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Creditors of Russia's MTS branch in Uzbekistan to request liquidation

A meeting of the creditors of Uzdunrobita, Russia's MTS branch in Uzbekistan, has voted to request the court to recognize the company as bankrupt and to seek its liquidation.

17:34 05.03.2013

MTS Mobile defamation countersuit to be heard March 20

The Moscow Commercial Court has scheduled a hearing for a defamation lawsuit between MTS and businessman Yevgeny Grafeyev on March 20.

16:23 25.02.2013

Putin approves fines for posting child-inappropriate information online

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law introducing fines for publishing information inappropriate for children online.

13:02 25.02.2013

Russian lawmaker proposes blog advertising tax

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.

16:03 21.02.2013

Appeal on Russian telecom licenses in India turned down

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.

11:13 15.02.2013

Russian consumer watchdog says it is studying YouTube's lawsuit

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.

10:57 15.02.2013

YouTube files suit against consumer rights authority

On February 11 the Moscow Commercial Court registered a lawsuit filed by YouTube LLC against Russia's consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor.

12:06 12.02.2013

US counterintelligence officials investigate Voice of Russia

Counterintelligence officials at the US Department of Justice have asked a major Russian broadcasting company to submit all records of its contacts with Russia.

15:45 05.02.2013

Moscow courts will continue to stream high-profile trials online

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.

10:23 30.01.2013

Nearly 600 suicide-promoting websites plugged in Russia

Nearly 600 Russian websites have been closed down after a federal regulator concluded that they contain information on various ways to commit suicide.

12:19 29.01.2013

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

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.

12:34 25.01.2013

Bailiffs to send Russians millions of text message reminders about debts

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.

12:43 23.01.2013

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

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.

16:07 22.01.2013

North Korea llifts ban on use of cell phones by foreigners

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.

12:55 21.01.2013

MTS Uzbekistan subsidiary files for bankruptcy

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.

14:06 16.01.2013

Indian court extends operation of revoked Russian telecom licenses

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.

11:32 15.01.2013

Rostelecom LTE network access lawsuit against Skartel dismissed

The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed Rostelecom's lawsuit to force Skartel to grant access to its LTE network

16:19 19.12.2012

Facebook partially unblocked in Tajikistan

Tajikistan's state Internet provider has reopened access to Facebook, which had been blocked across the entire republic since November 26.

13:14 04.12.2012

Lawsuit against Telenor in VimpelCom case revoked, provisional measures lifted

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.

13:09 23.11.2012

Egyptian billionaire seeks $5 bln from Algeria for VimpelCom losses

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.

14:23 20.11.2012