Boston Marathon bombing treated as an act of terror – DOJUS Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is treating the Boston Marathon bombing as an act of terror.19:09 17.04.2013
Russian diplomat repeats Guantanamo closure callThe clashes in the notorious Guantanamo US military prison last week underline the need to close the facility, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s point man for human rights said on Wednesday.16:15 17.04.2013
US authorities list Russian spy house for saleUS authorities are selling the family home of Vladimir and Lydia Guryev, better known as Richard and Cynthia Murphy, two deep-cover Russian intelligence operatives who were arrested alongside Anna Chapman and other foreign nationals as part of an FBI bust in 2010.12:35 17.04.2013
'Taiwanchik' among 34 charged in US Russian crime ringUS authorities charged 34 people on Tuesday for allegedly being part of a Russian crime ring that investigators said engaged in extortion and money laundering in excess of $100 million, and operated high-stakes poker games in the United States that attracted professional athletes, Hollywood celebrities and Wall Street executives.09:49 17.04.2013
US extradition violates rights of schizophrenic terror suspect – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that the UK would be violating the rights of a schizophrenic man charged with conspiring to establish a US-based jihad training camp by extraditing him to the US.15:32 16.04.2013
Putin offers help with Boston bombings investigationRussian President Vladimir Putin offered Russia's assistance on Tuesday in the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three on Monday and left more than 140 injured.15:06 16.04.2013
US soldier sentenced to 16 years for attempting to spy for RussiaUS Army soldier William Colton Millay has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for attempting to sell military secrets to a Russian intelligence officer.12:42 16.04.2013
At least three dead, dozens injured as blasts hit Boston MarathonAt least three people were killed Monday and more than 100 others injured, some critically, after a pair of powerful explosions ripped through a crowd near the finish line while the prestigious Boston Marathon was still in progress, local authorities and media in Boston reported.09:43 16.04.2013
US Supreme Court refuses to review New York concealed weapon lawThe US Supreme Court declined to consider a case challenging New York’s state gun laws in the context of the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees the rights of citizens to bear arms.22:01 15.04.2013
UTICo fails to secure judgment debt through Credit Suisse in US courtA US federal court denied Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc.’s (UTICo) motion to amend its complaint against Credit Suisse in its latest effort to secure a judgment against United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU).18:12 15.04.2013
Russia publishes its answer to US Magnitsky ListRussia has published its own list of US officials banned from Russia in response to the US’s list of Russian officials facing visa and financial sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.14:12 13.04.2013
Magnitsky List published in part, classified in partThe US Treasury Department released the names Friday of 18 Russian officials who will be sanctioned in accordance with the Magnitsky Act, a controversial US law that provoked strong reactions from Russia, including a ban on the adoption of Russian children.01:56 13.04.2013
US releases names of Russian officials on Magnitsky ListThe United States on Friday released the names of 18 Russian officials to be slapped with visa and financial sanctions under the controversial Magnitsky Act, which punishes individuals Washington deems complicit in human rights abuses.21:36 12.04.2013
Viktor Bout's new defense team keeps US attorneyThe new team of lawyers representing alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout do not plan to replace his previous US attorney Albert Dayan at this stage, his new lawyer Alexei Binetsky told a news conference on Friday.16:34 12.04.2013
US court permits rackateering claims to be refiled against TymoshenkoA New York district court has agreed on Friday to hear US Universal Trading and Investment Co.'s (UTICo) amended $18.3 million claim against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.15:46 12.04.2013
Ex-Pakistani president admits to approving US drone strikesEx-Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf (1999-2008) admitted in an interview with CNN that his government secretly gave its consent to US drone strikes against terrorists in northwest Pakistan "on a few occasions, when a target was absolutely isolated and [there was] no chance of collateral damage."13:25 12.04.2013
Toyota reaches $16 million settlement in sudden-acceleration suitCalifornia prosecutors have reached a $16 million settlement with Toyota, thus bringing an end to a three-year legal battle based on allegations that the car manufacturer knowingly sold cars and trucks with defective accelerators, thus causing dozens of deaths.18:12 09.04.2013
Bout's defense to complain about prison conditionsA lawyer of Russian national Viktor Bout, who has been convicted for arms trafficking in the United States, said on Tuesday he had prepared a complaint about prison conditions.16:57 09.04.2013
Wikileaks releases 1.7 million diplomatic cables from the 1970sWikileaks has released 1.7 million new US diplomatic records, including cables, intelligence reports, and congressional correspondence dated between 1973 and 1976.13:02 08.04.2013
International credit card trafficker sentenced to 88 months in US prisonVladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, a 30-year-old Russian, Ukrainian, and Israeli citizen, was sentenced in the US Friday to 88 months in prison and ordered to pay $125,739 in restitution for trafficking in millions of stolen credit cards and for having played a role in the theft of upwards of $9 million from an American credit card company.11:38 08.04.2013