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Suit on invalidity of $377 mln loans to Yukos subsidiary resumed

The Moscow Commercial Court started to reconsider a lawsuit on invalidating four loan contracts worth $377.03 million between Luxemburg's Yukos Capital S.a.r.l and Yuganskneftegaz.

19:03 21.02.2012

Dismissal of suit against BNP Paribas and Russian Machines appealed

The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has accepted the appeal filed against the dismissal of the Ingosstrakh Investments management company's lawsuit against BNP Paribas and Russian Machines, a subsidiary of Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element.

18:19 21.02.2012

Poland to hear Russian ex-prosecutor's appeal against extradition

The Krakow Appeals Court will hear on March 7 an appeal filed by former Moscow Region Deputy Prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko against the lower court's decision on his extradition to Russia.

17:55 21.02.2012

Soviet debt case to be reviewed

The Supreme Commercial Court has remanded the $104 million dispute between Russia and Leramony Associates for reconsideration.

17:13 21.02.2012

Court to hear dispute over Heineken strikes on February 27

St. Petersburg district court will hold on February 27 the preliminary hearing of the Heineken Joint Breweries' lawsuit to quash the regulator's orders remitting disciplinary punishments to company employees for their participation in the protest rallies.

16:46 21.02.2012

PGNiG files lawsuit against Gazprom

Poland's largest oil and gas company PGNiG has submitted a lawsuit against Gazprom and Gazprom Export to the Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal on Monday.

16:02 21.02.2012

Microsoft sues Russian businessman for trademark infringement

The Moscow Commercial Court will hear on April 11 Microsoft's lawsuit to prohibit Russian businessman Dmitry Shapovalov from using the Windows trademark in Windows.ru domain.

15:31 21.02.2012

Request for content removal from Yandex won't be reconsidered

The Supreme Commercial Court will not reconsider its decision to dismiss ЕАА Asset Management-Consulting Ltd.'s (BVI) request. The company demanded from Russia's search engine Yandex to remove content.

14:56 21.02.2012

Rusal and Norilsk Nickel dispute over documents to be reconsidered

A regional commercial court has submitted for reconsideration to the first-instance court lawsuit of Rusal demanding that Norilsk Nickel provide documents about the company's business activity.

14:02 21.02.2012

Billionaire-owned bank appeals dismissal of suit against FSB

Billionaire Alexander Lebedev's National Reserve Bank (NRB) has appealed the dismissal of its lawsuit against the Federal Security Service (FSB) for $11.7 million in moral damages.

13:26 21.02.2012

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