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Cherney v. Deripaska trial postponed by London court

London's High Court of Justice postponed on Thursday the trial between entrepreneur Mikhail Cherney and Oleg Deripaska, owner of Russian aluminum giant RUSAL. Speaking to the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI).

19:30 27.09.2012

VKontakte removes prophet video from website

Russia's largest social networking service VKontakte has removed the notorious Innocence of Muslims film from its website and left only videos that talk about the Innocence of Muslims.

19:16 27.09.2012

Dismissal of arms producer's $83mln lawsuit against Rosoboronexport upheld

The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court upheld a lower court's ruling against a lawsuit by Ametech, producer of artillery weapons, to recover $82.9 million from Rosoboronexport.

18:59 27.09.2012

MP's business activities to be investigated

A lower house commission has taken the matter of United Russia deputy Alexei Knyshov to law enforcement authorities for further investigation.

18:37 27.09.2012

Court validates recovery of legal fees from TNK-BP minority shareholder

On Thursday, the West-Siberian District Federal Commercial Court upheld lower courts rulings to recover $86,500 in legal fees from TNK-BP Holding minority shareholder Andrei Prokhorov resulting from his lawsuit against BP Board chairpersons Peter Anthony Charow and Richard Scott Sloan.

18:12 27.09.2012

Alleged meat producers’ price fixing in supplies to police and army to be reviewed

The Moscow Commercial Court will hear a lawsuit by two meat-processing plants on October 24. The lawsuit was filed against the antitrust authority's resolution that accused them of price fixing while bidding for meat supply contracts.

17:28 27.09.2012

Supreme Court bans self-defense against use of force by police officers

The Supreme Court has temporarily decided to prohibit individuals from resisting law enforcement officers using force. A resolution on justifiable defense legislation was adopted by the court on Thursday containing a provision in this regard.

16:23 27.09.2012

Employees of another Georgian prison detained on torture charges

The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office detained on Thursday four employees of Kutaisi Prison No. 16, Prosecutor Shota Tkeshelashvili said at a press briefing.

15:27 27.09.2012

Supreme Court permits the use of traps as a form of protection

The Supreme Court has ruled to allow the use of automatic traps for protection against dangerous intruders. In the Supreme Court ruling on Friday.

14:55 27.09.2012

Giorgio Armani wins trademark claim against Russian businessman

The Moscow Commercial Court has held for Giorgio Armani SpA in its claim against Russian businessman Vladimir Maximov, thus ordering the latter to provide the company with the acqudigio.ru domain name free of charge as he was found to have infringed the Acqua Di Gio trademark rights.

14:29 27.09.2012

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