UK police probe alleged murder plot against ex-Bank of Moscow presidentAn individual was offered £660,000 to assassinate former Bank of Moscow president Andrei Borodin, who was granted asylum in the UK last February based on claims of political persecution.16:01 08.04.2013
Pablo Neruda exhumation underway as part of murder investigationChilean authorities have begun to exhume the body of world-renowned poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda based on allegations that his death may in fact have been the result of an assassination ordered by the Pinochet regime rather than prostate cancer, as previous suspected.15:35 08.04.2013
Pussy Riot's lawyer to file new appeal against Moscow court decisionPussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova plan to appeal the decision of the Moscow City Court, which dismissed previous pleas to reverse their sentences.15:10 08.04.2013
Around 7,000 migrants have passed Russian language test - regulatorNearly 7,000 migrants have passed Russian language tests, a Federal Migration Service official said on Monday.14:47 08.04.2013
MPs request legality check of WTO accession protocol ratificationOver 100 Communist Party and A Just Russia MPs, including the party leaders, have signed a request for the Constitutional Court to check the legality of the ratification of the World Trade Organization accession protocol.14:01 08.04.2013
EU pressures Ukraine to address its 'selective justice' with regard to TymoshenkoEU officials have urged Ukraine to consider what they believe was a case of 'selective justice' with regard to former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, after former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko was officially pardoned on Sunday.13:34 08.04.2013
Wikileaks releases 1.7 million diplomatic cables from the 1970sWikileaks has released 1.7 million new US diplomatic records, including cables, intelligence reports, and congressional correspondence dated between 1973 and 1976.13:02 08.04.2013
President signs law to limit temporary incapacity paymentsPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a law limiting benefits for being temporarily unfit to work, the Kremlin has announced on its website. The law was drafted after an audit of the Social Security Fund revealed excessive incapacity payments were being issued to FC Zenit players.12:44 08.04.2013
Captain of Nerpa sub pleads innocent in fatal accident trialCaptain Dmitry Lavrentyev has pleaded not guilty during the trial of the Nerpa nuclear submarine accident case, a defense attorney told RIA Novosti. Lavrentyev stated that he followed the proper procedure for an emergency.12:17 08.04.2013
International credit card trafficker sentenced to 88 months in US prisonVladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, a 30-year-old Russian, Ukrainian, and Israeli citizen, was sentenced in the US Friday to 88 months in prison and ordered to pay $125,739 in restitution for trafficking in millions of stolen credit cards and for having played a role in the theft of upwards of $9 million from an American credit card company.11:38 08.04.2013
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