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Lifting seizure of YUKOS suspect's property unlawful, court

The Moscow City Court has deemed unlawful the lifting of the seizure of late YUKOS suspect Vasily Aleksanyan's property.

17:58 05.09.2012

US stewardess to be tried in Russia for large-scale customs evasion

The case against a US stewardess who attempted to bring jewelry and watches worth over 3 million rubles ($92,470) to Russia without paying customs duties has been submitted to the Khimki City Court.

17:42 05.09.2012

Russia's oldest truck manufacturer contests $35 mln suit's dismissal

Truck manufacturer ZiL has appealed the dismissal of its complaint against its former managing company to collect $35 million.

17:13 05.09.2012

Federal media agency contract dispute delayed

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed until October 29 its consideration of DataCenter's lawsuit against the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, IT and Mass Media.

16:52 05.09.2012

Navalny summoned to meet new investigators in fraud case

Opposition leader and whistleblower Alexei Navalny has been called to the Investigative Committee to familiarize himself with the new staff of the investigative group in the Kirovles case.

16:02 05.09.2012

Borjomi company office searched in case against Berezovsky

The Investigative Committee has searched the Borjomi company's offices in the criminal case against fallen oligarch Boris Berezovsky, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

14:00 05.09.2012

Daughter of former Maxi-Group head seeks $376mln from steel giant

The Sverdlovsk Regional Commercial Court has postponed hearing two complaints by the daughter of former Maxi-Group head, Nikolai Maximov Maria, to recover $373 million in damages from Novolipetsk Steel Company (NLMK).

13:33 05.09.2012

May 6 riot suspect's detention upheld

On Wednesday the Moscow City Court upheld the arrest of Nikolai Kavkazsky, a suspect in the Bolotnaya Square riots in downtown Moscow investigation.

13:01 05.09.2012

Pussy Riot sentence does not infringe fundamental freedoms

Konstantin Dolgov, Russia's Foreign Ministry's envoy for Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law takes the position that the Pussy Riot case, which provoked a wave of criticism in the West, did not infringe upon free speech and self-expression, according to the Foreign Ministry's press office.

12:26 05.09.2012

European Commission launches Gazprom antitrust probe

The European Commission has opened an investigation against Gazprom on suspicion of breaching EU antitrust legislation, the commission reports.

12:01 05.09.2012

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