Arms dealer Viktor Bout to get new defense teamRussian businessman Viktor Bout, convicted for arms trafficking in the United States, will get a new team of lawyers.09:00 08.04.2013
US court expands Alaska Native land, equality rightsA federal court in Washington DC ruled this week that the Secretary for the Interior (Secretary) is entitled to take land into trust for Alaska Natives in a landmark ruling that places Alaska’s native population on equal footing with other Native American populations.17:32 05.04.2013
US congressman proposes 280 names to go on the Magnitsky listJim McGovern (D-MA), one of the original sponsors of the Magnitsky Act, has forwarded the presidential administration his own list of 280 Russian officials he believes should be on the State Department's Magnitsky list.12:08 05.04.2013
Viktor Bout's accomplice consents to being extradited to United StatesArms dealer Viktor Bout's former business partner, the Syrian-born U.S. citizen Richard Chichakli, has given his consent to be extradited to the United States from Australia where he was arrested last January upon the request of U.S. investigators.16:52 04.04.2013
Texas parents agree to annul 2003 adoption of Russian children - AstakhovChildren's Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov has confirmed the media reports that Michael and Penny Deckert have given up their parental rights to their three adopted Russian Children.13:47 04.04.2013
Conclusion over Russian adoptee's death inconsistent - Foreign MinistryRussia's Foreign Ministry said there were inconsistencies in the investigation documents on Maxim Kuzmin death. On March 1, the Texas authorities announced that based on the autopsy results the boy's death was not criminal.12:07 04.04.2013
Russian girl did not accuse her adoptive father of rape - US policeAnastasia Klimova, a Russian girl who was adopted by US nationals Michael and Penny Deckert together with her siblings Alexei and Svetlana, has denied allegations that she was sexually abused by her adoptive father, said Sheriff Ed Cain of Hardin County, Texas, whose office led the initial probe into the claim.11:29 04.04.2013
Texas investigates sexual abuse claim by adopted Russian girlhe Texan authorities are investigating allegations that a 16-year-old Russian girl was sexually abused by her adoptive American father. The girl's adoptive mother, who denies the allegation, told RIA Novosti in a telephone interview that her daughter had contacted local social workers with claims that she had been raped.14:42 03.04.2013
UN General Assembly adopts historic Arms Trade TreatyIn a decisive move toward regulating the grey to black markets that have historically surrounded the global arms trade, the UN General Assembly voted by a landslide Tuesday to approve the world’s first comprehensive arms trade treaty.13:09 03.04.2013
US judge relaxes bail terms in high-tech Russian export caseA US federal court in New York has relaxed some of the bail terms assigned to Viktoria Klebanova, who has pleaded guilty for her role in the illegal sale of microelectronics to Russia.15:44 02.04.2013
US says corruption hampers foreign investment in RussiaCorruption remains the main obstacle to developing foreign investment in Russia, according to the 2013 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers released by the US Trade Representative Office on Monday.14:12 02.04.2013
US energy firm turns to Russian authorities for approval of Lukoil dealRussian oil giant Lukoil is set to purchase Samara-Nafta, a smaller regional oil company, from international energy company Hess Corporation for $2.05 billion, but the sale will not be final until approved by Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service, according to a statement issued by Hess Monday.12:43 02.04.2013
Investigative Committee seeks to detain Russian lawyer granted US asylumInvestigators have appealed to the Presnensky Court of Moscow to issue a warrant for detaining lawyer Boris Kuznetsov, currently residing in US, for divulging state secrets. In Russia Kuznetsov worked on many high profile criminal and human rights cases.10:25 02.04.2013
Abuse claims of adopted Russian teen 'very hurtful' - US parentsThe American parents of an adopted Russian teenager, who returned to his country of birth after claiming his adoptive parents mistreated him, say his behavior changed last year when he visited relatives in Russia and was introduced to drugs and alcohol, things that were forbidden in his Christian American home.09:59 02.04.2013
Investigators urged to probe Russian orphan organ transplants in the USRussian Children Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has asked the Foreign Ministry and the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate claims that the organs of adopted Russian children who have died in the United States have been removed and given to other children.19:32 01.04.2013
Apple loses bid to trademark IPad MiniThe US Patent and Trademark Office rejected Apple’s application to patent its IPad mini, explaining that the sought-after trademark (mini) was merely descriptive, and was thus not patentable under US law.18:54 01.04.2013
Sequester begins to take its toll on US judiciaryThe US Federal Judiciary announced last month its expectation that the $350 million funding cut it would have to endure as a result of the sequester would have a devastating impact on the functioning of the US judiciary. By the start of April, the cuts have clearly begun to take a toll.16:36 01.04.2013
US court dismisses fraud claim against Russia’s Gulfstream SecurityA US federal court in New York dismissed claims filed by businessman Leo Raizberg asserting that he had fallen victim to a Russian security firm’s fraudulent investment scheme.18:43 29.03.2013
UN fails once again to produce an arms-trade treatyWidespread optimism that the UN Final Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty would culminate in the adoption of a binding legal text regulating the international arms market was abruptly derailed Thursday at the hands of Iran, Syria, and North Korea, who asserted concerns that the draft document did little to ensure the protection of their national interests.14:13 29.03.2013
Russia probes case of adoptee who lived on US streetsRussia has asked the US State Department to look into the circumstances surrounding a teenage Russian adoptee who says he returned to his country of birth after being kicked out of the house by the American couple that adopted him.10:02 29.03.2013