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Investigators open tax evasion case against Inteco co-founder Baturin

Investigative Committee's spokesman Vladimir Markin has confirmed that investigators opened a second criminal case against businessman Viktor Baturin, now on suspicion of tax evasion.

18:00 02.12.2011

Tymoshenko not to attend appeal hearing due to poor health - counsel

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will not attend the appeals hearing on December 13 due to her poor health, her defense counsel Sergei Vlasenko said on Friday. The appeals court is expected to hear the appeal of her prison sentence in the "gas case."

17:20 02.12.2011

Prosecution wants to charge GOLOS organization for pre-election campaign

The prosecutors office asked the court to fine GOLOS Association, which is accused of violating the regulations for providing informational support during the elections.

16:15 02.12.2011

Transfer of Baltiysky Zavod's shares to Central Bank's ownership extended

A commercial court has suspended the execution of a lower-court decision dismissing the transfer of 88.32 percent of Baltiysky Zavod's shares to the Central Bank's trust ownership.

14:42 02.12.2011

U.S. court acquits man charged with murdering adopted Russian child

A U.S. court acquitted another individual charged with murdering his adopted Russian son, the press office of Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Pavel Astakhov told RIA Novosti on Friday.

14:18 02.12.2011

Nordea Bank's $31 mln lawsuit against construction company to be heard in January

A commercial court postponed until January 26, 2012 its hearing of Nordea Bank's lawsuit to recover $31 million from a construction company.

13:52 02.12.2011

Real estate tycoon's $155 mln lawsuit against Moscow delayed until January 18

The court will continue hearing on January 18 a $155 million lawsuit filed by businessman Shalva Chigirinsky's ST Development against the Moscow government.

13:14 02.12.2011

Inteco co-founder appeals his arrest

Businessman Viktor Baturin has appealed his detention on charge of fraud

12:43 02.12.2011

Court confirms $20 mln award for UniCredit bank in suit against alcohol producers

A commercial court upheld the decision awarding UniCredit Bank $20 million in lawsuit against 10 subsidiaries of major alcohol manufacturer.

12:17 02.12.2011

There is no political lobbying in Russia - expert on Berezovsky vs. Abramovich dispute

There is neither political lobbying in Russia nor there is a legal framework to regulate such activities, Russian legal expert Mikhail Rozenberg said while testifying in Berezovsky vs. Abramovich case in the London High Court of Justice.

11:20 02.12.2011

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American basketball player gets 9 years in Russian jail for drug smuggling

A court in Khimki, a town in the Moscow Region, on Thursday sentenced Brittney Yevette Griner, an American professional basketball player, to 9 years in penal colony for drug trafficking.

19:49 04.08.2022

MP Belousov put on wanted list after being sentenced to 10 years in jail

State Duma lawmaker Vadim Belousov, sentenced to 10 years in prison for taking a bribe, has been put on the federal wanted list.

12:51 04.08.2022

The Insider editor-in-chief arrested in absentia in illegal border crossing case

The Moscow Lefortovsky District Court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for editor-in-chief of The Insider (recognized in Russia as a media performing functions of a foreign agent and an undesirable organization) Roman Dobrokhotov (recognized as a foreign media agent in Russia) in a case over illegal crossing of the state border.

12:22 05.08.2022