US foreclosure settlement angers Wall Street criticsA multibillion-dollar settlement announced Monday between US financial regulators and major banks over alleged abuses related to home foreclosures is the latest example of the financial industry running roughshod over the rule-of-law without repercussions, Wall Street critics said.17:00 08.01.2013
Americans to stand trial for abuse of Russian adopteeTwo Americans will face trial over their alleged abuse of a Russian adoptee, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday.16:10 08.01.2013
Russian bank swindler sentenced to three years in USA US court sentenced on Friday a Russian national convicted of orchestrating a cyber-fraud scheme targeting US consumers and banks to three years in prison.19:20 05.01.2013
Libya confirms Ghaddafi son’s trial in FebruarySaif al-Islam, the second son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Ghaddafi, will go on trial within the next month. Saif actively supported his father’s attempts to quash the Libyan rebellion in 2011.18:03 05.01.2013
Russian police seize over 1,000 diamonds in raidPolice in the Russian city of Volgograd have seized over 1,000 diamonds and other gemstones in a raid on traffickers.13:48 04.01.2013
Transocean to pay US $1.4 bln fine over Gulf of Mexico oil spillOffshore oil and gas drilling company Transocean has agreed to pay the US $1.4 billion over the 2010 environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.12:25 04.01.2013
Situation over Zavgorodnyaya case in Finland gets worseThe Russian Foreign Ministry claims that the situation with Russian citizen Anastasiya Zavgorodnyaya, whose children were taken away by Finnish authorities, is worsening.15:04 29.12.2012
Russian soldiers to face trial over Kaczynski plane wreckage lootingFour Russian servicemen to face trial for pillaging the wreckage of Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s plane which crashed near the city of Smolensk in 2010.14:07 29.12.2012
Russian citizen found guilty of 2002 double murder in USA jury found Russian citizen Yury Solovyev guilty of murdering two businessmen in the United States in 2002.13:07 29.12.2012
Russian opposition to hold protest against anti-US adoption lawRussian opposition activists plan a march urging to repeal a new law banning adoptions of Russian children by American citizens and dissolve the two houses of parliament next month.12:37 29.12.2012
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