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Rusnano ex-finance director to remain in detention until December

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has extended until December 6 the detention of former financial director of the Russian nanotechnology corporation Rusnano, Svyatoslav Ponurov, who stands charged with embezzlement of 220 million rubles ($3.4 million) from the state technology corporation.

17:51 02.09.2015

Prosecutor demands 8 years for alleged Russian recruiter for Ukraine’s Right Sector

A prosecutor has asked the Moscow City Court to sentence Alexander Razumov, an alleged recruiter for the Right Sector, a Ukrainian extremist organization that has been prohibited in Russia, to eight years in prison and two years of parole upon his release.

16:02 02.09.2015

Indebted Mechel ordered to pay Sberbank about $10.7mln

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision to recover $10.6 million and 6.8 million rubles ($101,000) from mining and metals group Mechel and three of its subsidiaries in favor of Sberbank.

15:32 02.09.2015

Russian companies to pay Apple $26,000 in trademark dispute

The Moscow Commercial Court has ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by Apple Corp. to recover 1.7 million rubles ($26,000) from four operators of the Russian dot-com apl-msk.ru (apples-msk.ru) for illegal use of trademarks and trading in counterfeit products.

14:01 02.09.2015

ECHR to make ruling in Bolotnaya Square case on September 17

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) plans to make its first ruling in the Bolotnaya Square protests case regarding one of the suspects on September 17.

11:50 02.09.2015

Bailiffs to collect over $68,000 from Navalny in Yves Rocher case

Court bailiffs have been ordered by the court to collect nearly 4.5 million rubles ($68,840) from opposition politician Alexei Navalny.

10:38 02.09.2015

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

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