve their sentences.17:09 24.10.2012
Arrest extention of suspect in Putin's attempted assassination appealedKazakh citizen Ilya Pyanzin, who is suspected of attempting to kill President Vladimir Putin, has disputed the ruling to extend his arrest.15:26 24.10.2012
Suspect in Bolotnaya riots case complains of police beatingsDenis Lutskevich, a suspect in the Bolotnaya Square riots case, has asked the authorities to open a criminal case against the police officers who allegedly beat him.15:01 24.10.2012
Razvozzhayev has no complaints about torture, yet to choose attorneyOpposition figure Leonid Razvozzhayev, who has been accused of instigating mass riots, has yet to choose an attorney, Investigative Committee official spokesperson Vladimir Markin said on Wednesday. He added that torture has not been used against him.14:38 24.10.2012
Norilsk Nickel's lawsuit on deposit tenders postponed until November 15The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed until November 15 the preliminary hearings into Norilsk Nickel's lawsuit to declare illegal a watchdog's resolutions on metal deposits tenders in Siberia.14:03 24.10.2012
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