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Moscow court recovers $52 million from Russian Land Bank

The Moscow Commercial Court has granted a claim filed by the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) seeking to bring two ex-managers of the Russian Land Bank to subsidiary liability and recover 3.1 billion rubles (nearly $52 million) from them.

17:41 17.11.2017

Plaintiffs in defamation case over “Trump dossier” ask court not to disclose home addresses

Owners of Russian consortium Alfa Group have asked the Federal District Court for District of Columbia not to divulge their home addresses in documents concerning the defamation lawsuit over publication of information contained in the so-called "Trump dossier."

14:59 17.11.2017

Moscow court dismisses claim seeking $80.4 million from Navigator bank

The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed a claim filed by the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) seeking to bring three persons behind Navigator bank to subsidiary liability and recover 4.8 billion rubles (about $80.4 million) from them.

11:59 17.11.2017

Russian Guard Service General gets 10 years in prison for corruption

The Federal Guard Service (FSO) General Gennady Lopyrev has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for taking 6.3 million rubles ($105,000) in bribes.

10:40 17.11.2017

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

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Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

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