Telecommunications

MTS Mobile defamation countersuit to be heard March 20

16:23 25/02/2013 The Moscow Commercial Court has scheduled a hearing for a defamation lawsuit between MTS and businessman Yevgeny Grafeyev on March 20.

Putin approves fines for posting child-inappropriate information online

13:02 25/02/2013 President Vladimir Putin has signed a law introducing fines for publishing information inappropriate for children online.

Russian lawmaker proposes blog advertising tax

16:03 21/02/2013 State Duma Deputy Sergei Zheleznyak has suggested amending the tax legislation, so as to tax bloggers for mentioning brands. He said the tax should be imposed on direct and indirect advertising.

Appeal on Russian telecom licenses in India turned down

11:13 15/02/2013 The Supreme Court of India turned down the appeal filed by Shyam TeleServices Limited, which sought to overturn last year's court ruling to revoke its permits.

Russian consumer watchdog says it is studying YouTube's lawsuit

10:57 15/02/2013 Russian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor is studying YouTube’s lawsuit against it, the watchdog’s head, says Russia’s chief state health inspector Gennady Onishchenko.

YouTube files suit against consumer rights authority

12:06 12/02/2013 On February 11 the Moscow Commercial Court registered a lawsuit filed by YouTube LLC against Russia's consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor.

US counterintelligence officials investigate Voice of Russia

15:45 05/02/2013 Counterintelligence officials at the US Department of Justice have asked a major Russian broadcasting company to submit all records of its contacts with Russia.

Moscow courts will continue to stream high-profile trials online

10:23 30/01/2013 Moscow courts will continue to stream high-profile trials online, chair of the Moscow City Court Olga Yegorova said on Tuesday at a meeting on the judges' performance last year.

Nearly 600 suicide-promoting websites plugged in Russia

12:19 29/01/2013 Nearly 600 Russian websites have been closed down after a federal regulator concluded that they contain information on various ways to commit suicide.

French court orders Twitter to produce information on racist, anti-Semitic users

12:34 25/01/2013 A Paris court ordered Twitter Thursday to produce any information that may facilitate the identification of users that tweeted illegal content, according to a press release issued by France’s Union of Jewish Students (UEJF), the organization spearheading efforts to rid Twitter of hate speech.

Bailiffs to send Russians millions of text message reminders about debts

12:43 23/01/2013 Court bailiffs plan to send over 8 million text messages to remind Russians of their debts in 2013, head of the Federal Bailiff Service Artur Parfyonchikov said on Wednesday.

ECJ holds that costs can be limited for short news clips of high-interest events

16:07 22/01/2013 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held Tuesday that in cases involving events that generate a great deal of public interest, such as certain sporting events, the cost exclusive broadcast holders charge for rights to air short news clips can be limited.

North Korea llifts ban on use of cell phones by foreigners

12:55 21/01/2013 North Korea has allowed approved the use of personal mobile phones by foreigners to bring their personal mobile phones into the country and to use local mobile operators within its country.

MTS Uzbekistan subsidiary files for bankruptcy

14:06 16/01/2013 Uzdunrobita, a subsidiary of Russias mobile operator MTS in Uzbekistan, has filed for bankruptcy with a commercial court in Tashkent, citing inability to pay its financial liabilities.

Indian court extends operation of revoked Russian telecom licenses

11:32 15/01/2013 The Supreme Court of India has extended the licenses revoked last year from AFK Sistema subsidiary Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL) until it hears the case on February 4.

Rostelecom LTE network access lawsuit against Skartel dismissed

16:19 19/12/2012 The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed Rostelecom's lawsuit to force Skartel to grant access to its LTE network

Facebook partially unblocked in Tajikistan

13:14 04/12/2012 Tajikistan's state Internet provider has reopened access to Facebook, which had been blocked across the entire republic since November 26.

Lawsuit against Telenor in VimpelCom case revoked, provisional measures lifted

13:09 23/11/2012 The Federal Antimonopoly Service has recalled the lawsuit it submitted to the Moscow Commercial Court against Telenor to invalidate its purchase of VimpelCom Ltd. shares; the interim measures under the lawsuit were removed, the agency's press release reads.

Egyptian billionaire seeks $5 bln from Algeria for VimpelCom losses

14:23 20/11/2012 Egyptian billionaire and Weather Investments board chairman Naguib Sawiris has filed a lawsuit with the World Bank's arbitration court to recover losses inflicted on the Djezzy Algerian mobile operator by the Algerian government.

Federal Antimonopoly Service may withdraw claim against Telenor

14:44 14/11/2012 The Federal Antimonopoly Service may withdraw its lawsuit against Norway's Telenor after the company's stake in VimpelCom is considered at a Government Commission on Monitoring Foreign Investment meeting on November 21.

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