Auschwitz death camp bookkeeper sentenced to four years in prisonThe Luneburg Regional Court in Germany has sentenced former Nazi Oskar Groening, 94, to four years in prison for complicity in the murder of 300,000 people in the Auschwitz death camp during World War II.12:15 15.07.2015
Axel Filges speaks on German legal market, proficiency standardsAxel Filges, president of the German Federal Bar, visited RAPSI’s open studio at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum to speak about the local legal market, specific features of the monopoly on providing legal services and proficiency-based education.13:03 13.07.2015
New witness emerges in case over hacking Navalny’s emailThe trial for Sergei Maksimov, who was charged by German prosecutors with hacking Alexey Navalny’s email and Twitter accounts in June 2012, has been extended due to a new witness.14:00 09.07.2015
German citizen accused of hacking Navalny’s email faces up to 2 years in jailSergei Maksimov, who was charged by German prosecutors with hacking Alexey Navalny’s email and Twitter accounts in June 2012, could face up to two years in prison.14:45 19.06.2015
Man sentenced to 6.5 years in espionage case deported from Germany to RussiaA man known by his alias, Andreas Anschlag, who was convicted of espionage and sentenced to six and half years in prison, was deported from Germany to Russia.10:36 04.06.2015
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH urges Russian Supreme Court to throw out caseGlatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, a Germany-based company, asked Russia's Supreme Court to overturn a ruling to rehear a case lodged against it by Rosplasma.14:34 07.05.2015
Russian court sentences PwC manager Rogozhin to 8 years in jail in absentiaMoscow's Tagansky District Court sentenced Stanislav Rogozhin, head of a "Russian business group" in Germany belonging to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), to eight years in prison in absentia over alleged fraud linked to subsidiary of state-owned defense and technology holding Rostec.14:41 27.04.2015
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH fails to end lawsuit over Russian plantGlatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH must face a lawsuit filed by Rosplasma that seeks to terminate a contract for the construction of a blood processing facility in Russia and to recover 7 billion rubles ($138 million) allocated for the construction.17:43 15.04.2015
Russian shipbuilder to sue German engine supplierRussia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is preparing to sue Germany-based company MTU for its failure to supply engines for Russian corvettes.14:38 24.03.2015
Russian lawmakers to consider declaration on 1989 'annexation of East Germany'Sergei Naryshkin, the speaker of the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, has asked the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs to look into the possibility of adopting a declaration which denounces the reunification of Germany in 1989.14:18 28.01.2015
93-year-old alleged Auschwitz guard to be tried in GermanyA 93-year-old Auschwitz guard will stand trial in Lüneburg, Germany, The Local.de online news source reports on Tuesday. The name of the defendant has not been released.13:48 16.12.2014
Attorney General of Germany says no tangible evidence on Merkel’s NSA wiretapThe Supreme Court of Germany has yet to uncover any tangible evidence supporting the claim that Chancellor Angela Merkel phone was tapped by American intelligence services, according to Attorney General of Harald Range.15:27 11.12.2014
Russian spy imprisoned in Germany could be released next summer - reportA man known as Andreas Anschlag, who is serving a six and half year sentence in Germany for spying for Russia, could be released in the summer of 2015.10:45 10.12.2014
Suspected German ISIS member sentenced to three yearsA court in Frankfurt has handed down a prison sentence to Kreshnik Berisha for fighting on the side of terrorists in Syria, Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper writes on Friday.15:23 05.12.2014
Court rules that publicizing German ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl quotes is illegalThursday the Land Court of Cologne ruled against journalist Heribert Schwan in Helmut Kohl’s lawsuit against Schwan, who was Kohl’s biographer, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.16:24 13.11.2014
Russian Supreme Court refuses to vindicate Hans PiekenbrockRussia’s Supreme Court has dismissed an application seeking vindication for Hans Piekenbrock, deputy head of Nazi Germany’s military intelligence, who was sentenced in 1952 to 25 years in prison, the court told RAPSI.11:21 11.11.2014
German court rules against train operator strike banA labor court in Frankfurt-am-Main rejected a plea by Deutsche Bahn demanding an end to the ongoing strike by German train operators, Judge Ursula Schmidt told Reuters.12:05 07.11.2014
Vindication case of Hans Piekenbrock reaches Russia's Supreme CourtRussia’s Supreme Court will consider an application seeking vindication for Hans Piekenbrock, deputy head of Nazi Germany’s military intelligence, who was sentenced in 1952 to 25 years in prison.16:32 06.11.2014
Deutsche Bank top manager charged with attempted fraudGerman prosecutors in Munich have charged co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank Jurgen Fitschen and four other former board members including Josef Ackermann, Rolf Breuer and Clemens Borsig, with attempted fraud, the German media reported on Tuesday.10:29 24.09.2014
Russia to sue German company for cancelling training center contractRussian Defense Ministry officials have instructed the concerned agencies to file a lawsuit against Germany’s Rheinmetall Works after Rheinmetall cancelled a contract to build a combat training center in Mulino in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov told RIA Novosti.11:45 05.08.2014