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Russian flight attendant faces extradition to U.S.

A Toronto court will hear on March 6 the U.S. authorities' request to extradite Russian flight attendant Marina Talashkova. is accused of participating in a multimillion dollar fraud scheme.

19:19 22.02.2012

U.S. court extends deadline for contesting Russian programmer's acquittal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has sided with the prosecutors in their motion to extend the period for requesting a rehearing of the judgment acquitting Russian-born programmer Sergey Aleynikov of stealing programming code from Goldman Sachs.

18:32 22.02.2012

Former Bank of Moscow chiefs under new investigation over $225 mln theft

Investigators have opened another case against former Bank of Moscow President Andrei Borodin and and his deputy Dmitry Akulinin on suspicion of stealing over $225 million.

17:19 22.02.2012

MiG vs Tupolev dispute over $9 mln to be reconsidered

Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will reconsider on March 20 MiG-Finance's lawsuit against Tupolev to collect $9.2 million in debt under a loan agreement.

16:56 22.02.2012

Maxi Group former managers ordered to pay $211.61 mln

The regional commercial court of appeals has satisfied the application to recover $211.61 million from former Maxi-Group top managers.

15:52 22.02.2012

Constitutional Court president reelected for fourth time

The Federation Council reappointed on Wednesday Valery Zorkin as chairman of the Constitutional Court.

15:17 22.02.2012

Nestle appeals adverse judgment in suit against Unilever

Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will hear on March 5 an appeal filed by Nestle Russia, contesting the dismissal of its lawsuit against Unilever RUS over allegedly unfair advertising.

14:56 22.02.2012

Company seeks to terminate legal protection of Playboy trademark in Russia

The Moscow Commercial Court has registered two lawsuits against Playboy Enterprises, world known men's magazine Playboy publisher. The plaintiff, Tekhnoservice company, seeks the early termination of the Playboy trademark's legal protection in Russia.

14:21 22.02.2012

Swindlers who stole Gazprom shares worth $671k detained

Law enforcement officers detained the alleged organizer of a criminal group that stole $671,780 in Gazprom shares.

13:57 22.02.2012

Russian singer faces jail in Bulgaria over copyright infringement

Bulgarian composers sue Russian singer Phillipp Kirkorov for alleged copyright infringement.

13:24 22.02.2012

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