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Prosecutor's office to look into Defense Ministrys $1 mln website

14:04 06/03/2012 The Prosecutor General's Office has reported on Tuesday legal violations committed during update works on the Defense Ministry's website.

Prosecutors warn opposition leaders

16:22 05/03/2012 The Moscow Prosecutor's Office has issued warnings not to break the law to independent opposition leaders, including Boris Nemtsov, Alexei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov.

Complaint over using mosque image in Metro Cash & Carry advertising rejected

13:23 02/03/2012 The Volga District Federal Commercial Court has held against the prosecutors' complaint against the refusal to ban Metro Cash & Carry from using Qolsharif Mosque image in its adverts.

Prosecutor's office warns against publishing voting results on election day

12:28 02/03/2012 The Moscow prosecutor's office has warned a voting right protection organization to refrain from prematurely publishing the results of the presidential elections scheduled for March 4.

Heineken union leaders seek job reinstatement in court

14:30 27/02/2012 Fired Heineken Joint Breweries trade union leaders have filed a lawsuit with a district court to regain their employment, Vitaly Morozov, one of the fired trade unionists.

Gold mine fined for nondisclosure

12:16 27/02/2012 An assay inspectorate has fined Pokrovky Mine for a failure to inform the Federal Financial Monitoring Service about its transactions.

Scholars to set up independent expert commission on extremism

12:08 27/02/2012 Participants of the Bhagavad Gita in History and Modern Society academic conference proposed to set up an independent board of scholars to evaluate various texts for signs of extremism.

U.S. court dismisses Ukrainian ex-minister's lawsuit against Prosecutor General

12:41 24/02/2012 The United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the lawsuit filed by Ukrainian ex-Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, charged with abuse of office, against Prosecutor General Victor Pshonka and several of his subordinates.

Bhagavad Gita case perplex scientists

11:48 24/02/2012 Experts and scientists gathering at the all-Russian conference "Bhagavad Gita in history and modern society" at the Tomsk University said they were perplexed over the prosecutor's office's lawsuit seeking to declare "Bhagavad Gita as It Is" commentary extremist.

Prosecutors' suit against сommentary on Bhagavad Gita reasonable - expert

11:54 21/02/2012 Head of the Justice Ministry's religion expert council Alexander Dvorkin holds that the Tomsk prosecutor's office has good reasons to declare сommentary on Bhagavad Gita extremist.

U.S. court waits for explanations from Ukrainian ex-minister

17:00 16/02/2012 Former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has not fulfilled the U.S. court's orders in his lawsuit against Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka. The court is waiting for an explanation.

Bhagavad Gita case misunderstood by society - prosecutor's office

12:21 16/02/2012 First Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Buksman told journalists on Thursday that people misunderstand the prosecutor's office's claim to declare the Russian version of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" an extremist text.

Heineken illegally fired protesting employees - prosecutor's office

11:47 16/02/2012 The prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg's Nevsky district cancelled the St. Petersburg-based Heineken Brewery's decision to fire two employees for taking part in the protest rallies.

Decision to release martial arts champion on bail quashed

17:44 14/02/2012 The court invalidated on Tuesday the decision to release martial arts champion Rasul Mirzayev on a $3,345 bail.

Appeal in Bhagavad Gita case to be heard in March

16:05 14/02/2012 The Tomsk Regional Court will hear on March 6 the local prosecutor's office's appeal against the first-instance court's refusal to declare a Russian version of the "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" Hindu scripture an extremist text.

Prosecutor's office appeals adverse judgment in Bhagavad Gita case

15:41 01/02/2012 The Prosecutor's Office has appealed the court's refusal to declare a Russian version of the "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" Hindu scripture an extremist text.

14 prosecutors fired for illegal gambling network link

12:35 31/01/2012 14 employees of the Moscow Region Prosecutor's Office were discharged after a gambling scandal broke out in spring 2011.

Russian businessman Bulat Chagaev detained in Geneva

10:42 27/01/2012 Geneva police arrested Russian businessman Bulat Chagaev, the owner of the bankrupt Swiss football club, Neuchatel Xamax.

Prosecutors appeal Bhagavad Gita extremism ruling dismissal

16:16 26/01/2012 Prosecutors in Russia’s Siberian city of Tomsk have insisted that a Russian translation of the book on a Hindu scripture called "Bhagavad-Gita As It Is" should be banned as extremist literature, filing an appeal against an earlier court ruling not to ban the book.

Prosecutor General's Office reads ex-prosecutor's extradition documents

15:41 20/01/2012 The Prosecutor General's Office has received a complete set of documents requesting the extradition of former Moscow Region Deputy Prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko from Poland. Ignatenko is a suspect in so-called "gambling case" that recently rocked the Moscow region.

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