British Greenpeace activists to remain under arrest in Russian piracy trialThe Murmansk region court of Friday rejected the appeals filed by the defense of Philip Edward Boll (UK) and John Kieron Bryan (UK), who were arrested as a part of Greenpeace raid on Gazprom drilling platform, RAPSI reports from the courtroom .12:17 11.10.2013
Greenpeace head offers himself as bond for jailed activistsThe head of environmental campaign group Greenpeace has offered Wednesday to move to Russia in exchange for the release on bail of activists and journalists jailed there last month in a letter to President Vladimir Putin.13:14 09.10.2013
Foreign Greenpeace activists appeal their arrest in Russian piracy trialDefense of 4 foreign members of the Arctic Sunrise crew detained during a drilling platform raid, has filed an appeal against their arrest with the Murmansk Region court, RAPSI reprts from the courtroom, citing the court's representative Yelena Sinitsa.11:44 09.10.2013
Netherlands initiates legal action over Greenpeace ship seized in RussiaThe Netherlands has initiated an international inquiry into Russia’s actions in the Greenpeace ship incident in the Pechora Sea, Reuters reports citing the Dutch authorities.16:58 04.10.2013
Two Greenpeace activists charged with maritime piracyGreenpeace activists Sini Saarela and Dmitry Litvinov, who were detained over a protest action against oil drilling in the Arctic, have been charged with the maritime piracy.12:10 02.10.2013
Russian investigators qualify Greenpeace activists' actions as real threatInvestigators have regarded the actions of Greenpeace activists suspected of having committed acts of maritime piracy as a real threat to the Prirazlomnaya drilling rig's employees, Russia's Investigative Committee reported Monday.14:18 30.09.2013
30 Greenpeace activists detained for two monthsAll 30 Greenpeace activists suspected of having committed acts of maritime piracy have been detained for two months, Greenpeace wrote on its Twitter account.10:42 30.09.2013
Greenpeace activists face piracy chargesDutch-flagged Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise was seized by Russian border guards on September 19 within Russia's exclusive economic zone, a day after two Greenpeace activists scaled a drilling rig in the Pechora Sea, the southeastern part of the Barents Sea. Federal investigators have initially launched a maritime piracy case against the vessel’s crew.15:04 27.09.2013
22 Greenpeace activists detained for two months22 Greenpeace activists suspected of having committed acts of maritime piracy have been detained for two months, Greenpeace wrote on its Twitter account.10:53 27.09.2013
Detained Greenpeace activists withhold evidenceAll Greenpeace activists suspected of having committed acts of maritime piracy refused to give testimony, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said Thursday.11:24 26.09.2013
Greenpeace activists to be charged with maritime piracy in RussiaFederal investigators have launched a maritime piracy case days after Greenpeace activists attempted to board a Gazprom oil rig in the Barents Sea, Russian Investigative Committee’s spokesman Vladmiri Markin told journalists Tuesday.11:52 24.09.2013
Environmental groups ask Putin to release Greenpeace shipMore than 40 environmental groups have written to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to release a Greenpeace icebreaker and its crew detained last week over protests at Gazprom’s offshore oil rig in the Arctic Ocean.14:04 23.09.2013
Duma supports pretrial blocking of illegal video contentThe State Duma on Friday voted in favor of amendments to the "piracy bill" introducing pretrial blocking of pirated video content.13:22 21.06.2013
Law on online piracy may be adopted next weekThe State Duma plans to adopt next week a bill on online piracy designed, in part, to prevent the illegal posting of films and music on torrent trackers, United Russia Deputy Viktor Pinsky, deputy chair of the House Committee on Criminal Legislation, told RIA Novosti on Thursday.11:50 13.06.2013
Readers to be free of liability for downloading e-booksReaders downloading pirated copies of e-books will not be liable for prosecution, according to Vladimir Grigoryev, Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media.17:56 04.04.2013
Supreme Court dismisses Russian social network's piracy appealThe Supreme Commercial Court has dismissed VKontakte's request to transfer for review to the court's presidium the imposition of damages in the amount of 210,000 rubles ($6,640) against the company for hosting songs on its website without the consent of the copyright holders.16:11 12.11.2012
Russians held captive by pirates released and expected home soonThe Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed the release of seven sailors - six Russians and an Estonian - who were kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria.13:43 01.11.2012
Russian sailors kidnapped by pirates in NigeriaSix Russian sailors have been kidnapped by pirates off the coast southern Nigeria, the Bourbon shipping company reported on its website on Wednesday.15:45 18.10.2012
Former Estonian spy chief charged with organizing Arctic Sea vessel hijackingThe Investigative Committee has charged in absentia former Estonian foreign intelligence coordinator, now historian and businessman Eerik-Niiles Kross with organizing the hijacking of an Arctic Sea dry cargo vessel in July 2009.14:53 13.01.2012
Court remands to prosecutors $1.2 bln case of unlawful online films distributionA district court has remanded to the prosecutor's office a criminal case against a married couple accused of unlawfully distributing films and cartoons, which resulted in over $1.2 billion in damages to Russian and foreign TV companies.17:51 08.12.2011