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Mechel to face suit over Sberbank loans

OAO Sberbank Chief Executive Officer German Gref has expressed support for VTB Bank which filed a lawsuit seeking about $78 million from Mechel, Russia's biggest producer of steelmaking coal.

16:35 26.09.2014

US prosecutors seek 46-months prison term for accused arms smuggler Ustinov

US prosecutors requested a 46-months jail term for Russian national Dmitry Ustinov who had been charged with smuggling, money laundering and attempts to illegally export goods included on a list of U.S. defense articles.

15:59 26.09.2014

VTB Bank sues Mechel over $78 million loan

VTB has filed a lawsuit with Moscow’s Commercial Court seeking 2.99 billion rubles (about $78 million) from Mechel, Russia's biggest producer of steelmaking coal.

11:25 26.09.2014

Italian president summoned to testify in mafia bombings case

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will testify in a scandalous case regarding the alleged secret talks held by the Italian government with the Sicilian mafia over a series of deadly bombings in the early 1990s, a Palermo court said.

10:31 26.09.2014

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

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