Former "Russian spy" willing to testify on Litvinenko's death – reportAn individual referred to as a “US-based former Russian spy” and a key witness in the investigation of the 2006 death by polonium-210 poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko has expressed willingness to provide evidence during a public inquiry.13:37 20.05.2013
Parallel importer's trademark lawsuit against Heineken rejectedThe Moscow Commercial Court has rejected Aqualife's lawsuit against the Heineken Ceska Republica brewer to terminate the legal protection of its Krusovice trademark in Russia ahead of time.13:10 20.05.2013
Another prison penalty imposed on Pussy Riot's Alyokhina overturnedThe Perm Territorial Court has overturned another penalty imposed on Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina in her prison in Berezniki.12:48 20.05.2013
Russian officials, media representatives agree on more liberal media lawsRepresentatives of the Russian mass media have convinced officials and State Duma lawmakers - who met to discuss a set of strict new amendments to the Civil Code - to allow the media to publish personal information not otherwise categorized as "private".12:04 20.05.2013
Russian opposition lawmaker faces embezzlement charges in hi-tech hub probeInvestigators will open a case against State Duma member Ilya Ponomaryov on charges of embezzling $750,000 from the Skolkovo Foundation. They will seek to strip him of his parliamentary immunity.11:19 20.05.2013
Google whistleblower offers evidence of tax avoidance – reportFormer Google manager turned whistleblower Barney Jones has evidence of the search giant’s “immoral” tax avoidance via upwards of 100,000 emails from his time spent working for the company, according to a report by The Sunday Times.10:22 20.05.2013
State Duma refuses to overturn US adoption banThe State Duma refused Friday to overturn Russia’s ban on the adoption of its orphans by US families.18:52 17.05.2013
Prosecutors expose violations in Moscow-City construction projectCity prosecutors have reported multiple violations in the construction and operation of the Moscow City business center project to the Central Administrative Area Prefect and the state company Tsentr-City.17:49 17.05.2013
State Duma appoints subcommittee for InternetA subcommittee for the Internet has been appointed as part of the State Duma Mass Media Committee, the new subcommittee's head, Robert Shlegel.17:19 17.05.2013
Russian Supreme Court chairman earned about $200,000 in 2012Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev earned 6.2 million rubles (around $197,330) in 2012, or 100,000 rubles ($3,180) more than the year before.16:49 17.05.2013
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