US lawyer takes legal steps over Malaysia Airlines disaster – reportAn attorney with a law firm specializing in global aviation law has asked an Illinois state judge to compel Malaysia Airlines and Boeing to turn over documents and information related to the presumed fatal conclusion of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, CNN reported Tuesday.14:51 26.03.2014
Associate of convicted arms dealer Bout complains of flawed US trialRichard Chichakli, an associate of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, filed a letter Tuesday raising complaints about the US trial that led to his recent conviction.13:30 26.03.2014
Defendants in US case on $230 mln Russian tax fraud move to dismiss, againrguing that a complaint filed by US prosecutors over a Russian tax fraud scheme allegedly linked to the death of Sergei Magnitsky lacks any merit, defendants filed a new motion to dismiss.14:36 24.03.2014
US court tosses out Bolshevik expropriation claims against YaleRefusing to second-guess Bolshevik nationalization policies, a US court held Thursday that Yale University’s title to Vincent van Gogh masterpiece The Night Café cannot be challenged by the heir of a wealthy Russian industrialist from whom the painting was expropriated in 1918.16:41 21.03.2014
Probe into fatal FBI shooting of Todashev to be released March 25 – reportThe results of an investigation into the FBI shooting death of Ibragim Todashev, who was killed during an interrogation connected with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, will be announced next Tuesday.12:38 21.03.2014
Visa and MasterCard block Rotenberg’s bank operationsVisa and MasterCard payment systems on Friday blocked operations with SMP Bank owned by Russian businessmen Arkady and Boris Rotenbergs added to a list of targeted economic sanctions by the United States on Thursday, according to the bank’s statement.12:14 21.03.2014
Russia, US exchange sanctions lists over UkraineThe Russian Foreign Ministry has released a list of sanctions targeting top US officials and lawmakers, as US President Barrack Obama announced that Washington is imposing additional sanctions against Russians in connection with handling of the Ukraine crisis.20:11 20.03.2014
US court finds ‘encouraging’ suicide is a constitutionally protected rightDistasteful as it may be, speech encouraging or advising another to commit suicide is entitled to free-speech protection under the First Amendment of the US Constitution, Minnesota’s highest court held Thursday.15:06 20.03.2014
Former Russian Microsoft employee arrested in US for data theft - reportAlex Kibkalo, a former Microsoft employee from Russia, was arrested in the US on Wednesday for stealing and distributing confidential commercial data.13:04 20.03.2014
NYC socialite Janna Bullock loses bid to bring Russian looting case in USThe decision to toss out a corporate-looting case filed in New York by glamorous Russian real estate mogul Janna Bullock was well reasoned and appropriate, a US federal appeals court held Tuesday.13:15 19.03.2014
Russia could exit WTO in case of sanctions – lawmakerRussia may consider leaving the World Trade Organization (WTO) in light of sanctions over Russia’s handling of the Ukraine crisis, State Duma lawmaker Sergey Mironov told journalists Monday.17:51 17.03.2014
Cisco under US investigation for bribery in Russia – reportThe US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of Justice have launched an investigation into the activities of Cisco Systems Inc. in connection with bribery allegations linked to its Russian operations.19:00 14.03.2014
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
Washington has not yet notified Moscow about Russian detainee in AfghanistanWashington has yet to notify Russia about the arrest of a Russian national known as Irek Hamidullan in Afghanistan in 2009 on suspicion of fighting for the Taliban.12:58 13.03.2014
Telecoms giant VimpelCom faces US, Dutch investigationsTelecommunications giant VimpelCom is presently facing investigations by the US and Dutch authorities, apparently in connection with its operations in Uzbekistan.15:29 12.03.2014
Russian hacker family allegedly steals $58,000 from US bankThe police detained suspected hackers in Russia who are believed to have stolen about $58,000 from client accounts of a US bank, the Russian Interior Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.12:28 12.03.2014
US Congress pushes for expelling Russia from G8 and imposing sanctionsThe US House of Representatives adopted a non-biding resolution in a 402-7 vote on Tuesday to denounce Russia’s actions in Ukraine and to urge the White House to exclude it from the G8 and to impose sanctions on Russia.10:16 12.03.2014
US military contractor detained in KyrgyzstanAn employee of the US Air Force was placed in detention for a month by a Kyrgyz court after having allegedly assaulted a desk officer at the local police station, an official spokesperson for the Bishkek police told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.18:15 11.03.2014
NY Post loses bid to toss out Boston Marathon bombing defamation suitA Massachusetts state court has rejected efforts by the New York Post to toss out a defamation lawsuit filed by two men whose photograph graced the tabloid’s cover during a manhunt following the Boston Marathon bombing last year, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.14:42 11.03.2014