Russian state circus appeals recovery of $6k in favor of Zorro ProductionsRussian State Circus Company (Rosgostsirk) filed a cassation appeal against a ruling ordering it to pay 200,000 rubles ($5,827) in compensation to Zorro Productions company for illicit trademark use, the Moscow Commercial Court told RAPSI.14:14 16.06.2014
Former Russian Microsoft employee sentenced in US to three months in prisonFederal District Court in Seattle on Tuesday sentenced former Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo, who was charged with stealing and then leaking company secrets, to three months in prison, according to the court documents.10:50 11.06.2014
Crimea Deputy Prime Minister to sue Dow Jones for using his name in adFirst Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Crimea, Rustam Temirgaliyev, will sue Dow Jones & Company for mentioning his last name in a print ad in The Wall Street Journal, Izvestia reports Monday.10:55 09.06.2014
Jailed Russian pilot says there’s a provocateur In Fort DixAleksei Tarasov, attorney of jailed Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko who is currently serving out a sentence for drug smuggling, says there is a provocateur in Fort Dix prison who’s endangering his client.11:38 06.06.2014
US to deport former Microsoft employee to RussiaUS authorities plan to deport former Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo, who was charged with stealing and then leaking company secrets, to Russia after he serves his sentence, RAPSI learned on Thursday.10:34 06.06.2014
Germany launches criminal investigation into Merkel’s NSA wiretap - reportThe Attorney General of Germany Harald Range will conduct a criminal investigation into the alleged tapping of chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone by the US National Security Agency, German daily Local writes on Wednesday.13:58 04.06.2014
US authorities charge Russian national with hackingThe US Justice Department on Monday charged a Russian national, Evgeniy Bogachev, with committing cybercrimes, Reuters reports.10:22 03.06.2014
RIGroup CEO Dmitry Kotlyarenko arrested in absentia - reportA Moscow court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Dmitry Kotlyarenko, who fled to the United States after his release on parole in Russia in a 10-billion-ruble ($288 million) fraud case. Investigators believe that former Finance Minister of the Moscow Region Alexei Kuznetsov was also involved in the large-scale fraud.12:06 02.06.2014
Russian social media mogul Pavel Durov sues ex-partners over Telegram messengerThe founder of Russian social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, has filed a suit with a US court in which he accuses his former partners at United Capital Partners (UCP) of fraud and attempted extortion with respect to the Telegram messenger.10:33 02.06.2014
US may fine BNP Paribas for breaching economic sanctionsUS officials are threatening BNP Paribas (France) with a $10 billion fine for breaching the sanctions regime regarding Cuba, Sudan and Iran, Wall Street Journal reports citing sources familiar with the talks between the US and the bank.12:15 30.05.2014
Russian company sues US firm over Cyrillic domain name registration issuesSamara, Russia based Legato has filed a lawsuit with the Samara Region Commercial Court, requesting that US company Public Interest Registry be banned from registering zona.org (зона.орг) Cyrillic domain names, citing available registered trademarks.15:28 29.05.2014
Snowden wants to go home but will ask to extend asylum in RussiaFormer NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who was granted political asylum in Moscow last summer, would like to return home to the United States under certain conditions, but will instead ask to extend his temporary asylum.11:22 29.05.2014
Alleged Russian child molester to be extradited from the USAn alleged child molester who attacked girls in the entrance halls of residential buildings will be extradited from New York to Moscow on Thursday, an investigation official told RIA Novosti.10:56 29.05.2014
Gazprom subsidiary alleges fraud in $43-million project in VenezuelaGazprom Latin America Servicios C.A. (Gazprom), the world's biggest natural gas producer’s subsidiary, alleges fraudulent conduct during the construction and installation of a natural gas compression plant in Venezuela estimated at $43 million.10:41 27.05.2014
Germany wants Zuckerberg to testify in NSA case - reportMembers of the German parliamentary commission, which is investigating the US National Security Agency’s (NSA) questionable activity, want the heads of US high-tech companies, including Apple, Facebook, Twitter and Google, to testify to the Bundestag, writes Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.10:33 23.05.2014
US ordered to return seven books from Schneerson collection to RussiaThe Moscow Commercial Court has sided Thursday with Russia's Ministry of Culture and the State Library against the US and its Congressional Library in a case over the disputed Rebbe Schneerson book collection.17:58 22.05.2014
New York Court grants Yukos Capital S.a.r.l. attorneys’ request for over $78,000US District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Yukos Capital S.a.r.l. attorneys’ fees in the amount of $78,673 in a dispute against Rosneft subsidiary Samaraneftegaz which has filed an appeal.17:16 22.05.2014
Man who tried to poison Obama gets 25 years - reportA US Court sentenced James Everett Dutschke, a sender of poisonous letters to US senators and President Barack Obama, to 25 years in prison, AP reports.13:36 20.05.2014
US accuse Chinese military of cyber spyingFor the first time, US officials intend to prosecute five Chinese military officers on charges of stealing commercial secrets from US firms, US Attorney General Eric Holder announced.10:42 20.05.2014
Estonia to extradite acquitted hacker to USThe Estonian government resolved Friday to extradite Vladimir Chashchin, charged with international cybercrimes and earlier acquitted by an Estonian court, to the US, the press service of the cabinet of ministers announced.13:55 15.05.2014