Government commission agrees to reduce fines for 'foreign agent' law violationsThe Russian government's legislative commission has approved a bill aimed at reducing the fines for non-government organizations that fail to register as foreign agents with the Ministry of Justice in violation of law, reads a statement published on the government’s website on Wednesday.11:20 08.10.2014
Russian Finance Ministry to increase fines for accounting report violationsThe Russian Finance Ministry intends to significantly increase fines for serious violations of accounting report requirements and to introduce responsibility for repeated violations, according to a draft federal law published on the website of legislative initiatives Tuesday.14:01 23.09.2014
НР Russia fined almost $58 million for bribing Russian officialsA court in the US has slapped a $58.7-million fine on HP Russia, a subsidiary of the Hewlett-Packard Company, which pleaded guilty to violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the statement of the US Department of Justice reads.12:50 12.09.2014
Fines for anti-tobacco law violations amount to $750K in first half of 2014The total fines which have been imposed during the first half of the year on perpetrators for violations of anti-tobacco legislation amount to 28 million rubles (over $750,000), according to Russia’s watchdog Rospotrebnadzor.15:43 04.09.2014
Bucharest court fines art thieves EUR 18 millionA court in Bucharest on Monday ruled that the four thieves who were convicted of stealing paintings from a museum in Rotterdam, Holland, are to pay 18.1 million euros in damages, AFP writes on Monday.17:15 14.07.2014
Penalties for unrest during public events increased in RussiaOn Wednesday the Federation Council approved a law to increase the penalties for violating the law during demonstrations, marches and pickets.12:53 09.07.2014
Lithuanian court to hear Gazprom’s request to drop $48 million antitrust fineThe Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (VAAT) on Tuesday accepted Gazprom’s complaint against a 123 million Lithuanian lita ($48 million/EUR 35.7 million) fine for anti-competitive behavior, including overcharging customers and blocking rival suppliers, the court’s press secretary told RIA Novosti.15:11 08.07.2014
Johnson & Johnson Russia contests anti-monopoly fine for improper advertisingThe Russian unit of US cosmetic giant Johnson & Johnson has contested the 100,000 rubles ($2,925) fine imposed by the Federal Anti-monopoly Service in the Moscow Commercial Court, the court told RIA Novosti.14:46 04.07.2014
State Duma toughens penalties for repeat violations of protest rallies rulesRussia’s State Duma on Friday adopted a bill in the third and final reading to tighten the criminal and administrative penalties for repeat violations of public event and demonstration regulations.13:48 04.07.2014
Supreme Court upholds Rambler Internet Holding’s non-disclosure fineRussia’s Supreme Commercial Court will not review a lower court’s decision to impose a 500,000 ruble ($14,465) fine on Russian Rambler Internet Holding for its refusal to provide information on online correspondence, the court told RAPSI on Tuesday.16:52 17.06.2014
US may fine BNP Paribas for breaching economic sanctionsUS officials are threatening BNP Paribas (France) with a $10 billion fine for breaching the sanctions regime regarding Cuba, Sudan and Iran, Wall Street Journal reports citing sources familiar with the talks between the US and the bank.12:15 30.05.2014
Russia ramps up fines for obtaining and revealing commercial secretsRussian authorities are considering increasing the fines for illegally obtaining and disclosing commercial, fiscal or banking secrets up to 1.5 million rubles ($43,500). The relevant amendments to the Criminal Code have been published on the website of planned legislation.14:47 29.05.2014
Unsanitary sandwiches fine imposed on Burger King subsidiary upheldThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals upheld the fine imposed on “Burger Rus” company which is a subsidiary of one of the largest worldwide fast food chains, Burger King, for the above limit amount of microorganisms in company’s sandwiches, the court told RAPSI on Thursday.11:46 15.05.2014
Burger King subsidiary fined for selling sandwiches with E.coli bacteriaThe Saratov Region Commercial Court has upheld a complaint filed by the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) to fine Burger Rus, a subsidiary of Burger King, 300,000 rubles ($8,450) for the above-limit amount of microorganisms in the company’s sandwiches.17:32 07.05.2014
Opposition activist Navalny loses libel case against municipal lawmakerAfter losing a libel case against Moscow municipal lawmaker Aleksei Lisovenko, opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny has been fined up to $8,000 by a Moscow magistrate court.15:59 22.04.2014
Drug police charge Russian theaters for screening Scorsese movieThe Federal Drug Control Service’s Novosibirsk office has charged ten Novosibirsk movie theaters with administrative violations for screening ‘The Wolf of Wall Street.’ The court will try the case, a court representative told RIA Novosti Monday.13:52 17.03.2014
Kazakh mobile operator Kcell hit with $88 million antitrust fineThe court of Almaty has ruled in favor of Kazakhstan’s Competition Protection Agency in its case against Kcell, the leading mobile operator of Kazakhstan. Kcell is to pay a fine of 16 billion tenge ($88 million).11:15 11.03.2014
Russia mulls over bill on fines for sexual harassmentLawmaker Oleg Nilov (A Just Russia) has sent a bill to the State Duma on administrative penalties for the sexual harassment of women, RIA Novosti was told in the lower house's secretariat on Friday.17:31 07.03.2014
Navalny pays off fine in timber embezzlement caseOpposition activist Alexei Navalny has paid a 500,000 ruble ($14,302) fine imposed on him in the “Kirovles” embezzlement case, Russia's Federal Bailiff Service reported Thursday.11:47 06.02.2014
Mail.ru claim against non-disclosure fine dismissedThe Moscow Commercial Court has upheld a previous court decision to impose a 500,000 ruble ($15,310) fine on Mail.Ru for refusal to disclose user data to the Bank of Russia's financial market regulation branch.17:01 16.01.2014