US parents cleared in death of adopted Russian boyProsecutors in Ector County, Texas said Monday that Alan and Laura Shatto, the American parents whose adopted Russian toddler died suddenly in January, will not be charged in the boy’s death.08:10 19.03.2013
US announces changes to missile defense program favorable to RussiaIn response to increased threats posed by North Korea and Iran, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced that the US will add additional ground-based ballistic missile interceptors to its existing arsenal, a move that has been widely interpreted as the Obama administration making good on the American president’s promise last spring of “more flexibility” once reelected.14:01 18.03.2013
Schneerson book collection to be handed over to Russian HasidsBooks from the so-called Yitzchok Schneerson collection will be handed over to Russian Hasids amid requests by Hasids in the United States to transfer the books into their possession instead.16:46 15.03.2013
Reuters editor indicted on charges of assisting Anonymous hackersThe US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that Reuters social media editor Matthew Keys was indicted on charges of conspiring with hacker group Anonymous to hack into the website of his former employer, Tribune.13:33 15.03.2013
Cocaine trafficker linked to Yaroshenko sentenced to 12 years in USMarcel Acevedo Sarmiento, alleged accomplice to Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko whose 20-year drug trafficking sentence by an American court in 2011 bolstered a diplomatic row between Russia and America, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in a US federal court Tuesday for conspiracy to import cocaine to the US.11:49 13.03.2013
US senator denies backing Adoption Ban sanctionsA US lawmaker on Wednesday denied a Russian newspaper report suggesting he supports punishing Russian officials who backed Moscow’s controversial ban on US adoptions under the auspices of the Magnitsky Act.10:17 07.03.2013
US criticized for failure to adhere to UN drug conventionsThe Independent Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the independent body charged with implementing the United Nations drug control conventions, criticized the US for slipping up on its requirements under various UN drug treaties by virtue of a series of increasingly liberal marijuana laws that have passed in certain states.17:45 06.03.2013
Russian officials who banned US adoptions should be Magnitsky-listed - US SenatorUS Congress will insist that Russian officials who contributed to the ban on the adoption of Russian children by American parents should be included on the Magnitsky list, newspaper Kommersant has cited Benjamin Cardin, a Democratic senator from Maryland.12:13 06.03.2013
“World’s sexiest computer hacker” to be sentenced in US in AprilThe sentencing of Kristina Svechinskaya, widely dubbed the “world’s sexiest computer hacker,” has been postponed until April 19 in a case centering on her role in an international fraud scheme that used hundreds of sham bank accounts in order to steal upwards of $3 million.12:43 05.03.2013
Sponsoring senator says Magnitsky Act does not hinder US-Russia relationsUS Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) does not think the Magnitsky Act hinders the development of US-Russian relations. Cardin sponsored the Magnitsky bill in the Senate, although a different wording of the bill was ultimately adopted.12:19 05.03.2013
Russia considers US conclusions over Russian orphan's death contradictoryRussian investigators believe the US conclusions about the death of Maxim Kuzmin (renamed Max Shatto), a three-year-old Russian boy adopted by a Texan family, are contradictory and they intend to find out the real causes behind his death.10:27 05.03.2013
US Senate considers broadening scope of media coverage in federal courtsA bipartisan group of US senators reintroduced a law aiming to vest all federal courts with the authority to open proceedings to television and radio broadcasts.14:51 04.03.2013
Autopsy clears adoptive US parents of Russian orphan Maxim’s deathOfficial autopsy results for Russian orphan Maxim Kuzmin (renamed Max Shatto) that were released by Texan authorities Friday absolve adoptive parents Lauren and Alan Shatto of direct responsibility for the toddler’s death, establishing that the cause was a mortal wound accidentally inflicted by Maxim himself.16:27 02.03.2013
Federal court dismisses transparency claim against State Department and CIAA US federal court dismissed a complaint filed by transparency advocacy group Freedom Watch charging that an array of US government departments and agencies including the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had failed to maintain transparency as required by federal law.17:53 01.03.2013
Texan authorities refute Russian allegations about Maxim Kuzmin's deathTexan authorities have refuted childrens rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov's statement that the US police believe that Max Shatto (Maxim Kuzmin), a Russian boy adopted by a US family, died of natural causes.13:50 01.03.2013
US confirms March publication of Magnitsky ListUS authorities are planning to publish the Magnitsky List this March, Howard Solomon, Deputy Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the US Embassy in Moscow, reported Thursday at a roundtable discussion in the Russian city of Kostroma.17:02 28.02.2013
Russia’s “King of Spam” pleads guilty in US court“King of Spam” Oleg Nikolaenko has pleaded guilty to having caused significant damage through the transmission of spam as part of a plea deal struck with US federal prosecutors.14:54 28.02.2013
Preliminary autopsy of Maxim reveal signs of potential abuse – AstakhovUS police have said that three-year-old Max Shatto, a Russian boy originally named Maxim Kuzmin and adopted by a Texan couple last fall, does not appear to have died of natural causes, children rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov said at a news conference on Thursday.13:45 28.02.2013
US official denied Russian visa, cites Magnitsky RowA senior US lawmaker has been denied a Russian visa in what he said was likely a retaliatory move for the Magnitsky Act, a US law sanctioning Russian officials accused of human rights abuses.09:58 28.02.2013
Ombudsman not to rescind statement on adopted child's deathChildren's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said he will not rescind his earlier statements concerning an adopted Russian child killed by his new U.S. family.15:46 27.02.2013