Prosecutors present evidence in Russian opposition activists' coup caseProsecutors on Tuesday completed presenting their evidence in the case against Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov and activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who face charges of organizing riots in May 2012, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI.17:32 13.05.2014
Tsarnaev attorneys ask US court to declare death penalty unconstitutionalBoston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev’s legal team asked US court to “strike death penalty as potential punishment” for criminals and rule it out as unconstitutional.16:29 08.05.2014
Trial of former Aum Shinrikyo leader begins in JapanThe trial of Naoko Kikuchi, a former leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult who escaped police for 17 years, has begun in Japan.12:06 08.05.2014
Attorneys ask court to limit FBI control of their meetings with Tsarnaev - reportAttorneys for the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said in a complaint filed with the court that the FBI has been “needlessly intrusive” in their meetings with the accused Boston Marathon bomber.11:29 06.05.2014
Mladić defense team requests postponement due to computer failureLawyers for General Ratko Mladić, former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), have requested a postponement for three weeks due to the tribunal’s computer network failures, the Beta news agency reports.12:18 30.04.2014
Ex-head of Kazakh BTA Bank accuses French prosecutor of slanderThe former head of the Kazakh BTA Bank, Mukhtar Ablyazov, whose extradition case is being heard in France, has accused public prosecutor Solange Legras of slander. She said Ablyazov tried to influence the French court.10:27 30.04.2014
Politkovskaya murder suspect pleads not guiltyOne of the accused in the Anna Politkovskaya murder trial, Rustam Makhmudov, stated during the hearing that he was not involved in the crime, RAPSI reports Monday from the Moscow City Court.15:20 28.04.2014
Opposition activist Navalny to remain under house arrestMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky court on Thursday extended the time under house arrest of opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny involved in the Yves Rocher embezzlement case, attorney Vadim Kobzev told RAPSI.17:54 24.04.2014
Opposition activist Navalny broke house arrest conditionsRussia’s Federal Penitentiary Service confirmed on Thursday that opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny broke the conditions of the house arrest under which he was placed as a part of Yves Rocher embezzlement investigation.15:40 24.04.2014
FBI agents not to monitor Tsarnaev’s family visits in prisonA federal judge has ruled that the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be able to receive visits from his family in prison without being monitored by an FBI agent, the National Law Journal writes.15:41 17.04.2014
Russian NGOs "foreign agent" trial moved to May 23The Zamoskvoretsky District Court postponed until May 23 the consideration of the claims challenging the Moscow prosecutor's office's order instructing Memorial Human Rights Center, the GOLOS Association, the Public Verdict Foundation and JURIX organization to register as "foreign agents" in line with the controversial NGO law, RAPSI reports from the courtroom Tuesday.13:21 15.04.2014
Two jurors removed from Politkovskaya murder trialTwo jurors have been removed from a new jury panel of the Anna Politkovskaya murder case, the Moscow City Court told RIA Novosti on Monday.16:45 14.04.2014
Trial of Gaddafi sons to begin in Libya - reportThe trial of Muammar Gaddafi’s officials and his sons Saif al-Islam and Saadi will begin in Tripoli, Libya on Monday, Sky News Arabia announced.11:28 14.04.2014
Boston Marathon bombing suspect receives filing extensionBoston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been granted additional time to seek the suppression of certain evidence that prosecutors are expected to use against him during his upcoming trial.14:46 10.04.2014
Two plead guilty in New York to Ukrainian fraud conspiracyTwo men pleaded guilty this week to charges related to a large-scale money laundering scheme carried out in the US, but orchestrated out of Ukraine, according to a statement released by the US Department of Justice Tuesday.14:41 02.04.2014
Attorneys prohibited from commenting Politkovskaya murder trial onlineMoscow City Court Judge Pavel Melekhin has prohibited attorneys from commenting the Anna Politkovskaya murder trial online, defense lawyer Sergei Badamshin told RAPSI on Wednesday.13:49 02.04.2014
Russian man to be tried for bringing in drugs by mail from US and NetherlandsA court in Khabarovsk will hear a case involving a local resident who ordered various drugs by mail. From the US, he received blotters of synthetic drugs and a package of cocaine from the Netherlands, a regional office of the Federal Drug Control Service reports.11:54 20.03.2014
US court ok’s references to 9/11, bin Laden during Abu Hamza trialWith only one month to go before the launch of the hotly anticipated US terrorism trial against Mostafa Kamal Mostafa (Abu Hamza), the court denied on Thursday a defense motion to preclude mention of the September 11 terror attacks, Osama bin Laden, and other hot-button issues at trial.16:32 14.03.2014
Citing “shield of innocence” judge nixes anonymous jury in Abu Hamza trialAnonymity and other forms of jury protection requested by prosecutors would run counter to the principle that all criminal defendants are shrouded by a “shield of innocence” prior to conviction, a US court held Wednesday in the case against terror suspect Mostafa Kamal Mostafa (Abu Hamza).13:21 13.03.2014
Russian trial against Ukrainian nationalist leader - live broadcastRAPSI is conducting a live text broadcast Wednesday of the Russian extremism proceedings against Dmitry Yarosh, a Ukrainian ultra-nationalist whose political movement the “Right Sector” played a crucial role in the Maidan protests that recently uprooted his country’s leadership.15:51 11.03.2014